With the tightening of global environmental regulations, the popularization of ESG investment, and restrictions on the use of sodium cyanide, environmentally friendly precious metal beneficiation agents have become a necessity for the global mining industry's green transformation. In June 2026, IndexBox released its latest report showing that the global market size for environmentally friendly gold extractants is expected to reach approximately $981 million by 2025, and is projected to reach $4.5 billion by 2035, with a compound annual growth rate of 8.2% from 2026 to 2035; China, with its technological leadership, cost advantage, and complete industrial chain, has become the world's largest producer and exporter, accounting for over 23% of the global market share.

China's environmental protection gold extraction technology, with its four advantages of high efficiency, safety, low cost, and process compatibility, has quickly expanded to major gold producing regions such as Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. In the first quarter of 2026, only leading companies such as Senhe High tech, Jinsheng Chemical, and Yingcai New Materials exported over 12000 tons of environmentally friendly gold extractants to countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Ghana, and Tanzania, a year-on-year increase of 65%, driving China's technology and standard exports.

The Philippines is a major gold producing country in Southeast Asia, and its mines have long relied on sodium cyanide, which puts enormous pressure on environmental protection. In April 2026, North Luzon, a large gold mine in the Philippines, introduced Chinese environmentally friendly gold extractants to replace the original cyanide process. The leaching rate increased by 5%, the cost of reagents decreased by 18%, and the cost of wastewater treatment decreased by 60%. It also passed the strictest environmental certification in the local area, becoming the first fully cyanide free green mine in the Philippines. Ghana, Tanzania and other African countries have also followed suit, and China's environmental protection and gold extraction technology is becoming the preferred solution for local mining green transformation.

Industry analysis suggests that the global environmental gold market is on the eve of rapid growth, and Chinese companies are expected to dominate the world with their technological, production capacity, cost, and service advantages; In the next 3-5 years, the export value of China's environmental beneficiation agents will exceed 1 billion US dollars, becoming another strategic new material industry with global competitiveness after rare earth and lithium batteries.