Abstract: The paper specifies the definition of in-crisis mines and the classification of the crisis degrees of these mines, and analyzes the present crisis situation of China's non-ferrous metallic mines. Some countermeasures for the development of the non-ferrous metallic mines in crisis are put forward, including enhancing the prospecting of the substituting resources , making great efforts to carry out the strategy of “going out” and doing well the development for production transfer of mines in their last phase and their employees reposition.

Key words: Non-ferrous metals, In-crisis mines, Development measures