Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

Yang Mo showed joy on his face and said with a smile: "General Engineer Qin, the survey and design of the railway line from Nabeba to Pointe-Noire Port will be handed over to your Railway Construction Company. This is the first time for China Railway Construction Company to board the On the international stage, I will say something ugly in front of you. The design plan and construction standards must be strictly implemented in accordance with international standards. Zhiyuan Group will also hire top supervision companies to be responsible for checking..."

Qin Ling swore firmly: "Mr. Yang, raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while, Railway Construction will never embarrass the country!"

China Harbor Engineering Company is an old acquaintance of Zhiyuan Group. The Da Chan Bay Terminal was independently constructed by Harbor Engineering Company. I couldn’t be more relieved to leave the Pointe Noire Terminal to them!

After signing the survey and design entrustment contracts with China Railway Construction and Port Engineering respectively, Yang Mo specially took them to visit Aikambi.

Yang Mo kills two birds with one stone. Not only can he take this opportunity to give these future infrastructure madmen the opportunity to expand overseas, but he can also verify the sincerity of the Cameroon government in building this dedicated railway line.

Yang Mo believes that if the Cameroonian government, which is already financially strapped, really wants to build a railway line from Mbalam to Kribi, cooperation with China Railway Construction Company may be their only choice!

If there is not much interest, Yang Mo can almost conclude that the so-called dedicated railway line is a pie drawn by Aikambi. After all, in another time and space, this dedicated railway line has not been built after 30 years, so Yang Mo can only rely on it. Under the terms of the contract, the development of the Mbalam iron ore has been suspended.

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"Hello! I am Uqaba, the Minister of Mining of Zaire!" A dark-skinned middle-aged man introduced himself in fluent French.

Yang Mo only understood a few words of Zaire's Minister of Mining, and his heart was already ecstatic. If the Asia-Africa-Latin America Industrial Development Forum is regarded as a big show, then the Zaire delegation is undoubtedly the leading actor in this show. !

Seeing that Yang Mo was in a daze, Wukaba introduced himself again in fluent English...

Yang Mo reached out his hand enthusiastically and said also in English: "Your Excellency, Minister, I am Yang Mo of Zhiyuan Group. I am very happy to see you here!"

Yang Mo is telling the truth. He is indeed very happy. Zaire is one of the least developed countries in the world announced by the United Nations. The agriculture and mining industries that cannot be self-sufficient dominate the economy. Because of the continued political turmoil, the economy has been experiencing negative growth year after year...

But this is a country that is begging for food on gold mines. Zaire is known as the "World's Raw Material Warehouse". It contains a variety of high-quality minerals underground. Its copper concentrate reserves account for 15% of the world's reserves, and its cobalt reserves are even more. It is as high as 450 million tons, accounting for half of the global reserves. The niobium and tantalum reserves have reached an incredible 3000 million tons, accounting for 80% of the global reserves. In addition, there are also future strategic resources lithium mines, which are also as high as more than 3000 million tons. Not to mention 2 million carats of industrial diamonds and hundreds of tons of gold...

Even the forest coverage rate exceeds 50%, reaching 1.25 million hectares, accounting for 47% of the forest area in Africa and 6.5% of the world's forests. It is rich in more than 20 kinds of precious woods such as ebony, mahogany, rosewood, and yellow lacquer wood... …

Perhaps it is precisely because of this enviable resource that Zaire has been in the turmoil of regime change. This may be what the ancients said, but the common man is guilty of carrying a treasure without guilt!

"Mr. Yang, we have also heard about the in-depth cooperation between Zhiyuan Group and the Congolese government. Zaire has richer mineral and forest resources, which can complement Zhiyuan Group's industrial advantages in many aspects. I believe there will be more Good prospects for strategic cooperation!" Wukaba said very sincerely, not knowing that Yang Mo was thinking so much that he had already regarded himself as the most fertile prey.

Yang Mo pondered for a while and then said: "Your Excellency Minister, we are also very much looking forward to carrying out all-round strategic cooperation with your country. However, your country's coastline is only 30 kilometers, and it is difficult to find a deep-water port suitable for berthing. The narrow terrain of the eastern plateau is even more difficult. Doubling the shipping costs!”

"No... no, Mr. Yang, the advantage of the long and narrow terrain is that we can use the transportation capacity provided by the Zaire River flowing downstream!" Uqaba argued.

Yang Mo shook his head and said: "The Zaire River cannot provide stable transportation capacity during the dry season. The simple road from the eastern plateau area to the Zaire River requires heavy investment in repairs. Road transportation costs are also a high burden..."

"Mr. Yang, the Zaire government will be responsible for the maintenance and construction of roads, electricity and other infrastructure, and dedicated railway lines are also in the future plan!" Uqaba explained.

Yang Mo knew that as long as the regime was stable and the infrastructure was gradually improved, investing in Zaire was making money with one's eyes closed. He did not deliberately belittle the commercial mining value of Zaire's minerals, but asked in a reluctant tone. : "Mr. Minister, how do you want to cooperate? Do you have any specific cooperation plans?"

With a look of joy on his face, Wukaba took out a stack of bilingual documents in English and French from the document bag he carried with him and said: "Mr. Yang, these are the mine data we are preparing to auction. If Zhiyuan is interested, We can talk in depth..."

Yang Mo took the document and flipped through it casually. When he turned to the last few documents, his eyes lit up and he saw the information on Sicomine and Kamoa-Kakula copper-cobalt associated mines...

Yang Mo suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and asked casually: "Your Excellency, Minister, is there a specific estimated price for the mines in these materials?"

When Wukaba saw that there was a door, he happily took out a document and handed it to Yang Mo, and said: "Here is a detailed survey and evaluation report. Based on this evaluation report, it is easy to calculate the commercial development value of these minerals!"

"Your Excellency, Minister, can you mark the detailed topography of the mineral deposits on the map? I want to see their actual location and area, as well as transportation problems..." Yang Mo asked.

Uqaba did another magic trick, and took out a map marked with detailed mine information and said: "The yellow line marked part is the detailed location of these mines!"

Yang Mo took the map, looked at it carefully for a long time, then shook his head and said: "The mining areas marked in these copper-cobalt associated mines are too small. The entire deposit should be used as the target, otherwise the future mining process will be in unnecessary trouble. Trouble!"

Uqaba explained: "These mines have been carefully surveyed by us. The edge areas of the deposits have basically no mining value. In addition, the relocation and compensation issues involving the indigenous people will increase the mining costs!"

After Yang Mo pondered for a moment, he insisted: "It's still inappropriate. The lives of these aboriginal people close to the mining area may be changed due to mining and become a factor of instability. In order to eliminate hidden dangers, the entire mineral deposit should be targeted. !”

"What about the relocation costs for these indigenous people?" Uqaba asked tentatively.

"According to international practice, the relocation compensation costs should be borne by the local government, and our Zhiyuan Group can partially handle the work of the landless indigenous people..." Yang Moyun said calmly.