Rebirth 1984: Starting with the development of Hanka

When Galaxy Mining Group acquired rare earth mines, it also bought iron ore, copper mines and other non-ferrous metal mines.

For example, the Bayan Obo Iron Mine located on the WLCB grassland in the middle of NMG has formed a modern large-scale open-pit mine with an annual output of 1100 million tons of ore. It is an endogenous iron mine of multiple origins and is also a large-scale symbiosis of various useful minerals such as iron, rare earths, and niobium. Mine, with proven iron ore reserves of 14 billion tons, and rare earth resources ranking first in the world.

Galaxy Mining Group mainly invests in rare minerals in China to protect them from being sold at low prices.

After the 21st century, with the explosion of industry, my country's iron shortage is serious, and the supply chain security situation of iron ore resources is very serious.

Galaxy Mining Group will not compete with other steel companies at home, but will go abroad to seize large mines.

In this regard, Zhao Ye had read some reports on the distribution and discovery of minerals in his previous life, which could completely enable the Galaxy Mining Group to take the lead and obtain the mining rights of foreign mining areas.

The primary target is Africa.

African countries have extraordinary mineral resources.

In the long run, it has good investment prospects. Its total resource value accounts for 23% of the world's total, but its production value only accounts for 9% of the world's. Therefore, Africa is the region with the most potential for mineral resource development in the world. Moreover, some minerals in Africa are extremely dominant in the world. Among them, the platinum group accounts for 91% of global reserves, uranium ores account for 72%, diamonds (diamonds) account for 47%, and gold ores account for 18%.

Guinea has more than 300 billion tons of iron ore reserves and currently has two unexploited world-class iron ores: Nimba Mountain Iron Mine and Simandou Iron Mine.

However, due to the difficulty of transportation, these two world-class iron mines have not yet been taken seriously by Western countries. It was not until the 21st century that industrialization demanded more and more steel, and countries around the world began to compete fiercely for this mine.

Nowadays, just because others don’t like it doesn’t mean that Galaxy Mining Group doesn’t like it.

At this moment, representatives of Galaxy Mining Group have arrived in Guinea and are negotiating with the local government for the development rights of the Nimba Mountain Iron Ore and Simandou Iron Ore.

"Your Excellency, the biggest drawback of Simandou Iron Mine is that it is deep in the interior of Africa and transportation is very inconvenient. Foreign investment must be introduced to put the mining area into production. And our Galaxy Mining Group is backed by the parent company Wujiang Group and is very strong. .”

"This is our plan. It is expected to invest US$120 billion to build water plants, power plants, living areas, commercial areas, and 620 kilometers of railways from mines to ports and 50 kilometers of railways within the mines, nearly half of which are mountain railways. In addition, there are three port berths with a capacity of 3 tons..."

"Once the Simandou Iron Mine is successfully put into operation, it will definitely bring rich returns to your country, create a large number of local jobs, and prosper the local economy."

"..."

When Guinea's senior officials heard that the investment in Simandou Iron Mine alone was as high as 120 billion US dollars, their eyes widened and their breathing suddenly became rapid.

You know, Guinea's GPD was only US$1994 billion in 34.

The Simandou iron ore project directly increased GDP to more than 120 billion US dollars, which really shocked everyone present.

"If your country agrees to cooperate, then we can set up a company specifically to develop the Simandou iron ore, and Guinea can get 15% of the company's shares without paying a penny!!!"

"Similarly, we can also cooperate to develop the Nimba iron ore and establish a company again. Guinea can get 15% of the shares of this company without paying any money and enjoy its achievements!"

"However, we hope that the development rights period of these two mining areas will be extended. After all, the investment is so large and the payback time is relatively long. Generally speaking, the development rights period of large mines is 30 years for large mines, 20 years for medium-sized mines, and 10 years for small mines. 40 years. Due to inconvenient transportation and large investment in the Ningbashan Iron Mine and Simandou Iron Mine, it is best to extend the development rights period to years.”

Of course, the senior officials of Guinea have no objection.

This country is really too poor, the mining areas have inconvenient transportation, and Western countries are currently unwilling to invest here.

For Galaxy Mining Group to invest, it was like pie in the sky. The leaders of Guinea were afraid that their demands would dissatisfy Galaxy Mining Group, and then they ran away.

As a result, the two parties chatted happily and smoothly.

Guinea has agreed to all the requirements of Galaxy Mining Group.

Anyway, as long as you invest, I will agree to anything.

The global demand for steel is not that tight. Although Guinea has rich mineral resources, it cannot become powerful.



After the 21st century, industry exploded, demand for steel soared, and the importance of iron ore became increasingly prominent. China will need a lot of steel by then. In previous lives, China imported much of its iron ore from Australia.

However, Zhao Ye knows Australia's face very well.

Therefore, he took precautions and began to deploy iron mines in Africa.

After the 21st century, if the Nimba Mountain Iron Mine and Simandou Iron Mine projects in Guinea are successfully constructed, they will almost be put into production, which can largely solve China's steel needs.

On the afternoon of November 1994, 11.

Galaxy Mining Group reached cooperation with Guinea, signed an investment agreement, and obtained the development rights of Nimba Mountain Iron Ore and Simandou Iron Ore.

As soon as this news came out, Australia, Brazil and other countries were shocked, and they couldn't help but feel a little worried.

At the same time, Galaxy Mining Group’s investment plans in other African countries are also going very smoothly, including investing in developing mines and building steel plants in Zimbabwe, and transporting iron ore from all over Africa directly to the Zimbabwe Steel Plant. , processed into steel, and then transported back to the country, eliminating the trouble of transporting large amounts of iron ore and saving huge transportation costs.

The industry expressed some confusion about Galaxy Mining Group's move. Investments like this have high costs and low profits, and few mining companies will make them.

However, Galaxy Mining Group went its own way, even investing in mines in Africa at all costs. Various actions can't help but make the industry shocked, but at the same time, it also feels deeply scared.

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"The situation in Africa is turbulent. We need to set up a mine guard team and equip the mine guard team with weapons! However, this matter is not the most important yet. We will wait until the mine is officially put into operation, but the preliminary preparations are still After all, the escort team must be trained professionals with certain military qualities." Zhao Ye ordered Fei Chengyi and others in the conference room of Galaxy Mining Group.

Fei Chengyi and others nodded repeatedly to express their understanding.

Africa is very chaotic and very poor, so it makes sense to set up some escort teams.

Investing in Africa is extremely difficult. Otherwise, Western countries would have invested heavily in and developed Africa long ago.

Unlike colonial times, investing costs real money. Western countries have always been accustomed to colonial plunder in Africa. If they were asked to take money to invest in Africa, they would be reluctant to do so. Moreover, because white people have caused great harm to black people in history, such as the slave trade and colonization of Africa, Western countries are somewhat conservative and cautious when investing in Africa.

Western countries do not want Africa to rise, which will affect the dominance of Western countries. Moreover, once Africa rises, will black people take revenge on white people? Although the possibility is low, it is not impossible.

At least in Africa, many black people still hate white people.

"It is very difficult to develop mines in Africa. It is too difficult for us as a company to develop them. We can contact other domestic companies to participate in the development together. We must work quickly to get the mines into production as soon as possible! The longer it is delayed, the more problems may arise..." Zhao Ye said in a deep voice.

Western obstruction, changes in the local political situation, etc. will all affect the development of mining projects.

If the project is delayed for a long time, it will cause great losses.

Fortunately, China is an infrastructure madman, so the development and construction of mines will be relatively fast.

Fei Chengyi and others certainly knew the difficulty of investing in and developing mines in Africa, and they couldn't help but agree with Zhao Ye's decision.

In the following time, Galaxy Mining Group developed in an orderly manner.

If you want to see Galaxy Mining Group achieve results, I'm afraid it will take several years.

So, Zhao Ye became the hands-off shopkeeper again...

Little do they know how much damage the upstart-like development of Galaxy Mining Group has brought to other mining companies around the world.

In the international financial market, the stock prices of major mining companies have plummeted.

The price of iron ore has also fallen, making it much cheaper for major iron ore importing countries such as China and Japan.

Galaxy Mining Group also took the opportunity to hoard large amounts of iron ore at low prices at this time.

In the near future, once the steel plant built by Galaxy Mining Group in China is completed, it will consume a huge amount of iron ore. Buy more now and you will need it later.

"The existence of Galaxy Mining Group has made the little white wolf in Australia unhappy. The more unhappy it is, the happier I am. The price of iron ore has plummeted, but Galaxy Mining Group has taken the opportunity to make a fortune! When the mine development in Africa is completed, I’ll see how you can still sell the iron ore in Australia at a high price!”

"The backbone of Australia's economy is the mining industry. If Australia's mining industry is attacked, Australia's economy and national strength will inevitably be far inferior to those in the past. Miners will have low incomes, low welfare, poor consumption power, various factories will close down, and workers will be laid off. This will trigger a series of The chain reaction may form a vicious cycle and lead to a serious economic crisis in Australia."

Zhao Ye shook the red wine glass and showed a contemptuous but expectant smile. Thinking of the hunter's method of training the vicious dog, he couldn't help but say:

"If a weak dog dares to bark, we can do anything to it! At that time, hang a dog chain on it and train it well. If it is obedient, it will be given a bone to eat. If it is disobedient, it will starve to death. alright."