Australia's iron ore is mainly distributed in Western Australia." said Fan Heng, father, "But I am blunt, if it is mined, Jiangnan Province will invest a lot of money."

All states in Australia have iron ore, and the state with the most iron ore is Western Australia.

Western Australia has more than 90% of Australia's existing iron ore resources, mainly concentrated in the Pilbara area. There are thirteen mines in the area, six of which are run by Rio Tinto's subsidiary Hammersley, two belong to the Rob River Company, and five are run by the so-called BHP. In addition, there are also iron ore near Coolidge Yangnabin and White Parrot Island in Western Australia.

Near Port Hedland in Western Australia, BHP owns an iron refinery.

The current of the Western Australian iron ore was also a very accidental legendary event back then.

In October 1952, forty-three-year-old Rancook was flying a single-engine Auster-type plane, and together with his wife Hobb, he planned to fly to Perth, Western Australia. He was a small farmer and a veteran pilot. For his family ranch business, he had to fly in the sky frequently.

Over the Hammersley Mountains, thick cumulonimbus clouds suddenly surrounded the small plane from all directions. The dark clouds ahead were high and could not reach the top. The small plane could not cross it, and the same thick dark clouds cut off their return route.

This is a competition of life. The only way out is to go down and fly below the clouds. But the clouds are getting lower and lower, almost connected with the earth. Han Cook flew into the huge canyon. He is very familiar with this area. The depth of the canyon is the rushing Turner River, which is a natural pilot route.

This is a wilderness that white Australians have never stepped on. In the heavy rain, Han Cook carefully flew the plane almost against the top of the tree. At this moment of crisis, Han Cook suddenly washed away by heavy rain, and the canyon walls on both sides still showed a red luster, which was a special red, almost brown and rust. Han Cook, who is familiar with the minerals, immediately realized that these exposed iron ores are now flying in a canyon made of copper walls!

This made him extremely excited. God seemed to have deliberately chosen a special moment and gave a heavy gift to the seagulls in the storm. What Han Cook saw was the iron ore with the largest amount of reserves on the earth so far.

Cook was fighting the storm. The high-grade iron ore in the Mesabi Mountains in Minnesota, USA was exhausted. This large iron ore is one to one 100 kilometers wide and one hundred and eighty kilometers long. The iron content in the ore exceeds 70%. Therefore, it does not require any treatment before smelting. It can be directly put into the furnace. Not far away, the anthracite mine in Pennsylvania provides sufficient energy for smelting.

Mei Neng became the real "Mesabi" (Indian "giant"). It was Mesabi iron ore that was cast in the place.

This disastrous news caused the West to panic.

At that time, the Australian government was very firm on the issue of iron ore and made it clear that Australian subway ore would never be allowed to export a slightest!

Such a strong sense of self-protection comes from Australia's strong iron deficiency. Experts and politicians firmly believe that iron ore is a scarce resource in Australia. Therefore, it must be fully used in domestic construction and must not be exported.

After Hancock discovered the iron ore, he began to work tirelessly. He carefully investigated and explored the area of ​​more than 100 kilometers along the ore veins. He extracted geo ore specimens. After repeated inspections, the purity was even higher than the American geo smelting standards. This means that the subway ore here can be sent directly into the smelting furnace to become steel!

But he was soon disappointed, and the politicians in Perth and Canberra did not believe that a farmer from the jungle and only had a secondary school degree could actually be in a barren Australia where experts were sentenced to death, with high-quality iron ore.

At that time, Han Cook had to obtain the current concession granted by the government. Before that, his present could not even be told to any mining personnel, otherwise his own rights and interests would be difficult to protect. The problem is that the government not only did not believe that he had high-quality iron ore, but according to the law at that time, both the Australian Federal and Western Australia levels were strictly prohibited from mining new iron ore in order to achieve the government's strict control of the "imminent depletion" iron ore resources. It was very difficult for Han Cook to obtain the current concession.

Fortunately, Han Cook was not only a persistent person, but also a wealthy person. He not only paid out of his own pocket to support all exploration, but also made a lot of investment in parliamentary lobbying. Not only Han Cook had a deep understanding of the sorrow of dealing with bureaucracies, but even later members of the parliamentary committee would criticize the incompetence of the government at that time as one of the retention programs in various occasions commemorating Han Cook.

Eight years later, the federal government officially confirmed Hancock as the current privilege of opening a pilbara region. However, the amount of iron ore that takes hundreds of kilometers is definitely not something that a farmer can afford, and it is not even something that a small Australian economy can afford.

After countless walls and rolling eyes, Hancock finally came to work. Mining giant Rio Tinto Group Sir Dukan made a decision at his London headquarters, and you can try it out.

What moved them was Hancock's reason to convince them, (Mobile Reading                                                                                                                     �

After Han Cook took them to the site for inspection many times, Rio Tinto finally made up his mind. The condition that Rio Tinto negotiated with Han Cook was that Han Cook and his relatives and friends completely withdrew from the mining area in the area. In return and compensation, Rio Tinto gave Han Cook 2.5% of the annual mineral sales as royalties. This remuneration reached a huge amount of 25 million Australian dollars in the year of mining.

In hindsight, this is not a win-win agreement. Han Cook doesn't have to make any investments in development. He can enjoy high royalties every year, which ensures that he has complete control over the project. Many years later, some colleagues joked with Sir Dukan, "You are so stupid. If you pay Han Cook such a high royalties, we won't do this."

Sir Dukan immediately retorted, "So you don't have a large iron ore like us!"

Hancock's sudden wealth seemed natural to Australians. After all, he made irreplaceable achievements for Australia's poor iron ore households, and under a very difficult political environment, he used his own funds and his relatives and friends to conduct dual geological and political exploration at his own expense.

Hancook's flight records show that he spent more than 7,000 flight hours to explore, and in the eyes of Australians, he was not just a lucky wealth hero, but also a persistent national pioneer.

Hancook's appearance has made power, BHP Billiton and Australia's large and small iron ore producers. However, from this point of view, the mining areas in Western Australia have basically been divided up. Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are the overlords of Australia's iron ore.

It is not easy to open a new zone? It is actually not a big expense if you just purchase mining rights, but the funds required to build railways and seaports for construction of mining areas are a very huge expense.

"We can invest 100 million US dollars in Australia to build mines, which is worth it in terms of long-term interests." Fan Heng said to his son.

"We are very determined in Jiangnan Province!" Boss Zhu and several other members of the Standing Committee were immediately very interested when they heard Fan Heng's words.

So it will attract their concern, which is nothing more than that the country is currently attracting investment and construction. Why did the Jiangnan Provincial Drinks take a unique approach to going overseas to invest? It is obviously a bit in line with the current situation.

"At three dollars, you can only acquire small mines at most. If you want to have a big exhibition, it is far from enough." Unexpectedly, after listening to Fan Heng's description, Fan Wubing said something shocking to everyone, "If you want to deal with Australian iron ore, there is absolutely no chance without a 10 billion US dollar!"

"You father and son, both of you don't take money as money!" A member of the Standing Committee smiled and shook his head and sighed.

How much can a 300 million US dollar do in the country?

In terms of the restructuring of large state-owned enterprises like Jiangnan Wool Mill, 200 million is enough. 300 million US dollars can support more than a dozen such large state-owned enterprises to move towards a stable development direction from the crisis.

If more than a dozen large state-owned enterprises are supported in this way, they can basically bring about a small economic situation in a province. At least at the end of the year, economic statistics will be much better, let alone what the concept of 10 billion US dollars is.

Fan Heng said solemnly, "Beware of danger in times of peace. The domestic iron ore has poor taste, high prices, and limited reserves. Considering that in the next ten years or decades, my country will embark on the road of rapid development, the demand for steel is increasing day by day, and the supply of iron ore will also increase accordingly. Based on this consideration, we believe that it is necessary to start mineral development overseas in a timely manner. In fact, if the mining is successful in Australia, the cost we save on iron ore can account for more than half of the current iron ore procurement cost, and the iron ore is of high taste and easy to smel.

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After hearing Fan Heng's words, Boss Zhu said, "Well, we didn't consider this kind of thing before. Since Comrade Fan Heng proposed it, it is necessary to discuss it. After all, although this idea seems a bit ahead of the curve, we must also consider that some resources will have less and less reserves due to excessive mining. Steel is the skeleton of a country. We should be forward-looking on this issue and look at the problem from a strategic perspective."

Everyone during the meal nodded in agreement, saying that it was necessary. Although the term "steel" as the basis may not be correct, the steel industry is an unavoidable topic to become a big country.

Today's first update is here. There is a special topic reviewing the end of 2009. You can go and see. There are nominations for Xiaolang and Caise in the annual work selection and annual work selection. If you have the ability, you can support it. Thank you. It is said that these two top ten can be qualified for next year's annual meeting. That is to say, once Xiaolang is selected for one of them, you can see what Xiaolang looks like at the annual meeting, haha.
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