Chapter 216: Huge Hidden Hazards
Li Xiangyong, secretary of the county party committee of Shuixi County, and Sun Wanhu, county magistrate, were also on the scene. After all, six people died at once, which was considered a major accident. As local officials, they could not take it lightly.
"Are there many small iron ore in Shuixi County?" Fan Wubing asked casually.
Although Li Xiangyong had never had direct contact with Fan Wubing, Fan Wubing and Fan Heng had similar appearances. In addition, they had known for a long time that the boss of Fan Investment Group was Fan Wubing, and had inquired about these things before. Therefore, when Fan Wubing asked, he guessed that the young man was Fan Wubing.
So Li Xiangyong introduced, "In the past, there were many small iron ore in Shuixi County, which specially supplied mineral powder to the county steel plant. In the following years, the benefits of the steel plant were not good, and the small iron ore was no longer interested. In the past two years, the market for mineral powder has improved again because of the merger and reorganization of the steel plant, so the small iron ore has also recovered some vitality."
Fan Wubing nodded. He didn't know much about iron ore.
Generally speaking, iron-containing ores can be called iron ore, but in terms of commercial use, not all iron-containing ores have the significance of development.
Domestic iron ore are generally magnetite, hematite, limonite, siderite, metasilicate and pyrote. Among these iron ores, magnetite is relatively simple to select. Because it is magnetic, magnetic separation can be used. As for pyrote, it actually contains more sulfur than iron, and is generally used to extract sulfuric acid, but no one uses it to smelting iron.
The iron ore in Shuixi County should be considered as the quality of mining or not mining, so there are not large ore and there are quite a lot of small ore. The main reason is that large enterprises look down on the quality of iron ore here and are unwilling to mine. Private small mine owners have no concerns about the material mining method. Anyway, the selling point is a little, and it is still much better than the income from farming.
Halfway through, the head of the steel plant also rushed over, but he looked unlucky. When he saw Fan Wubing, he complained, "Mr. Fan, this is really a creation out of nothing! The mineral powder sent to us by the small iron ore is less than 5,000 tons in total. He insisted that it was a mine under our group. He was really unwilling to be a bad intention!"
Since its acquisition by Fan Wubing and the demand for steel exclusively for Panshi Airport, the steel plant in Shuixi County has suddenly escaped the predicament. Although Panshi Airport does not need steel, construction is being carried out everywhere around, especially the demand for civil and steel in municipal construction and foreign-invested construction projects. Therefore, both the steel plant and the cement plant are in excellent business.
Under such circumstances, the raw material demand for steel plants is naturally extremely large.
The domestic iron ore reserves are not large and the quality is not good. Therefore, most of the ore powder needed by steel mills are imported from overseas, such as Brazil or Australia. They are transported by sea first and then transported by railway to the station.
Although it is imported, the price is not expensive than domestic ore powder, and the ore quality is better. Therefore, steel mills should pay attention to importing ore powder. As for the use of some local small iron ore powder, it is inseparable from the lobbying of the local government.
Due to taxation issues, the county naturally refused to let the steel factory go, and lobbying them in every way to use some small iron ore powder, which can be regarded as supporting the local economy. In this case, small iron ore has room for inventory.
However, there are still some complaints from the steel plant, because the quality of local ore powder is poor, which often affects the quality of the steel and can only be used on some simple materials.
"Then why did they get involved with us?" Fan Wubing has no time to hold the steel mill responsible. After all, most of them are from Shuixi County. After all, Fan Wubing is not good at publicizing the punishment of the county's encouragement, so he focused on asking why Xiao Iron Mine is a subsidiary of his group?
After asking this, I found out that the steel mill signed a purchase and sales contract with Xiao Iron Mine to provide mineral powder specifically for Shuixi Iron Mine. Xiao Iron Mine thought that it was serving the steel mill, so naturally it had labor relations. So after something happened, it immediately involved himself on Fan's investment group, and was afraid that the county would deal with them severely.
"This is really nonsense-" Fan Wubing said speechlessly, "With a purchase and sales contract, it is a purchase and sale relationship. How can it be involved in labor relations? Your mind is rusted?!"
"They don't think so--" the head of the steel plant whispered.
It turns out that the small iron ore is a village-run enterprise, and the mine owner is the younger brother of the township chief. He is very powerful in the village and is used to being arrogant. There is a saying that the village cadres are sold out, so this small iron ore has a bit of a local tyrant, because the steel plant is not far from them. In order to avoid trouble, I occasionally buy some of their mineral powder.
The owners of the small iron ore are proud of this. When they talk about it, they mention that the Fan Investment Group's company also buys our mineral powder. The quality must be excellent and they sell their mineral powder everywhere.
This time something happened, what he thought of was to use the brand of Fan's Investment Group to calm the people in the county first, and then find ways to use other relationships to settle the matter.
But the people in the county are not all fools, so we naturally know where the Fan Investment Group came from, and how could we get involved with such small iron ore? But they are also very considerate. Didn’t you say you belong to the Fan Investment Group? Then let’s ask Secretary Fan first, he should always be clear, right?
Who knew that Fan Heng didn't care much about Fan Wubing's affairs, and naturally he didn't know if this little iron ore was really related to his son, so he called him anxiously and asked him to come back to deal with the matter.
"What a mess!" Fan Wubing frowned after hearing this.
However, this incident also sounded a wake-up call for him, that is, the companies that have been acquired should be rectified, and at least the independence and autonomy of the companies should be maintained. They should not be swayed by the local government and become victims of the unprincipled bureaucratic system.
The leaders of Shuixi County were also a little nervous. I wonder if Fan Wubing would seize this matter and make a big fuss. If the investigation continues, it is nothing wrong for the leaders in the county to support the local small iron ore to develop the economy. However, if they do not distinguish the situation, they will support them without principles, and even make a situation happen, which is unreasonable.
It is impossible for Fan Wubing to show any attitude in front of others. He just asked, "Who died? How did he die? Where is the mine owner now?"
All the villagers died, and the cause of death was that the accumulated ore suddenly collapsed, and the mine owner had already run away.
After figuring out the situation, everyone felt more at ease. Fan Heng at least knew that this had nothing to do with his son Fan Wubing. The leaders of the county also figured it out. This was an accident of responsibility for not doing a good job in safety. The person in charge of the steel plant was not angry when he saw that Fan Wubing was not angry, and he was no longer so anxious.
Finally, Fan Heng stated, "The small iron ore is not very effective, so the pollution is very serious. After this, it is impossible for the steel plant to acquire the small iron ore powder. The leaders in your county should sit down and discuss this matter carefully. On the one hand, it will also raise safety awareness, and on the other hand, it also needs to review. While the entire Panshi is following the development path of high-tech industry, should these small iron ore with severe pollution and low output be shut down? I hope you will think about it carefully after you go back."
Everyone agreed timidly, thinking that this time I really didn't want it.
Fan Wubing and others walked around the small iron ore where something happened and found a problem. The remaining silt mixed with dust and water filled a large pond, which was about a hundred meters in radius and could not be seen in depth. However, the problem was also very obvious. The terrain of this pond was relatively high, dozens of meters higher than the level of nearby villages.
In this way, a huge hidden danger will be formed. The foundation of the pond is loess. Once it collapses, the pouring mud will swallow the village. No one knows how much silt there is in the pond, so the consequences are difficult to estimate.
Seeing this scene, Fan Wubing's hair immediately exploded, and he immediately pointed out the problem.
Several leaders in the county didn't think much about this scene, but after hearing what Fan Wubing said, they were also frightened.
If the situation Fan Wubing really occurs, there will be no one or two people who die. Not to mention whether they can continue to work as a county leader, they may be held criminally responsible.
Fan Heng was also shocked. If it weren't for the fact that the mine owner Pan falsely accused the Fan Investment Group, he wouldn't have come here with Fan Wubing to check it out on the spot. Naturally, he wouldn't have known that there was such a big hidden danger here.
So Fan Heng immediately instructed the county to evaluate the safety issue and then came up with a solution within three days. Fan Heng said to them, "The matter is of great importance, you can't take it lightly anymore. Whether there is still similar situation in the county, you must find out as soon as possible and solve what should be solved. Otherwise, if something happens, no one should be left with it."
"Yes, we'll do it right away." Secretary Li Xiangyong was also frightened. He looked at the huge hidden danger hanging on his head, and his heart was thumping.
Although the soil of loess is relatively hard, it cannot withstand so much silt pressure. The remaining waste ore powder after screening is of heavier quality. Under years of pressure, it is difficult to guarantee that the loess dam will be crushed.
Chapter completed!