"If I just want to disrupt the situation, I can see Zhang Chaoyang when I come back this time, but I don't have any plans. There is absolutely no benefit for Zhang Chaoyang to see me at this time." Cao Mo flicked the ashes of his cigar into the big metal ashtray like snow.
, looked at Ding Zhaoqiang, "Does Dongsheng want to make steel in the Gulf of Guinea?"
When Cao Mo saw Zhang Chaoyang at this time, he even wanted to dig Zhang Chaoyang and his team out of the New Steel Union directly. This would create enough trouble for Han Shaorong and Yu Jinjie, and they did not need to show any mercy to Han Shaorong, Yu Jinjie and the others.
However, to poach Zhang Chaoyang and his team, arrangements must be made for them.
If it were not purely to disrupt the situation, to harm Han Shaorong, Yu Jinjie and the others, and ultimately to irresponsibly manipulate the life and destiny of Zhang Chaoyang and dozens of his men, it would be somewhat fucked up.
Let alone Cao Mo, Ding Zhaoqiang and Qian Wenhan couldn't do this kind of thing.
When it comes to entering the steel industry, the country has obviously missed the best opportunity. Even they can predict that the steel industry will have a serious surplus in the next few years. Competition among the top domestic steel companies will become brutal, but building steel in Africa
Factory, what will be the situation?
Three years ago, Cao Mo pulled Shen Ji along and Zhang Chaoyang actively worked to take over the Catero Steel Plant. Ding Zhaoqiang had considered this issue.
At that time, Dong Chengpeng was still in charge of Hexi Industrial Investment Fund and specially wrote a report and gave it to Ding Zhaoqiang.
First of all, in the Gulf of Guinea and even the entire African region, only South Africa and Egypt have steel plants with relatively advanced production processes, but their production capacity is limited and cannot meet the market demand of the entire African continent.
At the same time, after the steel industry reaches a certain scale, complete industrial supporting facilities can be built internally at the same time. The external demand is mainly the supply of transportation and basic labor force-this allows the construction of steel plants to get rid of the backward local economic level to a certain extent.
limit.
Therefore, there is considerable profit potential from investing in steel plants in Africa.
With the rise of China's economy, various "threat theories" in European and American countries are on the rise. It is foreseeable that European and American countries will impose increasingly stringent export restrictions on China's steel products. However, if a steel plant is built in the Gulf of Guinea, not only will export restrictions be lower, but also
You can enjoy lower tariff rates and be closer to the European and American markets.
At that time, Dongsheng not only voted in favor of the new steel connection Pan Catero Steel Plant, but even intended to increase its shareholding through Hexi Industrial Investment Fund.
Of course, a series of changes happened later, and many things went against the original intention, so Ding Zhaoqiang never thought about it again.
Now Dongsheng has shifted its focus to the real estate business. As a listed company, Dongsheng Group has even spun off its palm oil business and integrated it with Tianyue. In addition to the traditional grain and oil business, it also retains the electrolytic aluminum and aluminum profile businesses.
In 2009, the country increased investment in infrastructure, and the property market became hot again, making the electrolytic aluminum and aluminum profile business very profitable. However, Ding Zhaoqiang has also realized that the domestic electrolytic aluminum industry has an overall surplus, and the follow-up focus is on optimizing production and resources.
Integrate and research to develop high-tech products with higher profit margins.
From the overall industrial layout of Dongsheng, Ding Zhaoqiang is unwilling to get involved in steel plant investment.
However, even if we don't mention Han Shaorong's sinister plot against the Ding family, the relationship between them is getting closer and closer. Cao Mo will definitely have trouble with Han Shaorong and Yu Jinjie, and will compete with the Evans Foundation in the Gulf of Guinea to prevent the Savvy family from confronting them.
The Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine is coveted. Can Dongsheng stand by and watch?
"If Dongsheng takes the lead, I'm afraid he won't have the energy. Otherwise, you can simply plan this matter under the framework of Tianyue Industrial to see if it is feasible. There is no need to set up another business." Ding Zhaoqiang said directly.
After palm oil crushing and refining and the integration of plantation assets, Dongsheng's shareholding in Tianyue Industrial will be increased to about 8-10%, and Qian Wenhan's Xinhong Investment will also be maintained at about 10%.
Under the framework, it is planned to build a steel plant in the Gulf of Guinea. On the one hand, everyone has jointly assumed the responsibility, and the interests are further tied together through the Tianyue Industrial platform. On the other hand, Cao Mo himself is planning to build a steel plant in the Gulf of Guinea.
More industries and assets are incorporated into listed companies.
"You insist on dragging me in, but I don't care. The key is where to build it, how to build it, and how big the scale is to build it?" Qian Wenhan said with a smile.
"If you want to build it, put it in Cotonou!" Cao Mo picked up the ash from the ashtray, sketched the shape of the Gulf of Guinea on the table, and said, "Benin has a single ethnic group and does not have such complicated and sharp ethnic conflicts, which makes the political situation
I won’t go into details about the relative stability and the industrial layout that I have recently focused on strengthening investment in Benin - the Gulf of Guinea is located on the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean, which is a fairly standard right-angled turn. Benin’s Cotonou-Bodonov is
Located at the turning point of this right-angled corner, Peme and Draculamo are located on both sides. The Mangba Iron Mine in Akwa is located in the northeast of Peme, the capital of Akwa, and is 130 kilometers away from the Port of Peme, but because
Due to the geographical shape characteristics of the Gulf of Guinea, the distance from Mamba to Cotonou is closer, the straight-line distance is less than 100 kilometers, and the terrain is quite flat, bypassing the rainforest area with soft foundation——"
"You want to build a medium-sized steel plant in Cotonou for the time being. When the time is right, you can build a railway to connect Mamba and Cotonou. On the one hand, you can send Mamba's iron ore to the steel plant.
smelting furnace, and on the other hand, use the Port of Cotonou as a transfer station for the Mamba iron ore to go to sea, perfectly bypassing the Port of Pemé?" Qian Wenhan said.
"Other than this, what can you think of when you look at Drake, where the Wusang River copper and gold mine is located, between Mangba and Pemei Port?" Cao Mo asked.
“The railway from Kruno, Mamba to Pemme Port is so jammed with iron ore carriages and oil tankers that it cannot free up much transport capacity for the Usan River copper and gold mine located in the middle section of the railway.
The copper concentrate goes to sea. However, the transportation demand of this railway from east to west to the port of Pemé is full, but it is empty from west to east - this also means that the construction between Mamba and Cotonou
By rail, the Usan River copper and gold mines can be transferred from Mangba and transported to the Port of Cotonou," Ge Jun frowned habitually and said, "And politically speaking, the railway from Mangba to Pemé is completely
Under the constraints of Akwa, even the officials of the Akwa railway department can make decisions. However, when the international railway from Mamba to Cotonou is built, it will be jointly supervised by Akwa and Benin. Who wants to
When tampering with this railway, the level of problems to be considered is much more serious - this railway can even be connected to Dracula Mo in the future. Of course, more importantly, this railway should be organized and built by the Benin government
, it would be much easier to raise funds..."
At present, the Export-Import Bank of China provides a large amount of infrastructure loan assistance to Africa every year. However, this loan needs to be applied for by the African government and endorsed with national credit. It also needs to be handed over to Chinese-funded enterprises, preferably central enterprises with state-owned assets background.
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Of course, if Cao Mo wants to push the Benin government to build this railway, he must let the Benin government see the importance and sufficient economic value of this railway - after all, the Benin government will use treasury revenue to repay the capital in the future.
Money and interest.
When building a steel plant in Cotonou, you can first transfer the Mamba iron ore to the smelting furnace of the steel plant through Pemme Port, and then start the construction of the steel plant directly in Cotonou. Politicians with a little foresight in Benin can
Seeing the importance of the Mamba-Cotonou railway - we must not forget that the Furkov Petrochemical Group is planning to build a refinery in Cotonou, which can use this railway to transfer crude oil from the Akwa Krono oil field
Transported to Cotonou refinery by tanker truck.
In fact, the source of funds is not a big issue here.
Cao Mo currently has US$11.2 billion in cash in accounts such as Tianyue Investment and Ibogu Mining. He also has relative control over the financial institution Bank Atlantic - a slow and narrow road that is easy to build and has limited investment.
It is not a problem for the railway to raise US$340 million.
Even building a new deep-water ro-ro terminal at the Port of Cotonou and raising an additional US$200 million was no longer difficult for Cao Mo.
What's more critical is that the Benin government should come forward to promote the construction of this railway, so that Benin's national power becomes an important bargaining chip for Tianyue against the Seviyi family and the Evans Foundation.
"Folkov Petrochemical Group has decided to start the construction of an oil refinery in Cotonou. Once this railway is built, tankers from the Akwacruno oil field can also drive directly into Cotonou - the steel plant can also see
As a bargaining chip. If Xinhai Gold can jointly build a 60,000-grade copper smelting plant in Cotonou with Ibogu Mining, I believe the balance will be completely tilted." Cao Mo dropped three pinches of ash bombs on the table.
In the direction indicated to Cotonou, Ding Zhaoqiang, Zhou Shenhe, Qian Wenhan and the others were stared at.
"Could it be that you didn't meet Han Shaorong at all just now, and you were trying to trick us old guys from the beginning to the end?" Qian Wenhan asked with deep suspicion.
As far as basic heavy industries such as steel refining and chemicals are concerned, the annual production capacity of one million tons is not considered large, and the 60,000-ton copper smelter only absorbs the production capacity of the first mine of the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine.
However, the combined investment of the three projects exceeds one billion US dollars, which is of great significance to Benin, a small country with a population of less than 5 million and a gross national product of only 6 billion US dollars.
This means that the gross national product will directly gain a huge increase of 20%; taking into account a series of release effects, it is possible to directly more than double the industrial scale of the country of Benin.
The key is that this is still a first-phase project.
Whether it is a steel plant, a refinery, or a copper refinery, there is an urgent need for a railway to connect the industrial centers of Akwa, Drake, Mamba and Kroono, and at the same time, it will also provide the most basic foundation for the completion of this railway.
The annual transportation capacity requirement of four to five million tons ensures that this railway will not operate at a loss after completion.
If we only invest in the construction of a refinery, because there are many sources of crude oil in the Gulf of Guia and the demand for transportation capacity is limited, it will completely fail to reflect the importance and high economic value of this railway.
Of course, without this railway, the steel plants, refineries and copper smelters built can still transport raw materials from Pemei Port or other important ports, but they will need to pay additional and quite expensive transportation costs.
No wonder Qian Wenhan suspected that Cao Mo had planned this all along.
As soon as Qian Wenhan finished speaking, Han Shaorong, Yu Jinjie, Liang Yuan and others walked into the cigar room. Cao Mo shrugged at Qian Wenhan, saying that he was absolutely innocent...