Interstellar Industrial Age

? "Come out~ Come out~"

"The first drop of rare earth ore mined on the moon~"

Among the huge smelting plants, a group of news media reporters waited patiently at the location where rare earth mines were exported.

Extracting rare earths with strong acid or strong base is a relatively long chemical reaction process that takes several hours.

Everyone has been here for four or five hours, and now, the mine has finally started.

At the exit, as the first drop of white liquid flowed out, everyone present began to get excited, and the sound of rubbing and rubbing kept ringing.

"I have never seen rare earth mines~ It turns out to be white, no wonder it is called white gold."

Lu Qingwei accompanied Qin Yi to the smelting factory. Looking at the white liquid that began to pour out, he said slightly surprised.

"This is only the most primary rare earth ore, and it also contains a lot of water. After the water evaporates, it will become powder. This rare earth ore belongs to the most primary and most primitive rare earth ore."

"Although its price is okay, if it is sold like this, it will be a big loss."

"Our country used to mine rare earth mines, exporting such rare earth mines and selling them. It's a pity that the price is very low."

"Because we don't have the technology to purify and refine rare earth ore, we can only export the lowest grade rare earth ore, while companies in Western countries such as Europe, America and Japan purify and refine the rare earth ore we export, and get various For all kinds of pure rare metals, its value will be multiplied hundreds of times, even thousands of times, tens of thousands of times are possible.”

Qin Yi smiled and began to popularize the knowledge about rare earth mines to Lu Qingwei.

"The real expensive rare earth resources are the pure rare metals that are purified and refined. In the past, we could only export this white primary rare earth, but in 2008, our country's academician Xu Guangxian successfully developed the cascade extraction technology. , the smelting and separation technology of rare earth has been developed by leaps and bounds."

"Since then, we have stopped exporting such low-grade rare earth ore, and then exporting more valuable refined products, and therefore we Huaxia have a dominant position in the international rare earth market and become my country's strategic resource. ."

"That's it~"

Lu Qingwei nodded solemnly after listening.

"In the final analysis, it's a matter of technology. Before we didn't have technology, we could only do the most basic things, sacrificing the environment and resources, but it was at the bottom of the industry chain, and the profit was the least."

"After we have the technology, we can control the entire industrial chain and firmly control the profits of the entire industrial chain in our own hands. Now even if we don't mine rare earths, with the technology in our hands, we will be better than before. more moisturizing."

Seems to have some insight, Lu Qingwei said after thinking about it.

"Yes, technology is the primary productive force."

Qin Yi smiled and nodded.

Looking at the location of the rare earth ore outlet, a steady stream of white ore liquid is constantly flowing out.

"Like this rare earth ore, we call it water ore, the water needs to be evaporated to dryness, and after the evaporation is clean, preliminary refining and extraction are carried out. Generally speaking, the price of one ton is about tens of thousands to millions. , the most important thing is to see which rare metal element is contained in the rare earth ore, if it is a relatively rare and precious europium oxide, the price of one ton can reach nearly 10 million."

"In the past, those who privately mined rare earth resources in our country didn't understand this at all. Many precious rare earths were also regarded as ordinary rare earths and sold at the price of cabbage."

"I don't know what rare elements are contained in the rare earth mines we mined this time.

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"It should be out soon~"

Lu Qingwei nodded, finally having a general understanding of rare earths.

While the two were chatting with each other, in a laboratory of the Galaxy Science Research Institute, many samples collected from the moon had been tested, and even the rare earth ore mined from the moon this time contained all components. come out.

The laboratory report also appeared in the hands of Qin Yi and Lu Qingwei at the first time. The two of them held the laboratory report with surprised expressions on their faces.

"Qin Yi~ We have made a fortune, we are lucky~"

"The rare earth ore mined just now contains the most precious europium oxide~"

Seeing the report, Lu Qingwei couldn't help but call out.

Just now Qin Yi also mentioned this europium oxide, which is the most expensive of all rare earth minerals. I didn't expect to turn around and tell you right away that the white liquid that flows out contains this precious resource.

"Virtual ~ be quieter, be quieter~"

When Qin Yi heard it, he immediately signaled Lu Qingwei to keep his voice low. The reason why this europium oxide is valuable is that it is very useful, but its output is extremely rare.

Now that I have rare earth resources that have been continuously mined from the moon, the price will definitely plummet, and it will not be able to sell much at that time.

"Europium oxide ~ praseodymium oxide ~ praseodymium oxide neodymium ~"

"It's all rare earths with relatively high prices~ It seems that we really made a fortune this time~"

Then Qin Yi took the test report and looked at it carefully. In his mind, Qin Yi also let the smart program of the Science and Technology Tower search out a current price list of rare earth metals, and compared it with the watch, he also grinned. laughed.

"Let's look at the output now~ If the output can reach the general level, then mining on the moon is definitely a huge profit industry."

After careful comparison, Qin Yi came to a conclusion.

Qin Yi didn't wait too long. The first batch of 10,000 tons of soil and rocks excavated from the moon soon completed the extraction of rare earth ore. About 50,000 tons of lunar soil and rocks were extracted. tons of rare earth ore.

"50,000 tons of lunar soil and rocks can extract about 200 tons of rare earth ore. Even if it is calculated at the lowest price of praseodymium oxide, for a price of 400,000 tons per ton, this time it will make about 80 million yuan."

After getting the statistics, Qin Yi made a simple calculation and suddenly laughed.

"It's still okay~"

"The price of 400,000 tons is only the preliminary smelting and refining price. In my hands, I can further purify, refine and separate it, and its value will continue to double up. , If it is calculated like this, this trip to the moon can at least make hundreds of millions."

"This is just transporting the soil back to the earth for smelting. If it is smelting on the moon, as long as the factory is built, this steady stream of rare earths will be mined back, absolutely huge profits, proper huge profits."

Qin Yi made a simple calculation, and couldn't help but nod his head immediately. Moon mining is possible, but it is definitely a huge profit.

ps: I don't know if this data is accurate~ Welcome to point out the mistakes~