reborn industrial empire

Chapter 461 Black Gold

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In 2001, the United States took the opportunity to send troops to Afghanistan, allowing Uzbekistan to open Hannabad Air Force Base to it, thus penetrating its power into Central Asia, a forbidden land for Russia. "》%.net

And since then, they have continued to win over Mongolia, trying to turn this country into a Trojan horse installed by the United States between China and Russia.

Relying on their strong military and economic strength, Americans have always been very successful.

And it was in 2001 in Mongolia that Oyu Tolgoi, the last large-scale copper mine in the world, was discovered. In just a few years after that, various international forces began to act like crazy.

Mongolian infiltration.

Everyone’s ultimate goal is very consistent and simple, which is to obtain the development and management rights of this copper-gold mine. However, due to Mongolia’s special geographical location and the complicated political situation in Mongolia, this issue regarding copper-gold mines

The development issues have never been formally established.

The development of this copper-gold mine was delayed until 2011, when Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe, which claimed to invest US$3 billion per year, took the lead. Mongolia planned to use 100% of the state's shareholding

The 51st method is to hand over the company to these two companies for operation.

However, due to political pressure from Russia and China, this development plan never took shape, as well as due to disputes between Mongolian parliamentarians over the management of state-owned assets.

This large-scale copper and gold mine has become the last piece of fat hanging over the heads of many giant companies in the global resource industry. With 78.9 billion pounds of copper reserves and 45.2 million ounces of gold reserves, it is enough for any giant company to

Squatting under this piece of fat, he kept swallowing his saliva.

In Jin Xiaoqiang's view, he certainly wanted to take a bite of such a big piece of fat, but he also knew that with his current strength, if he participated in the battle for this copper-gold mine, he would probably

It will be turned into a pile of meat by those mining giants and state machinery.

So for him at this time, the wisest thing to do is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then wait for the opportunity while strengthening himself. Once the opportunity arises, then he will charge forward without hesitation.

But at the same time, although I have no chance to intervene in the copper and gold mines of Oyu Tolgoi, I still have the opportunity to participate in Mongolia's other important resource industry.

In the past two years, American power has penetrated very deeply into areas where Russia has traditionally been strong, especially after they forced Uzbekistan to open the Hanabat Air Force Base to them.

They almost put their guns under the Russian polar bear's nostrils, which made it difficult for Russia, which has always regarded these areas as its own forbidden areas, to endure it.

Originally, at this rate, the coal mine in Tavan Tolgoi might not have been discovered for long.

But the Americans were really too careless. At the beginning of this year, a large-scale massacre occurred in Andijan, Uzbekistan.

Since the Americans took over Afghanistan, then successfully defeated Iraq and sent Saddam to the gallows, the two easy victories against the Islamic world have made the Americans feel a little elated.

They feel that it is time to cut off Russia's party members, trap the polar bears in a corner of the Arctic, and even divide them.

So they began to move from west to east, instigating some countries that were originally pro-Russian to start domestic coups, which are the so-called color revolutions. This trend has indeed changed the color of several countries that were originally close to Russia, such as Ukraine and Georgia.

However, when this trend spread to Uzbekistan, it encountered strong suppression from the local government. On May 13th of this year, in Andijan, Uzbekistan, the Uzbekistan Ministry of Interior and the National Security Service troops attacked people in the square.

The protesting people opened fire violently, causing a large number of casualties.

At the same time, the Uzbek government, which had received the endorsement and guarantee of Russia and China, also became tough on the Americans and directly gave an ultimatum to the Americans who were trying to subvert the current Uzbek government, asking them to do so within a specified time.

Get out of Uzbekistan, of course, the most important thing is their garrison at Hannabad Air Force Base.

The Americans wanted to get angry at that time, but when they saw that Russia and China standing behind Uzbekistan were rolling up their arms and sleeves, they immediately felt their scalp numb and their eyes were dumb. In the end, they could only roll up their bedrolls and leave Uzbekistan.

Get out.

In the next three years, the Americans could only rely on the route from Pakistan to Afghanistan, and then northwards to penetrate Central Asia.

The original shortcut using Uzbekistan as a springboard has been absolutely closed and will never return.

Although the Americans returned to Uzbekistan three years later, their status in Uzbekistan is no longer what it used to be.

And during these three years, the exploration and development of new minerals in Mongolia also came to a standstill due to the retreat of American power and the extremely unstable domestic factors in Mongolia.

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It was not until the Americans returned to Central Asia in 2008, bringing with them a large influx of American capital, that Mongolia's geographical exploration work became active again, and it was at that time that Tabantol in Mongolia

Only after the underground coal fields were built were large-scale exploration and reporting.

As soon as this coalfield came into being, it immediately attracted the attention of energy giants around the world again, and once again elevated Mongolia to the focus of the world's energy industry.

In fact, the Tavan Tolgoi coalfield was not unknown to outsiders before this. In the 1960s, the former Soviet Union gave Mongolia a large amount of assistance to help them develop energy within the country.

exploration.

This coalfield had been explored at that time, but at that time the resources were not as scarce as they are now, and Mongolia, as a buffer zone between China and Russia, did not need to have very strong resource and technology reserves, so before

The Soviet Union was not kind-hearted and did not remind the Mongols about the coal field.

Moreover, the location of Taba Tolgoi is too close to China, and the former Soviet Union is also very worried. If there is a conflict between the former Soviet Union and China, it will be quickly occupied by the Chinese army and become a resource supply station for the enemy.

Therefore, this coal field was kept even more confidential, and was even classified as top secret for a time.

The Mongols only had a general idea that there might be a coal field here, but they had no idea where it was or how much the reserves were.

And when the former Soviet Union collapsed a few decades later, and Mongolia wanted to seek development between the two big countries and solve the current situation of domestic poverty, selling resources became the easiest and fastest way, so the exploration of this coalfield also

He was brought to the forefront, which led to this great discovery that shocked the world.

The reason why Tavan Tolgoi can cause such a worldwide sensation every day is also very simple, because the coal storage capacity of this coalfield is so large and the quality is so good.

The mining area of ​​this mine is about several hundred kilometers away from Rioyu Tolgoi, but it is located in a deserted area. The coal storage area in the mining area reaches more than 400 square kilometers. The coal seam is divided into 16 layers and the thickness can reach 190 meters.

And the most important thing is that most of the coal in this coal mine is the most scarce coking coal in the world. The coal output can be as high as more than 60%, which can be called the well-deserved black gold.

Later, it was proven that the coal mine has reserves of more than 6.4 billion tons, and the proven reserves of coal mainly used for coking are as high as 1.8 billion tons. The remaining coal is also completely high-quality thermal coal.

The value of the entire coal mining area is as high as 300 billion US dollars...

The most eye-catching part of this coal mine is of course the coking coal here. You must know that the world economy has been booming in recent years, and the world economy’s demand for steel, especially China’s demand for steel, has been increasing.

Rapidly increasing.

Coke is the main raw material for steelmaking. Currently, the main exporting country is China. In the past two years, China has begun to control the export of coke in an orderly manner. This has also seriously affected the dissatisfaction of the world's large steel companies. Everyone is

While condemning China’s coke export policy, it is also looking for suitable substitute products in other parts of the world.

In fact, it is not that Western countries, Japan, and the United States cannot produce coke domestically, but it pollutes the environment too much, requires a lot of resources, and is very wasteful, so they are more willing to buy it internationally.

, and they don’t want to produce in Japan.

That’s why when the Tavan Tolgoi coal mine in Mongolia was later discovered, it caused such a big sensation. Brazil’s Vale, Switzerland’s Xstrata, Europe’s ArcelorMittal, and Russia’s

Resource companies such as Russian Railways Group and Tianchao Shenhua later participated in the development of this coal mine.

But now is the time when the American strength in Central Asia is shrinking, and Mongolia's domestic exploration work is in trouble due to funding problems. If Jin Xiaoqiang does not take advantage of such a good time gap, in this black gold

In the mine, if he grabs the biggest piece of cake for himself, then he is really stupid.

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A few days later, Gereltu, carrying a check for one million U.S. dollars, accompanied by several burly bodyguards, boarded a flight to Ulaanbaatar. His mind went blank.

In a dizzy state, he started his money-spending trip to Ulaanbaatar...

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