Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 675 Mining (two chapters)

  As his value continues to rise, Yang Chen's words are becoming more and more capitalist. Huo Jian's face that talks about interests and benefits at every turn makes Huo Jian see it, and he has to sigh, 'Money really is omnipotent. ’

   Who would have thought that the young man who was still singing on the streets the year before would turn around and become a world-class billionaire.

   will sigh with emotion, but Huo Jianhuo did not show it.

   Yang Chen didn't care about the aborigines in the Northern Territory. The total number of these people is only tens of thousands of people. Even if they make trouble again, how much trouble can they make?

   Don't take kangaroo soldiers as dry food. Although they are a little useless on the battlefield, they can deal with unarmed aboriginal people, not to mention one-to-two, even one-to-ten.

   It's really going to be tough. The Australian government will 100% stand on his side in order to invest, especially the local government in the Northern Territory. There is a sharp conflict between the two sides, and those people are eager for him to come and stir up the water.

  There are not a lot of Chinese in the Northern Territory, and many of them are left over from the past. They are also victims of the White Australia Policy. There is not much conflict between the Chinese and the Australian Aborigines.

   With the Chinese temperament, as long as they have an advantage in terms of population, they can subtly influence the aborigines in Australia over a long period of time.

   No matter what nationality or cultural fusion, the lesser side will always obey the majority, and the more side will have the absolute advantage.

   "Boss, this is the information about Australian mining that I got from HSBC, take a look."

  Huo Jianxuan handed the information in his hand to Boss Yang as he spoke.

   "Due to the impact of the oil crisis, the world economic growth slowed down, and the world iron ore price also fell to a certain extent..."

   For a long time, the trend of iron ore prices has shown different laws with the changes in the market structure.

  After the end of World War II, the geographical separation pattern of iron ore supply and demand was formed, international trade of iron ore began to appear, long-term contract transactions were gradually established, and the price showed the coexistence of stability in the year and a small increase in the long-term.

   The key to this situation lies in the East Asian region represented by island countries and South Korea, a group of developing Asian countries.

  After World War II, the economies of developing Asian countries began to gradually improve. In the 1980s, East Asian countries have become the largest export trade targets for Australia's iron ore consumption.

   Since the 1960s, East Asian countries led by island countries and South Korea have facilitated the Australian government to lock in the quantity of supplies or purchases through contracts. The two parties have gradually developed long-term contracts and formed a long-term agreement price system.

   "According to research and analysis, although the economic development of European and American countries has slowed down due to the oil crisis, the demand for iron ore has declined, but the iron ore price in Australia has not been greatly affected due to the rising demand from developing Asian countries.

Moreover, I think the iron ore industry still has great prospects for development in the future. Even if it is affected by cyclical factors now, as the impact of the oil crisis gradually subsides and the world economy recovers again, the price of iron ore will still continue to rise. continue rising. "

  Huo Jianhen dares to say this, mainly because the economies of Asian countries have just started, and the infrastructure construction of various developing countries is not perfect, and there is still a lot of room for exploration.

  Steel is the backbone of all industrial countries, and iron ore is the most indispensable raw material for steel.

  If Asian countries want to develop, they cannot do without steel. To a certain extent, steel is more important than oil.

  Australia is the largest exporter of iron ore except Brazil, and its iron ore is famous for its high quality and low mining difficulty. Investing in iron mining is undoubtedly a profitable business.

   Yang Chen looked at the data on the document, raised his head and asked Huo Jianxuan, "Is the current international iron ore price only $18 a ton?"

Huo Jianhu nodded and said: "The average price should be between US$17 and US$18. According to the information provided by HSBC, the reason why the price of iron ore has not dropped too much is mainly because the international iron ore giants are playing tricks, and they have decreased. The amount of iron ore mined, thereby controlling price fluctuations.

  The demand has decreased, and the amount of mining has also decreased. In addition, the demand in the Asian region led by Japan and South Korea has not decreased but increased, so the price of international iron ore has not dropped too much.

  The international iron ore price fluctuated around US$20 before. The largest iron ore companies in Australia, because they signed long-term contracts with Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea, did not have much impact on the price. "

  Although Yang Chen doesn't know how much the price of iron ore has risen in later generations, there is no doubt that the development of a country is inseparable from steel.

   Others aside, the real estate industry alone consumes more steel than most people can imagine.

   Just as Yang Chen remembered, with the economic development of Asian countries, there will be more or less construction projects and real estate development.

   Among them, island countries and inland areas entering the 21st century are the most important, especially inland areas. The scale of real estate cannot be compared with any country in the world.

  The title of infrastructure maniac depends not only on people, but also on steel.

   In fact, the world's iron ore resources are very rich, and there is no scarcity. Basically, iron ore can be found more or less in every country.

  In later generations, the reserves of iron ore alone have reached hundreds of billions of tons. Among them, Australia, Brazil, China, Russia, Ukraine and the United States are the world's largest iron ore resource countries.

Although the inland is a big country with iron ore, and it is also the world's largest iron ore producer, because most of the inland iron ore is lean ore (with low iron content), it is far less than Brazil and Brazil in terms of metal content. Australian iron ore is of high quality.

   Therefore, in the period of rapid economic development, the inland has not been able to achieve self-sufficiency in iron ore.

  Inland China is the largest importer of iron ore in later generations, accounting for half of the world's iron ore imports, while Australia's iron ore exports have always ranked first and second in the world.

   Therefore, Australia has been one of the inland iron ore exporters since the 1990s.

  Yang Chen pointed at the mining companies listed on the information, and asked, "Are these mining companies our next target for investment?"

  Mining, and agriculture and animal husbandry are two different industries and concepts. If he does not have a ready-made mining company in his hands and can only form it by himself, he cannot afford the time required.

   Therefore, only by taking a stake in or acquiring an existing Australian mining company can he save time and get a group of experienced workers at the same time.

   "Boss, the first few mining companies listed in the data are the largest mining companies in Australia today. They have the most comprehensive mining equipment, refining workers and marketing channels.

  If we can acquire one or two of them, or even one of them, it can greatly help us to enter the Northern Territory and Queensland mining in the future. "

   After hearing this, Yang Chen immediately threw the information on the table, "Come and introduce me to these companies, this dense pile of data is a headache for me, please try to introduce it briefly."

   "Ok, boss"

  Huo Jian narrowed his neck in embarrassment. He obtained these information from HSBC. Although he had read it carefully, he forgot that Boss Yang was not interested in such long-form data.

   It's not that Boss Yang is impatient, but that most bosses are not interested in that stinky and long big data.

   "Boss, then let me tell you about Australia's number one BHP mining company. BHP is headquartered in Melbourne, and the company's mines are located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. They are Newman, Yandy and Goldworth.

  The total proven reserves of these three mining areas exceed one billion tons, and the total annual output of iron ore exceeds 30 million tons. In addition, BHP Mining Company also has an undeveloped C mining area in the south of Yali, with unknown reserves.

All mines under BHP Mining Company are very close to the port. The iron ore produced only needs to be transported to the ports of Hedland and Finnecon Island by a 400-kilometer railway line, mixed, and then shipped to the international market. Iron ore market sales…”

In 2001, BHP Mining Company merged with British company Billyden, and after the merger, it became BHP Billiton Company. In later generations, BHP Billiton Company was the second largest mining company in the world. The Big Three of Ore.

  The world's three iron ore giants in later generations, Brazil's Vale, Australia's BHP Billiton and Britain's Rio Tinto Group, monopolize the global iron ore export in terms of production, development and marketing.

  Like the four major grain merchants, the three giants control more than 80% of the world's iron ore exports.

   Although the inland is the largest importer of iron ore in the later generations, it has no right to set a price on the price of iron ore.

   Even with the global financial crisis in 2008, the economies of all countries in the world were severely hit, resulting in a continuous decline in global steel market demand and a 60% drop in iron ore prices. The Big Three still did not give inland concessions according to international prices.

   At that time, in the gloomy steel market, inland large and medium-sized steel mills fell into collective huge losses due to high long-term agreement prices.

   Although the inland has become the world's largest steel producer and iron ore importer, it has always been in a weak position in the game with international mining giants.

As the largest buyer of iron ore, it stands to reason that he should have a certain right to speak in the negotiation of the price of imported iron ore. The old beauty has face, but the old beauty has always been used to it.

   In this world, there is no problem with anyone, except for money.

   However, looking at the face of Australia in later generations, I am too lazy to say it. The whole country, from top to bottom, is purely looking for models.

   The fundamental reason for the loss of the right to speak in the inland is not external pressure.

   Once negotiated, international mining giants use small and medium-sized enterprises to pass spot iron ore into their hands and flood into China in large quantities.

   Yang Chen doesn't know about these. I believe many people will not pay attention to the steel industry. After all, ordinary businessmen cannot contact them. Large steel enterprises are state-owned enterprises, and state-owned enterprises are generally in a state of small transparency.

  摁, except for the major state-owned banks that are always remembered every day, no matter how low-key they are.

   "Boss, most of the mining areas of the above companies are concentrated in Western Australia, which is closer to Asian countries and has huge mineral reserves, especially iron ore.

  According to statistics, Western Australia has the largest iron ore reserves in the world. If we cannot acquire the first few large mining companies, then we should acquire small and medium mining companies in Western Australia as soon as possible…”

   "Western Australia" Yang Chen muttered to himself, tapped his fingers on the table lightly, and pondered quietly.

  Compared with Western Australia, the Northern Territory is far from being comparable to Western Australia, both now and in the future.

  Western Australia is located in the western part of the Australian mainland, bordering the Indian Ocean, with an area equivalent to the entire Western Europe, accounting for one-third of the total area of ​​Australia, and is the largest state in Australia.

  Although most of the state is desert and salt lake, it is not as good as the Northern Territory, but it contains extremely rich mineral resources and is the richest state in Australia.

  The mineral resources of Western Australia rank the highest in Australia. The main minerals are iron, gold, nickel, diamond, manganese, copper, coal, oil and natural gas, etc., and the reserves are large, widely distributed, shallowly buried, and easy to develop.

   In the future, Western Australia's total merchandise exports accounted for more than 40% of Australia's total, equivalent to the total exports of New South Wales, where Sydney is located, Victoria, and Queensland, where Melbourne is located.

   However, Western Australia's exports are mostly minerals and energy, accounting for about 80% of total exports.

   Western Australia is close to Asia, the shipping distance is closer and more convenient than the Northern Territory, and the cost is greatly reduced.

   However, it was precisely because Western Australia had too many advantages that Yang Chen did not place his base camp there.

   An area that is always watched by the Australian government, obviously the other side will not let him occupy it so easily.

   In contrast, birds like the Northern Territory do not shit, and the Australian government is willing to generously throw them to him in areas to be developed.

  Rewards come from hard work. He developed the Northern Territory to help the Australian government develop this desert and a place that is about to be abandoned.

   Investing in Western Australia is to make big money naked. Since it can make big money, then the Australian government will naturally not give him generous discounts.

   On the contrary, there may be many restrictions,

   There are gains and losses. Although the Northern Territory is more difficult to develop, as long as the management is good, this will be his second base in the future.

   Besides, the Northern Territory also has a lot of mineral resources. Although it is not as exaggerated as Western Australia, it has everything it should have.

   Think about Israel, a desert country, that can turn barren land into a "land of grain and fruit", why not the Northern Territory?

   Peaceful occupation of Australia, starting from the Northern Territory.

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   Thank you for the reward from the boss of Longevity and No Dreams, thank you for your support...

   (end of this chapter)