Chapter 476: Ilmenite

"Then I wish us all the best. Joyce raised his glass full of champagne.

"Everything went well. Several people raised their glasses in response.

Several officials from Nigeria's Ministry of Land and Resources were sent away, and several people from Billiton continued to discuss the matter.

"Are they reliable?" questioned one of them.

"You don't have to worry. "We don't have much more to do in West Africa, and that's the most convenient one." ”

"Huaxia came to the news, recently Guangtu Mining Group CEO visited Pengyun Machinery, it is said that and Hongxin Group will reach a cooperation to jointly develop the African mining market. Someone worried, "Will this affect our plans?"

"That's just a rumor. Besides, even if they cooperate, it won't affect us. Hongxin Group's business is mainly electronic technology, by the way, and the automotive industry. I think their cooperation is at most a relationship within the raw material supplier. Joyce was not worried, "In the mining field, we are the number one in the world, what is Hongxin Group?"

"Dear friends, at most a year, that mine will fall back to our name!"

"At that time, your assets will skyrocket!"

Speaking of this, everyone had a smile on their faces. One person said with a smile: "Who knows, that iron mine is actually ilmenite, fortunately we got ore samples, otherwise such a cheap will let Guangtu Mining take advantage." ”

If it's just pure iron ore, it's certainly not worth Rio Tinto's attention. The reason why they want to get out of the mine is because they have obtained the ore from the mine through some channel.

After technical analysis and testing, it was found that this is not only an iron-rich ore, but also a fertilite associated mine! In the rock formation, the content of titanium is also very high, and if it is purified, its value is estimated to reach billions of dollars!

Coupled with the recent international sales of iron ore, the value of the entire mine exceeds 10 billion US dollars. Such a huge benefit only needs to spend some relationships and means to accept it in its entirety, and of course Joyce and others will not let it go!

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A month later, in the production workshop of Pengyun Machinery Co., Ltd., workers were assembling a general-purpose mining robot under the direction of Zhang, that is, RI-8901.

The form of the mining robot has nothing to do with people, but is a medium-sized construction machinery. The main functions are drilling, mining, excavation.

Compared to other mining machines, it has the advantage of fully automated operation, which only needs to be set up in the quantum data center, and the mining robot can automatically complete the mining operation and transport the raw ore to the storage site.

The fully automated operation is not only more efficient than manually operated machines, but also avoids various dangerous conditions in mining operations, which can ignore day and night, ignore the scorching heat and cold, and work 24 hours a day.

What workers have to do is to overhaul and maintain regularly, and do a good job in management and deployment.

"Chief engineer, the assembly is complete!" The technician reported to Zhang Qiang, Zhang Qiang nodded, and said: "Now pull to the test site and carry out routine operation experiments." ”

The test site is a rocky field, and although it is not a mine, the hardness and strength of the rock are not lower than most mines. It is very difficult to mine these rocks with conventional mechanical operations.

In the test site, Lu Zixin received the news and also rushed from the head office. Now his work task in Hongxin Group, in addition to the general direction control, is to actively launch a variety of new scientific and technological products, new mining robots come out, he naturally wants to take a look.

"Mr. Lu. Several senior executives of Pengyun Machinery greeted him.

"Well, hello everyone. Lu Zixin briefly communicated with them, and then ordered: "Are the preparations done, let's start." ”

"Okay, let's start the actual work test. After Zhang Qiang finished speaking, a staff member began to operate.

The first was a relatively new mining machine, which they had rented from other companies for comparative experiments.

The operation of the mining machine requires a highly skilled technician to operate. In the spare time of the operation, Zhang Qiang introduced the performance data of this mining machine to Lu Zixin.

"This is the world's first-class open-pit mining machine, manufactured by the domestic Huagong Heavy Industry, the mechanical stick alone reaches 18 meters! The hydraulic electric shovel in front of the mechanical stick has a bucket capacity of nearly 60 square meters and a working weight of nearly 2,000 tons!"

"Suffice it to say, most mines don't get any better equipment than this. You can see how it works now. ”

Zhang Qiang said that the surface miner was already in operation. With the roar of a huge machine, the huge surface miner began to move. Because of its own weight, it moves more slowly, and the mechanical stick and shovel operate more slowly.

There was a loud "boom" sound, and the crushed rock and dust in the test site were scooped up by a bucket, and then the surface miner moved to move it to the designated location.

After mining enough square of target value, the surface miner stops working. The process took more than 40 minutes, required the cooperation of multiple operators, and the excavation process was flawed.

Next, it is the mining robot operation designed and produced by Pengyun Machinery!

The size of the mining robot is also very large, and the chassis is based on the design of a special engineering vehicle. Its robotic arm is another model of the Optimus Arm, which has the same function as the Optimus Arm, and can also be connected to the bucket or drill bit in front to achieve a variety of functions.

In the city of control, the quantum computer has planned the goals and ways of operating. The mining robot starts to run autonomously, without the need for a controller, it drives itself to the target location and starts the mining operation.

The powerful Optimus Arm digs out the hard rock and automatically shovels it to the target location. The whole process only consumed about a quarter of an hour!

Compared with the previous surface miner, it is three times faster! And this is only a short period of comparison, if it is a long time, counting the functional limitations of the surface miner, the operation of workers, rest, and various factors caused by the start of work can not be carried out normally, the power of the mining robot will be more obvious.

"The tests are almost on target, and in the next few days, we will be testing other aspects such as safety systems, emergency systems, etc. Mr. Lu, what do you think?" asked the subordinate.

Lu Zixin has full confidence in the design of industrial robots, and nodded: "Yes, with our sharp tools, the next mineral mining will also enter the era of full mechanical automation." ”

When the test is qualified, you can notify the general manager of Guangtu Mining and tell him the good news. Let him know the strength of our company!"

These days, Sheng Wenyan didn't ask about machinery, he was under too much pressure, so he was very concerned about it.