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As the high-definition video record of the diving suit was transmitted to the boat, Gu Haichao shouted, looking a little surprised.

"It's supposed to be a placer sbed, and below it is rare earths, which looks like it's of decent quality. It's a pity that at such a distance, and at this depth, it's a bit troublesome. Gu Haichao said.

"Rare earths on the ocean floor?" someone was surprised.

The term rare earth is not unfamiliar to everyone, after all, it is a rare resource of the country, and now, it is even listed as an item that is strictly prohibited from export, and has become an important strategic resource of the country.

"It's not surprising that what is under the land is usually found at the bottom of the sea. "We're not surprised.

In addition, because the land is overexploited by humans, many resources are more abundant in the ocean. Someone once calculated that the resources of the ocean are enough for human beings to live on this earth for 100,000 years.

Rare earth is known as industrial "gold", because of its excellent optical and electromagnetic physical properties, it can form new materials with different properties and a wide variety of other materials, and its most significant function is to greatly improve the quality and performance of other products.

In fact, it has many functions, and it is precisely in this way that the state gradually cancels exports and reserves these scarce resources.

Although China is the country with the richest rare earth resources in the world, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, large-scale development and massive foreign development have caused a rapid decline in reserves. With the prosperity of the country, everyone also realized the importance of rare earth resources, and the country slowly canceled the opening to the outside world.

"There are a lot of rare earths in our country, and I heard that our market demand cannot be reached at all, and it has been overcapacity in the past two years. Someone who understands this said.

He introduced to everyone that our country's rare earth exports mainly began in the 70s of the 20th century. Before 1990, the entire international rare earth market was monopolized by the United States, Europe and Russia, and in the early 90s. With the liberalization of China's exports, a large number of enterprises have begun to engage in rare earth export trade.

"With the intensification of export competition, one of the consequences is that European and American countries have lost their competitiveness in rare earths, and Chinese rare earths have begun to become the 'boss' of the international rare earth market. By the end of 2011, China's supply of rare earths exceeded 90% of world demand. 【￡【￡，”

A biologist who followed with a wry smile: "However, rare earths are indispensable raw materials for many important high-tech products. At the same time, it is also a non-renewable resource. The over-exploitation of rare earth resources not only directly leads to the reduction of the total amount of resources in the future, but also causes outstanding problems such as ecological and environmental damage. ”

Everyone is speechless, the development of every kind of resource will cause this kind of consequence, and everyone weighs only the pros and cons.

"I heard that Japan is preparing to get rare earths from the bottom of the sea to replace our country in the world's rare earth market. Muzi said.

That was news a year ago. Japan is a small country, and because of the lack of mountains and earthquakes, they do not dare to exploit them indiscriminately.

Therefore, they set their sights on the vast ocean. This long-term vision has to be said to be very correct. Future. No matter which country it is, it will focus on the development and utilization of marine resources.

But. At the current level of science, Japan's bold ambition is obviously a bit of a slap in the face.

"The rare earths in Little Japan are all at a depth of more than 5,000 meters, can they be dug up? Even if they can be dug up, the cost is surprisingly high. The biologist said disdainfully.

What he said is the truth, our country has the world's most advanced deep-sea submersible, Jiaolong, in order to dive into the deep sea. After preparing on the surface of the sea for nearly two weeks, I dived to the bottom of the sea at a depth of more than 5,000 meters and caught a few small deep-sea bugs.

And if little Japan wants to go down to the bottom of the sea at a depth of more than 5,000 meters and get more than 2 million tons of rare earths, isn't this a picture of pie to satisfy hunger? Even if little Japan has developed science and technology. The cost of getting the rare earths out of the deep sea must be surprisingly high, and what country can afford it? Just kidding, even they can't afford it!

Therefore, this rare earth resource of small Japan has no practical significance at all, and compared with the characteristics of China's rare earth resources that are easy to mine and low cost, it cannot compete at all.

"The sea is not too deep here, and if there are abundant rare earth resources, there is also a prospect for development. Wei Hang said.

As the fishing boat advanced, everyone kept an eye on this seabed, only to find that there were such mines within a radius of several nautical miles, which shocked Chen Jianliang's people on board.

"This news has to be reported to the state. Gu Haichao said.

He immediately contacted Chu Lao and others, who knew the importance of rare earths even though they were not experts in mineralogy. They were shocked to learn that such a large rare earth mine had been discovered.

"I'll report it to the top!" Only the state can develop this ability.

Although Wei Hang and the others are discoverers, there is only one reward at most. Of course, Wei Hang and others are not interested in this, not to mention the cost, it is still very time-consuming, and it is not as easy as honestly salvaging the sunken ship.

The state mineral resources department immediately organized personnel to conduct surveys, and once confirmed, it is believed that a project will be established within this year to carry out large-scale development of that sea area.

Nowadays, China's marine technology is gradually developing, especially in oil development, thousands of meters deep on the seabed, can drill oil, hundreds of meters deep mining, as long as you spend money, there is no reason that it cannot be developed.

"That young man, who has made a great contribution to the country in the past two years, the minister mentioned it to me. You go to Tangjia Village first and get in touch with Chu Lao and them. A deputy minister said at a meeting.

Wei Hang is just a fisherman, but he has repeatedly appeared in the mouths of high-level state officials, which has surprised other officials.

Vice Minister Xu believes that Chu Lao and his side should have received some information. Ready-made information can naturally be used as soon as it can be used, and there is no need to spend so much manpower, material and financial resources.

"If it is true, that piece of rare earth resources is enough for us to develop for more than ten years. Once established, it will become the largest rare earth development project in China. Vice Minister Xu continued.

When he said this, he hoped that the people below would realize the importance of this rare earth mine.

Fortunately, there is no controversy in this area, and even if other countries are red, they can only stare dryly. If, like some undersea oil fields, it is located in an area near the border between the two countries, it would be strange if there was no fighting.

Just like some time ago, small countries like the Philippines began to find fault again, trying to swallow up a piece of sea on the edge of the South China Sea. The state immediately sent people to investigate, and found that it was an oil field with huge potential, and until now, the two countries are still in a war of words. (To be continued.) )uw