It takes about nine hours to fly from Huacheng to Sydney, and it takes a Gulfstream flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during which you have to make a stopover to refuel or something.

On the plane, the secretary Wang Minhua held a large stack of materials and said respectfully to Lin Cheng: "Mr. Lin, since you asked me to investigate the distribution of cobalt ore and uranium ore in the world the day before yesterday, I have entrusted several world-renowned investigation companies in the name of the Lin Group, and the results of the investigation they sent have arrived in my hands before boarding the plane this morning, and now I will report to you." ”

"Hmm. Lin Cheng was half-lying on the big sofa of the plane in a posture of "Ge You paralyzed", and said in a leisurely manner: "Let's listen to it." ”

Although Lin Cheng's sitting posture is not very elegant, Wang Minhua has served Lin Cheng for more than a year, and he has long been accustomed to Lin Cheng's lazy personality of "can lie down and never sit, can sit and never stand", and he reported unhurriedly: "In terms of lithium resources, China's reserves are very huge. According to the statistics of the U.S. Imperialist Geological Survey, the global lithium resources are unevenly distributed, mainly in Chile, China, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia and other countries.

At present, the world's identified lithium resources are 47 million tons, of which Argentina and Bolivia have identified resources of 9 million tons, ranking first in the world's reserves, but due to restrictions or technical factors, they have not been effectively developed.

In addition, Chile ranks third with 7.5 million tons of reserves, and China ranks fourth with 3.2 million tons. Chile's lithium resources are concentrated in the Atacama salt lake in the northern part of the country, which is a magnesium sulfate subtype salt lake with an average lithium content of about 0.15%.

China also has abundant lithium resources, and China's lithium resources are also concentrated in the Qaidam Basin and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau salt lake lithium, but subject to technology and mining costs, the granite pegmatite lithium deposits in Xinjiang Province and Sichuan Province and the alkaline feldspar granite lithium mines in Jiangxi Province are the main mining objects. ”

Wang Minhua's report on the distribution of lithium ore surprised Lin Cheng, originally Lin Cheng thought that China's lithium mines should not be too much, although our textbooks often say that China's land is vast and rich, but it is evenly distributed to more than one billion people, China is an extremely energy-poor country, most of the ore has to be imported from abroad.

In Lin Cheng's impression, China seems to have the largest reserves of rare earths in the world, but the pricing power is controlled by foreign countries, and China's rare earth production accounts for 90% of the world's total, but it can't make a lot of money.

It was not until 1998 that China began to realize the huge role of rare earths in military and civilian manufacturing, and adopted a quota system for unlimited exports of rare earths to restrict the export of large quantities of rare earths.

Wang Minhua continued: "As for cobalt mines, according to the statistics of the US Imperialist Geological Survey, the cobalt reserves are mainly concentrated in Congo, Australia, Cuba, New Caledonia, Zambia and Russia, accounting for about 80% of the world's total cobalt reserves.

Among them, Congo's cobalt reserves are 3.4 million tons, accounting for 48% of the world's cobalt reserves, ranking first in the world. However, with the overexploitation of cobalt resources in the Congo, its reserves have begun to decline, while Australia, the destination of our trip, has an upward trend in its reserves.

Although Congo is rich in cobalt resources, the mines are mostly controlled by foreign companies. According to statistics, there are 10 cobalt resources in production in the Congo, with a total cobalt resource of about 7.23 million tons, but the holding company of 5 mines is Glencore in Switzerland, and Glencore controls about 67% of the cobalt resources in the Congo.

However, Mr. Lin, these foreign research agencies generally believe that the annual consumption of lithium and cobalt ore is not high, and there is not much value in investing in these two mineral deposits.

In particular, most of the cobalt deposits are concentrated in the Congo in Africa, a country with frequent wars and too risky investment, and only large energy companies with global influence can set foot in this field. ”

Lin Cheng shook his head, noncommittal to the investment recommendations of these foreign survey results, they did not know that since 2000, with the rapid development of electronic devices such as laptops, tablets, mobile phones, etc., the demand for rechargeable batteries has greatly increased, resulting in a sharp increase in global consumption of cobalt and lithium.

Seeing that Lin Cheng didn't think so, Wang Minhua couldn't help but have the courage to remind: "Mr. Lin, I think the investment suggestions of these foreign investigation agencies are worth referencing, instead of investing funds in cobalt and lithium mines, which are two unpopular deposits, it is better to invest in oil, natural gas, iron ore and other popular deposits." ”

Lin Cheng said with a smile: "Of course I know that even if you invest in lithium mines and cobalt mines, you won't make a lot of money, after all, I have never heard of the Swiss Glencore company you mentioned, and it is estimated that it is a company with a low market value."

However, lithium ore and cobalt ore are important raw materials for rechargeable batteries in electronic devices, and with the popularity of electronic devices such as laptops and mobile phones in the future, these two deposits will definitely become popular deposits. ”

I haven't even heard of the Swiss Glencore company, which shows how unlearned Lin Cheng was in his previous life.

Glencore's low-key approach is one of the world's leading commodities trading giants, with 15 factories in 13 countries and more than 50,000 employees in its industrial operations.

Glencore also holds a 34.5% stake in Strata of Switzerland, one of the world's largest mining companies, a 44% stake in Century Alunimun of Switzerland, a 70.6% stake in Minaro Resources Limited of Australia, a 72.2% stake in Katanga Congo and a 32.2% stake in Recylex of France.

So the ignorant Lin Cheng said in a nonchalant tone: "Since this Swiss Glencore has the largest cobalt resources, then you can help me contact Liang Botao to see if you can acquire this Glencore company."

As for lithium mines? I think most of the lithium mines are located in South American countries, and our Lin Group does not have much influence in South American countries. ”

Wang Minhua also didn't know anything about the strength of Glencore, so he said with a big grin: "Okay, Mr. Lin! When I get off the plane, I will immediately contact Mr. Liang and inform him of Mr. Lin's intentions." ”

"Hmm!" Lin Cheng nodded, then stopped talking, and slowly fell on the sofa, actually asleep.

A few hours later, Lin Cheng was half-asleep and half-awake, and vaguely heard the sweet exclamations of the two flight attendants on the plane: "Oh my God! Is this Australia? It's so beautiful!"

"Yes, it's completely different from our country, the sky is so blue, the ground is so green, hey, I seem to see a bunch of kangaroos running down there!"

In the noise of the flight attendant, Lin Cheng finally woke up.

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