Wang Xudong doesn't understand why Australia wants to order so many rare earth ores, which requires hundreds of millions of tons every year, which is really scary.

At first glance, Wang Xudong was a little frightened when he heard such an order, even if it is an industrial country like Huaxia, it can't use so many rare earth ores every year!

Wang Xudong groaned.

After thinking about it, he didn't rush to agree to Green's request for such an order, but said slowly: "Green, let me think about this matter." ”

Green nodded in understanding, "Yes, I'll wait for your reply." ”

Before Wang Xudong did not have a clear answer, Green was not ready to leave, Wang Xudong thought for one day, he waited for one day, Wang Xudong thought for two days, he waited for two days.

The two did not talk about the order of rare earth ores, but talked about other things. For example, the Silversea oil field, such as the oil ordered by Australia, has begun to be shipped, and the first batch of oil has arrived in Australia.

also talked about the special steel smelter invested and built by Sanlian Special Steel Group in the suburbs of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, because the Australian side hopes that this plant will be put into operation as soon as possible, and not only fully supports it in the whole construction process, but also gives a green light all the way, and the progress is relatively fast.

At present, all the land leveling in the plant area has been completed, the foundation of some plants has been laid, and some smelting equipment has even begun to be in place.

In another year and a half, the plant will be able to put into operation and begin to smelt the world's top special steels such as super stainless steel, super high-strength steel, cemented carbide steel, etc., with a total output of about 500,000 tons of steel per year.

500,000 tons of such special steel is basically enough for Australia. After all, their industrial scale is not as large as that of Huaxia, and they are not considered industrial powers.

After chatting for a while, Green looked at the time and said with great interest: "Wang, can you take me to visit your rare earth mine now?" ”

According to Green's plan, he originally planned to basically negotiate with Wang Xudong this morning to order hundreds of millions of tons of rare earth ore every year, visit the rare earth mining area in the afternoon, and sign a formal order contract between the two sides tomorrow.

Wang Xudong has not officially agreed to such a huge order now, so Green's plan changed and he wanted to visit the mine this morning.

Wang Xudong got up and said, "No problem, let's go, let's go over and have a look." ”

Everyone got out of the café and got on the bus at the door, and the convoy of several off-road vehicles gradually left the town and drove in the direction of the rare earth mine.

The distance of more than 30 kilometers was an asphalt road with good road conditions at the beginning, and the next section was about a dozen kilometers of sand and gravel dirt road, which took about 40 minutes before and after.

Everyone arrived at the mining area smoothly, and several cars parked directly next to the mining area, and when they got off the off-road vehicle, Green was a little shocked.

"Oh God, such a big deposit!"

Not far ahead, in the mining area, a large area of topsoil has been excavated, revealing a delightful rare earth ore layer below, and the ore layer and the topsoil are clearly distinguished, at a glance, everyone can see which is the topsoil and which is the ore layer.

For this ore layer, the clearest is Wang Xudong, because the rare earth ore here is all gathered by Wang Xudong, and all the rare earth resources with a radius of 1,000 kilometers and a depth of 4,500 meters are gathered here, which is why there is such a huge amount of rare earth.

A full 5.8 billion tons of rare earth ores, here in a radius of several square kilometers, depth of 2, 300 meters, all rare earth ores, highly enriched, the piece you see in front of you, is just the tip of the iceberg, less than one percent.

Even so, many people were shocked, including Green, who got out of the car, exclaimed, and immediately trotted almost all the way to the mining area.

Squatted down and picked up a few small pieces of rare earth ore, looking a little excited, as if what he picked up was not ore, but a few pieces of gold.

The dozen or so large excavators are still digging the topsoil, digging out the layer of soil on the surface of the ore layer and transporting it away, so that the ore layer is exposed, which is convenient for the mining of the combined mining vehicles.

Mining needs to be scaled up, more topsoil needs to be dug up, and larger areas of ore layers need to be exposed. Since the official start of mining two days ago, the work has not stopped at all.

The area of the exposed ore layer is getting larger and larger, but this is not enough, even less than one percent of the entire ore layer, and the area of the exposed ore layer needs to be expanded.

Green's entourage looked at the combined mining vehicles, and were slightly shocked to see that the mining efficiency was so high.

It's a combined mining vehicle, and it really lives up to its name!

Someone took care of the time and calculated the time, and found that in less than 10 minutes, the huge body of a 300-ton large mining truck was full of rare earth ore.

Wang Xudong pointed to the front and introduced proudly: "Green, this will be an open-pit mining model, this pit will reach an area of several square kilometers, a depth of hundreds of meters, and will be one of the largest open-pit mines in the world." ”

Of course, it's just getting started, and it will take years for such a huge pit to form, and when this giant pit is formed, the billions of tons of rare earth sands have already been mined.

Such a huge pit, even on a spaceship, astronauts can see clearly, they will find that in the vast interior of Western Australia, there is a huge pit, that is, the giant open pit of this rare earth mine.

With Wang Xudong's introduction, a huge picture seemed to emerge in Green's mind, and the core of this picture was a huge open-pit mine.

In this giant open-pit pit in the shape of a spiral, a large number of workers, a large number of combined mining vehicles, a large number of 300-ton large mining trucks, etc., are busy, and a large amount of rare earth ore is mined.

"Oh God, it's huge!"

Green looked at the mining area in front of him and muttered. For the time being, the area in front of me was just a flat, vast wasteland, showing the crimson red of the Western Australian outback, with only a few sparse and few low shrubs.

But in half a year, or a year, the place will definitely change, and several square kilometers of topsoil will be dug up, and then the pits will gradually appear, bigger and deeper as they are mined.

Green looked at the mining of rare earth ores in front of him and was reluctant to leave. Wang Xudong did not urge, and watched with the same great interest as a truckload of rare earth ores being mined and transported away by a 300-ton large mining truck.

After looking at this for nearly an hour, Green was reluctant to leave, looked at the huge factory that was faintly visible in the distance, and said loudly: "Wang, if I am not mistaken, it is a rare earth refining and processing plant. ”

There will be a large factory area with huge rare earth stockpiles, and there will also be several large factories that will install the world's most advanced and highest-capacity advanced equipment, where a large amount of rare earth ores will be processed in the future.

At this time, a large construction is in full swing, including the construction of a huge rare earth ore yard the size of two or three football fields, and the two or three large buildings of the first phase of the plant have also been capped, and soon the installation of equipment will begin.

After looking at this factory, Green said: "Wang, the scale here is too big, not only the factory is large, but the mining area is bigger. ”

"You said that more than 300 million tons of rare earth ores can be mined every year, I was a little skeptical before, but now I firmly believe that 300 million tons, not 300 million tons, it is estimated that 400 million tons is possible. ”

"The only deficiency is that so many rare earth ores cannot all be sent to this factory for processing, and a large part of them must be sold directly in the form of rare earth ores, and this rare earth mine has not built a railway, and it is not enough to rely on those 300-ton large mine trucks to transport it. ”

Green is worthy of being a high-ranking official in Australia, and he also has some vision, and he can see at a glance the importance of a railway to this mining area.

In fact, Wang Xudong also saw this, and is also considering whether to build a railway in the mining area, after all, in the future, part of the rare earth ore will be sold, and these rare earth ores need to be transported from the mining area to the nearest port of Dampier.

Seeing Green's words, Wang Xudong was thoughtful, and even glanced at Green up and down, thinking in his heart, is the construction of this railway to hit the Australian side's idea.

The No. 2 iron ore mine here, as well as the world's largest rare earth mine, have brought such strong economic growth to the Australian side, and the Australian side cannot only benefit from the benefits without spending money.

Well, they don't want to order their own rare earth ores in large quantities, according to their orders, hundreds of millions of tons per year, so many rare earth ores have to be transported from here, and they can't rely on roads, there must be special railway lines......

Thinking of these in his heart, Wang Xudong started Green's idea, and when he thought of Wang Xudong's gaze, Green's heart was furious, and he had a feeling of being targeted, as if he was the prey and Wang Xudong was the hunter.

Green hurriedly said, "Wang, what are you thinking, we are good friends." ”

It's clear, we're good friends, and you probably can't put some bad ideas on me.

Wang Xudong smiled happily and thought in his heart, I didn't hit your own idea, but the Australian government, public is public, private is private.

"Nothing, just a funny thing suddenly remembered. Wang Xudong said.

"It's strange to believe you!"

Green gave Wang Xudong such a look, and when he noticed this look, Wang Xudong smiled and waved his hand: "It's almost noon, let's go, we will have dinner in town." ”

Hearing that the meal was about to be eaten, Green became interested and offered to say, "Wang, I want to eat Chinese food, there is a Chinese restaurant in the town, and I want to taste the food there again." ”

Wang Xudong agreed: "Then we will eat Chinese food." ”

Green said again: "Wang, after lunch, let's talk about the order of rare earth ores. ”

Wang Xudong did not rush to agree, so far, Wang Xudong knows why Australia wants to order so many rare earth ores.

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The first one is sent!