"Xudong, then let's go have some tea. ”

Under the leadership of Wang Xudong, the two took the elevator to the headquarters of Xudong Mining Group on the 88th floor of the building and entered Wang Xudong's large office.

Chen Yuehui has been to this office once, and now when he comes in again, he still has an amazing feeling, "Xudong, this office is luxurious and grand enough!"

The office is very large and very luxurious, with Chinese-style mahogany office utensils, plus some valuable paintings, antiques and other decorations, and the feeling comes out invisibly.

Wang Xudong said modestly: "This is just an office, it's ordinary." ”

The two sat down in the hospitality area of the office, where there were several leather sofas, a coffee table, a set of tea sets on the coffee table, and a lot of various kinds of good tea in the cabinet next to it.

Seeing Wang Xudong skillfully start making tea, Chen Yuehui said: "Xudong, you called me over, it wasn't really just to drink tea and chat with me." ”

Wang Xudong said while making tea: "Minister Chen, drinking tea is naturally not the point, I have something to negotiate with you, and I hope you can help." ”

That's right!

It's definitely not just about drinking tea, it's about something important. Chen Yuehui nodded and said, "Between us, you don't need to be polite, if you need my help, you can say it directly." ”

The relationship between the two is very good, and there is indeed no need for too much politeness, Wang Xudong also got straight to the point and said something.

Wang Xudong said: "Minister Chen, I want to open a rare earth mine, I don't know if it is feasible. ”

The Ministry of Mining of China is in charge of the mining of all minerals in China, and has absolute power and authority in this field.

Why did Wang Xudong enter the field of rare earth mining, this is not a whim, but I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I have been thinking about it for the past few days.

"Super Metal No. 1" a full set of technical information has been given to Chen Sanlian, now Sanlian Special Steel Group has held a high-level meeting, is looking at the country, site selection and construction of three super factories, the future will be "Super Metal No. 1" this super special steel smelting.

This is indeed a super special steel, and it is also an all-rounder, which can be widely used in various fields, and can be manufactured into a variety of parts, from key parts of aerospace to ordinary civilian parts, and even an ordinary screw.

This metal is so good, it is much better than the super stainless steel, super high-strength steel and other special steels currently produced by Sanlian Special Steel Group.

Wang Xudong's idea is that in the future, a large number of super special steels such as "Super Metal No. 1" will be smelted for the manufacture of parts and components in the high-end field, and super stainless steel and super high-strength steel of Sanlian Special Steel Group will be used in the ordinary field, or ordinary steel will be used at all.

Huaxia needs to consume more than 1 billion tons of steel every year, and the future structural composition should be about 100 million tons of super special steel such as "Super Metal No. 1", about 1 or 200 million tons of various special steels currently produced by Sanlian Special Steel Group, and the remaining about 7 or 8 percent are ordinary steel, or ordinary special steel.

Of course, this goal is very ambitious, Sanlian Special Steel Group to smelt hundreds of millions of tons of "super metal No. 1" special steel, as well as about 1, 200 million tons of other special steel, the road is long, it may take several years of development.

As now, the materials of special steel for the whole year this year are only a few million tons, and there is still a little distance from 10 million tons, and it is even more far away from 1 or 200 million tons.

In the future, the three major factories will need to smelt tens of millions of tons, or even hundreds of millions of tons of "Super Metal No. 1" special steel every year, which is Wang Xudong's goal, and to achieve this great goal, in addition to a large amount of iron ore, rare earths are also needed.

Even if the rare earth content in the "Super Metal No. 1" special steel is very small, the total amount of "Super Metal No. 1" special steel in the future will be large, even if it only needs a few hundredths of a rare earth content, but if the production of 100 million tons of "Super Metal No. 1" special steel, it is calculated to be more than 100,000 tons of rare earth, and a part of rhenium metal is also needed.

Fortunately, the rhenium metal content is very low, and the demand is not large, otherwise, Wang Xudong would not be able to smelt the special steel "Super Metal No. 1" in large quantities, because the content of rhenium is very small in nature, and it is rarer than gold.

To smelt a large number of "Super Metal No. 1", that means that at least 100,000 tons of rare earth resources are needed every year.

Rare earths are known as "industrial vitamins". It has now become an extremely important strategic resource. To purchase hundreds of thousands of tons of rare earths every year, even if it is Xudong Mining Group, it is estimated that it is not easy.

It's good to have your own rare earth mine, not only to mine rare earths, but also to mine the metal "rhenium", because the two are often accompanied.

Chen Yuehui was slightly surprised, "Xudong, are you going to enter the field of rare earth mining?"

There are all kinds of speculations in my heart, thinking about what Wang Xudong is looking for himself, especially considering the exploitation of natural gas and oil, and thinking that Wang Xudong is ready to build another big oil field, where do I think, Wang Xudong is ready to enter the field of rare earth mining.

Wang Xudong nodded and said, "Yes, I want to have a rare earth mine, and then mine rare earth resources." ”

Chen Yuehui's face was embarrassed, and noticing Chen Yuehui's expression, Wang Xudong asked, "Minister Chen, is there a problem?"

Chen Yuehui sighed slightly and explained: "Xudong, rare earth resources are important strategic resources of the country, with the mining of successive years, the resource reserves have become less and less, according to the current mining rate, in another 15 to 20 years, our rare earth resources will be fully mined, and at that time, we need to import rare earths." ”

Importing rare earths, that's not easy, this is a strategic resource, known as "industrial gold", and other countries with rare earth resources will not sell it to you.

Chen Yuehui said: "Because the resources are getting less and less, the state has noticed this, issued a production restriction order, but also banned the export of rare earths, last year the country mined rare earth ore (rare earth oxide REO) 89,000 tons, and you want to enter the field of rare earth mining, large-scale mining, this is in conflict with the national policy, I can't do anything, I can't help you." ”

That's it!

Wang Xudong's heart was disappointed, because he needs rare earth resources, the annual demand in the future is at least 100,000 tons, if the output of "super metal No. 1" special steel is a little higher, the demand may be more than 100,000 tons, may exceed 200,000 tons.

Without rare earths, no matter how complete sets of smelting technical data is, it is impossible to smelt this super special steel.

Seeing that Wang Xudong's mood was a little lost, Chen Yuehui could only give an apologetic look, gently patted Wang Xudong's shoulder, and comforted: "Xudong, although the rare earth industry is profitable, you have done very well in the field of iron ore mining and oil extraction, and continue to become bigger and stronger in these fields, I think Xudong Mining Group will become the world's first company." ”

Chen Yuehui obviously misunderstood, thinking that Wang Xudong entered the field of rare earth mining to make money, but in fact it was not, for the large-scale smelting and production of "Super Metal No. 1" special steel in the future.

It's hard to explain anything, Wang Xudong can only nod and laugh at himself: "Minister Chen, it's okay, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, I think there will always be a way." ”

Chen Yuehui shook his head gently, knowing that Wang Xudong was determined to enter the field of rare earth mining, he understood Wang Xudong's character, and knew that once Wang Xudong made a decision, it would be difficult to change it, and it was useless to persuade him, so he simply stopped persuading him, but diverted the topic.

Chen Yuehui said: "This tea is good, I'll bring some back later, and drink it slowly." ”

Wang Xudong knew that Chen Yuehui didn't take a fancy to his tea, but was worried that the atmosphere of continuing to talk about rare earth mining was too dull, so he deliberately said this and changed the topic.

Wang Xudong smiled: "This is the best big red robe, I happen to have a jar here, I'll bring it back to you later." ”

The two chatted about some other topics, and after about ten minutes, Chen Yuehui got up and said, "Xudong, I'm leaving, there are still a lot of things waiting for me." ”

As the minister of the Ministry of Mines, Chen Yuehui is relatively busy, Wang Xudong knows this, and no longer holds back, personally sends Chen Yuehui downstairs, and watches Chen Yuehui get into the car at the entrance of the International Financial Building before returning to his office.

Sitting in the wide and comfortable boss's chair, Wang Xudong is thinking about rare earth mining, since he has decided to mine rare earth resources, Wang Xudong will naturally not give up easily, besides, the future smelting of "Super Metal No. 1" will require a large number of rare earths.

It seems that it is not possible to mine rare earth resources in China, which is a strategically important resource, very limited and non-renewable.

In this case, the domestic rare earth resources should be kept, let's not touch them, we should aim at foreign countries, go abroad to mine rare earth resources, let's go to harm foreign countries, mine rare earth resources overseas, and then transport them back to China.

Well, that's it!

After making up his mind, Wang Xudong's mood suddenly brightened, and he suddenly became relaxed, turned on his computer, and began to check the distribution of rare earth resources around the world.

If it is someone else, it is tantamount to a fantasy and almost impossible to say that they are going to go overseas to mine rare earth resources.

This is a scarce strategic resource, and those countries with rare earth resources are estimated not to let an outsider mine it, but Wang Xudong has this confidence, because he has a "god-level big miner" system.

Turning on the computer, Wang Xudong began to inquire about the reserves and distribution of rare earth resources in the world, and began to understand the situation of rare earth resources.

The content of rare earth elements in the earth's crust is not rare, and the total Clark value reaches 234.51%, which is more than the common elements copper (10% Clarke), zinc (5%), tin (4% Clarke), lead (16%), nickel (8% Clark), and cobalt (3% Clark).

Rare earths are made up of 14 natural elements, as well as synthetic elements. The natural reserves are more than 150 million tons, and the recoverable reserves are more than 88 million tons.

There are a lot of rare earth reserves in the world!

Since rare earth reserves are so abundant, why are there so few rare earth resources that can be mined, Wang Xudong quickly understood the reason.

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The second one is sent!