Tang Feng's words made the eyes of all the people present light up. At present, there are no roads around the Mutong mine, and although the road is about 800 kilometers long, as long as this plan is feasible, the actual transportation cost will be lower than any kind of transportation cost currently in use.

Now the iron ore in the Mutong mining area is transported by the thousand-ton river tugboats or pushers in the ports of Suarez and Bush, although shipping is the most economical mode of transportation, but it also depends on your transportation efficiency.

Ordinary freight train can pull about 3,000 tons of iron ore, but if replaced by a heavy-duty train, a train to pull 10,000 tons or even 20,000 tons is not a problem, now China in the Daqin Railway organization and implementation of the 30,000-ton heavy-duty train experiment has been successful, and in the Mutong mining area, we do not seek 30,000 tons of heavy-duty trains, we will have tens of thousands of tons of heavy-duty trains, its efficiency is not comparable to shipping.

If you ship from Puerto Suarez, go down the Paraguay River, the distance to Buenos Aires is almost more than 2,000 kilometers, and the river boat pulling 3,000 tons of iron ore has to go at least three days, and if the railway can be passed, it is almost 2,400 kilometers from the Mutong mining area to Buenos Aires, and the 10,000-ton heavy-haul train can reach it in less than two days.

The most important thing is that if you go to Argentina, you will not have to face the oppression of Vale. Nima, I won't go to your Brazil, and I won't use the Paraguay River, what else can you do to me?

Moreover, Bolivia has always had a good relationship with Argentina, and Bolivia's iron ore transportation through Argentina can not only increase Argentina's financial revenue, but also increase many jobs in the port. For Argentina, it is a hundred benefits and no harm, why don't people agree?

As for the Bolivian government, there is even less reason to refuse the project. Now Bolivia is going crazy if it wants to go to the sea, Bolivia is an out-and-out resource country, with the world's second largest tin reserves, not to mention iron reserves. In Latin America, it is second only to Brazil, and its lithium reserves are the highest directly, with more than 100 million tons. As for oil and gas, it is also the country in Latin America after Venezuela. Otherwise, why is Bolivia called "the donkey sitting on the gold mine"!

This so-called "gold mine" does not only refer to gold, but also to Bolivia's rich mineral deposits. But Bolivia is a purely landlocked country, sitting on so many mineral resources but unable to transport them, do you think he is in a hurry?

As early as the end of the nineteenth century, the Pacific War broke out in Chile, Peru and Bolivia. During the four-year war, the combined forces of Bolivia and Peru were unfortunately overthrown by Chile. Bolivia, a defeated country, was forced to cede large swaths of territory along the Pacific Ocean and became landlocked ever since.

However, Bolivia repeatedly appealed to the Chilean government for access to the Pacific Ocean, and the two countries even broke off diplomatic relations in 1978. To date, only consular relations have been maintained. In 2013, Bolivia even took the Chilean government to an international tribunal over the issue. One can imagine how strong Bolivia's desire for access to the sea is.

Now, once this project is implemented, although Bolivia will not be able to obtain a real outlet to the sea, it will finally have a way to transport large quantities of goods out of the country, as long as the domestic mineral resources can be realized as soon as possible, presumably the Bolivian government will never let go of this road.

To put it mildly. Once this railway can be repaired, it will undoubtedly be a lifesaver for Bolivia! After all, Bolivia's per capita GDP is only now ranked 128th in the world, and its per capita GDP is only a pitiful less than $2,500!

If you look at Venezuela, which is about the same size as Bolivia, you have to talk about it in general. Except for the oil and gas reserves of Venezuela that are slightly more than Bolivia's, other mineral resources are no longer on the same level as Bolivia, and Bolivia can fall eight streets of Venezuela. As a result, Venezuela's per capita GDP ranks as high as 29th in the world, with a per capita GDP of 13,600 US dollars, which is five and a half times that of Bolivia!

"Don, I have to say that your idea is very good, so how can we implement this plan?" Whether it is Andrew or Chris or Benjamin, now it is really a five-body throw in admiration for Tang Feng, the three major families have thought about it for so long and have not thought of a specific solution, but when they arrived at Tang Feng, in just an hour, they came up with such an optimal plan, and the feasibility is quite high.

"It's very simple, we should roughly estimate how much money will be invested in this project, and then go back and discuss with your family to see how to finance the construction of this more than 700 kilometers of railway, or directly invest in the railway builders in Huaxia to repair this railway in the name of Huaxia. This railway is calculated according to 700 kilometers, repaired to a double line of 100 kilometers per hour, if in China, the cost should not exceed 4 million US dollars / km, after all, most of the more than 700 kilometers of railways are built in relatively gentle areas, and there is also the original roadbed, you must know that our Qinghai-Tibet Railway Golmud to Lhasa section, the cost per kilometer is only 4.6 million US dollars. That's about $2.8 billion in investment. ”

"Of course, this price should be relatively high, and the specific cost needs to be surveyed on the spot. And presumably Huaxia will also be very interested in this plan, it is estimated that if Huaxia comes forward, at least half of Huaxia's shares will have to be ceded, that is to say, Huaxia is likely to directly invest in 1.4 billion to 1.5 billion US dollars, and the funds you need to invest are about 1.4 billion US dollars! A few of you can go home and talk to your family about it and see if you can accept the investment. That's what you need to do now. If your family agrees to invest, then the next step is for me to contact Huaxia directly and try to get this project up! ”

Andrew, Benjamin and Chris glanced at each other, nodded heavily, and Andrew said: "Don, don't worry about this matter, we will go back to negotiate with the family, and I hope you can also participate, we will give you a stake that satisfies you." ”

Tang Feng smiled: "Aren't I already involved now?" (To be continued......)