"I know the copper mine you were talking about. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" After introducing the results of his communication with Karima, Lin Shuyao suddenly said.

"You know?" Chen Geng was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Tell me, how about this copper mine?" ”

"Don't get your hopes up," Lin Shuyao sighed and said, "Zambia is the world's fourth largest copper producer after the United States, the Soviet Union and Chile, just like those countries in the Middle East rely on oil, this country lives on copper ore, do you think if that copper mine is really that good, the Zambian government will be so generous?" ”

"Makes sense." After thinking for a moment, Chen Gengfang nodded slowly: "But"

"Minister Karima told you that this copper mine is a small deposit? That's right, but this is calculated according to our country's copper mine classification standard, and the proven reserves are only 80,000 tons. According to Zambia's classification method, this can only be regarded as an ultra-small or small deposit with little mining value. ”

Chen Geng is not very familiar with the division of mineral resources, but even if he is not familiar with it, he still understands that small and small micro are definitely not as good as heavy and large.

They're having a good plan!

Qiu Xiujuan, who came with Chen Geng, really couldn't hold back and asked, "Mr. Lin, this mine ...... Is it really worthless at all? It's a copper mine. ”

Qiu Xiujuan's words can be regarded as representing the voices of all Runhua Industrial executives in the room who are not familiar with this situation: This is a copper mine!

Although since the mid-to-late 80s, the international price of copper ore and copper ingots has been falling all the way, but the international is international, China is China, for a huge country with a population of nearly 1.2 billion, and is in a period of rapid development, copper, a metal closely related to the development of the national economy, is not enough - the market is a pound of red copper 23, and the price of a pound of copper is as high as 27!

In 1991, 23 yuan and 27 yuan are equivalent to if you can steal 10 catties of copper from the factory, even if it is sold as scrap, it is almost equal to a month's salary of an ordinary worker.

Even if it's just an 80,000-tonne ultra-small copper mine, if the deposit is of high grade, it seems like a good deal to sell it......

"The grade of this copper mine is not good, I have learned that the grade of this copper mine is only 0.9%, in Zambia, this is a standard poor mine," facing everyone's eyes, Lin Shuyao shook his head: "Let's put it this way, if you really win this mine, you will definitely be able to make a little money, but compared to our investment, energy and resources occupied, it is completely worth the loss. It's a waste mine that doesn't have much value to mine. ”

Abandoned mines?

Lin Shuyao actually thinks that the copper mine recommended by Karima to him is a waste mine with little mining value? Qiu Xiujuan's face suddenly couldn't hide her disappointment: "It's a pity." ”

"yes, it's a shame indeed." Lin Shuyao nodded, she also felt a pity.

According to the "Deposit Scale Classification Standard" promulgated by the National Mineral Reserves Committee in 1987, the standard for large copper deposits is greater than 500,000 tons, the standard for heavy copper deposits is 100,000 to 500,000 tons, and the standard for small copper deposits is less than 100,000 tons...... In Zambia, this is simply a waste mine with little mining value!

Why? Because Zambia has a high copper ore grade, 1.5% to 2.5% of the copper deposits abound, and some high-grade deposits can even reach more than 6.2%, this figure does not seem to say much, but if you know that the average grade of copper deposits in our country is only 0.87%, and the copper ore with a grade of less than 1% accounts for 35.9% of the country's total reserves, you know what the copper grade of Zambia is: this is a proper bonanza.

It doesn't matter if the reserves are a little lower, anyway, Runhua Industry is not an enterprise that lives by mining, but even if the grade of the deposit can be 2.5%, it has a certain mining value, but with a grade of 0.9%, what can this thing do?

"Then it's decided, you can't ask for this copper mine," when he made the decision, looking at the location of the copper mine on the map, he faintly felt some impression of this place, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that he was completely impressed. Shaking his head, Chen Geng asked Lin Shuyao: "Shuyao, you have been here for the longest time and are most familiar with the situation here, if the group increases its investment in Africa in the next step, what suggestions do you have?" ”

Lin Shuyao said without hesitation: "If you want me to say, Zambia is full of business opportunities. ”

"Oh?"

"Zambia now, similar to the time before the reform and opening up of our country, is poor, but unlike our country, before the reform and opening up, our country still has a perfect industrial base, and there are major industrial categories, but Zambia, you see it as an agricultural country with a few small workshops."

"That's ......" Chen Geng nodded slowly: In other words, Zambia is full of business opportunities now?

Lin Shuyao hesitated for a moment and said, "I have an idea about this power station. ”

"Really?" Chen Geng's spirit was suddenly shocked, and he hurriedly said, "You say." ”

Lin Shuyao said: "Build a hydropower station!" ”

"Hydroelectric power station?" Chen Geng was surprised, and subconsciously said, "Zambia...... Isn't it a country dominated by deserts? Can a hydropower station be built here? ”

Lin Shuyao didn't speak, just looked at Chen Geng fixedly.

Being looked at by Lin Shuyao like this, Chen Geng suddenly felt a little weak, could it be that he said something wrong? Reaching out and touching his face: "Did I say something wrong?" ”

"You really don't know about the situation in Zambia," Lin Shuyao suddenly laughed: "In fact, Zambia is very rich in water resources, is one of the few countries in Africa rich in water resources, I said these you may not have much impression, let me tell you this, known as the world's seven natural wonders of the Victoria Falls is in Zambia, is part of the Zambezi River, the fourth largest river in Africa, according to the United Nations statistics, Zambia's national hydropower resources contain up to 6,000 megawatts of power generation. Of course, Zambia's economy is in a worse situation, and they have very little water resources that they have exploited, but that's another story. ”

Wipe! This is a little embarrassing, when it comes to Africa, everyone's first impression is poverty, and the second impression is drought and desert, who would have thought that Zambia is so rich in water resources? However, the abundance of hydropower resources is of course a good thing, Chen Geng immediately said: "Tell me about the situation of this place where you plan to build a hydropower station." ”

The initial investment in hydropower stations is relatively large, why? Because not only do you need a generator set, but you also need to build a barrage to block the water and form a certain water pressure difference to drive the impeller of the generator set. But compared with the thermal power station, the operation and maintenance cost of the hydropower station after the completion of the construction is much lower, so to speak, after the completion of the formal grid connection to power generation, the hydropower station is equivalent to lying in bed counting money, and the thermal power station is lying on the bed to count the money at the same time, but also to take out two-thirds of the money to throw into the boiler to burn.

"Okay," Lin Shuyao said, "more than 70 kilometers away from us, there is a tributary of the Zambezi River, which is rich in hydropower resources, and I asked experts to calculate that the flow of this tributary is not large, but it can fully support a 400,000-kilowatt hydroelectric power station."

Oh, by the way, the expert also said that if you are willing to invest and build the barrage a little higher, you can build a 400,000 yuan hydropower project. ”

Chen Geng stood up and paced slowly in the office.

Chen Geng does not know how much a 400,000-kilowatt hydroelectric generating unit will cost, including the construction cost of the dam, but in this part of Africa, The construction cost should not exceed 150 million, but Runhua Industry is a large electricity consumer, he knows very well how much benefit a 400,000 kilowatt power station can have a year, but this is not the most important, the important thing is that in modern society, electricity has an irreplaceable special status, once they become a power energy supplier in Africa, it will bring a series of benefits to themselves. Therefore, not to mention that the hydroelectric generator set itself is a golden rooster that places an order, even if it is a loss of money, it is not impossible to consider.

In that case, what is there to hesitate about?

Chen Geng slapped his thigh: "No matter what, let's find a few hydropower experts to go over and have a look!" ”

As for how to extract more benefits from the Zambian government, it will be after it is determined that it is indeed possible to invest in this hydropower project.

Qiu Xiujuan was a little surprised, the boss made a decision so quickly?

It was Lin Shuyao, who was smiling, and was not surprised at all by Chen Geng's decision: this is the man he knows, once he determines the direction, he will not hesitate at all.

………………………………

Hearing that Runhua Industrial planned to build a hydropower project, the Zambian government was overjoyed, and not only sent a helicopter to Chen Geng, but also asked Karima to accompany him throughout the process...... The Zambian government is not stupid, knowing that if Runhua Industry really plans to build a hydropower station in Zambia, not to mention the power generation capacity of this hydropower station, the water storage and regulation capacity of this project alone is enough for the Zambian government to attach great importance to.

Looking down from the helicopter, the situation is more intuitive, the flow of this tributary of the Zambezi River is indeed not small, and the best thing is that the place Lin Shuyao said is in the position of a valley, that is, with the help of the mountains on both sides of the riverbank, a barrage can be pulled up, and the construction difficulty is much simpler than a hydropower project on the plain -- it is such a simple hydropower project, and the Zambian government has no money to carry it out.

Random power experts swore to Chen Geng that considering the current power demand in Northwest Province, if the power transmission measures can keep up, if the power transmission measures can keep up, if the power of this power station is really able to meet the electricity demand of the entire Northwest Province.

Karima eagerly said to Chen Geng: "Chen, if you plan to build a hydroelectric power station here, the Zambian government only needs 50% of the shares, and it will not participate in the management of this project......

Chen Geng sighed and said, "Mr. Minister, we are also friends, right?" ”

"Yes, of course we are friends."

"Then I wonder, is the Zambian government specifically cheating on friends?"

Karima's expression suddenly became embarrassed: "Huh...... Chen, why do you say that? ”

"Zambia is now in full swing to privatize, and all the copper mines in the Zambian economy are starting to be fully privatized, but now I'm going to build a hydroelectric power station, and you tell me you're going to have a stake in it?" Chen Geng looked depressed: "Is this how Zambia treats its friends?" ”

"......" Karimana, facing Chen Geng's question, he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Yes, Zambia is now fully privatized, even the copper mining industry, which is known as the pillar of Zambia's national economy, is also fully privatized, in the face of the Anglo-American Group, Mpani Copper Group and other world-class copper giants, the Zambian government's strategy is very simple: as long as you pay me a certain amount of contracting and mining fees every year, you can enjoy the copper resources in the area you bought, as for the income from these copper mines? Of course, it has nothing to do with the Zambian government, but the disposal of the mined pits one by one has become a hot potato for the Zambian government.

Chen Geng's dissatisfaction is also this: You are like this to enterprises in European and American countries, and now that I am here, I will sincerely help you develop, but you are not interesting enough?

"Runhua Industry has always regarded Zambia as a trustworthy friend, and I myself have always regarded Your Excellency the Minister as a friend," Chen Geng sighed and continued: "But you can't treat your friends like this, right? ”

"That'...... You say, "What are you going to do?" Hearing Chen Geng's words, Karima had no tricks, and looked at Chen Geng pitifully: "Chen, to tell you the truth, this hydroelectric power station is very important to Zambia, and Zambia's financial situation is very bad, so ...... Thank you for your understanding......"

Feeling almost, Chen Geng finally threw out the chips he had prepared for a long time: "The Zambian government wants to have a certain stake in this project, this is no problem, I can understand it, but I have some conditions ......"