Chapter 461: Black Gold
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In 2001, the United States took the opportunity to send troops to Afghanistan, allowing Uzbekistan to open the Hannabad air force base to it, thus infiltrating its own influence into Central Asia, a forbidden territory of Russia.
And since then, they have been trying to woo Mongolia again, trying to turn this country into a Trojan horse planted by the United States between China and Russia.
Relying on their strong military and economic power, the Americans have always been very successful.
And in 2001, in Mongolia, the world's last large-scale copper mine was discovered, that is, in just a few years after that, various international forces began to infiltrate like Mongolia.
Everyone's ultimate goal is very consistent and simple, that is, to obtain the right to develop and operate this copper and gold mine, but because of Mongolia's special geographical location and Mongolia's complex political situation, this issue of copper and gold mine development has not been formally established.
The development of the copper-gold mine was delayed until 2011, when Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe, which boasted that they would invest $300 million a year, took the lead, and Mongolia intended to hand over the company to the two companies in a 51 percent stake in the company.
However, due to the pressure of the Russian and Celestial Empires, this development plan has not been able to take shape because of the controversy over the management of state-owned assets by the Mongolian National Cretaceous Council.
This large copper-gold mine has become the last piece of fat hanging over the heads of many global resource industry giants, with 7 (8) 900 million pounds of copper reserves and 45.2 million ounces of gold reserves, enough for any giant company to squat under this fat and swallow their saliva.
Such a big piece of fat, in Jin Xiaoqiang's opinion, of course he wanted to go up and take a bite, but he also knew that with his current strength, if he participated in the competition for this copper and gold mine, he was likely to be stirred into a pile of meat by those mining giants and the chalk mills.
So at this time, the wisest thing for him to do is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then wait for the opportunity while magnifying himself, and once the opportunity arises, then he must charge forward without hesitation.
But at the same time, although the copper and gold mines of Oyu Tolgoi did not have the opportunity to intervene, they still had every opportunity to participate in another important resource industry in Mongolia.
In the past two years, the influence of the United States has penetrated very strongly in the heavy pressure zone of Russia's traditional chalky situation, especially after they forced Uzbekistan to open Hannabad to them.
They almost put their guns under the nose of the Russian polar bear, which makes it difficult for Russia, which has always regarded these areas as its own forbidden places, to endure it.
Originally, if this rate had been followed, the coal mine in Taban Tolgoi might not have been discovered in a short time.
But the Americans were too careless, and at the beginning of this year, a large-scale chalceous incident occurred in Andijan, Uzbekistan.
Since the Americans took Afghanistan, then successfully defeated Iraq, and sent Salchalk to the gallows, two chalky victories against the Chalkland world of Chalkland have made the Americans feel a little fluttery.
They feel that it is time to cut off the Russian henchmen, trap the polar bears in a corner of the Arctic, and even take their share of them.
So he began to move from west to east, agitating some countries that were originally pro-Russian, and began domestic political changes, which is the so-called color revolution, and this chalk tide did change the color of several countries that were originally close to Russia, such as Ukraine and Georgia. …,
On May 13 of this year, in Andijan, Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan and the chalk army of the Uzbek Chalk Army opened heavy fire on the people protesting on the cetaceous field, causing a large number of casualties.
At the same time, the Uzbek government, which had already received the endorsement and guarantee of Russia and the Celestial Dynasty, also hardened up on the Americans and directly gave an ultimatum to the Americans who were trying to overthrow the current Uzbek government and let them get out of Uzbekistan within the specified time, of course, the most important thing was their garrison in the Hannabad air force base.
At that time, the Americans wanted to turn their faces with their hair bared, but when they saw that Russia and the Chalk Dynasty standing behind Uzbekistan were rolling their arms and rolling up their sleeves, they suddenly felt that their scalps were tingling and their eyes were stupid.
For the next three years, the Americans' infiltration of Central Asia could only rely on the route from Pakistan to Afghanistan and then to the north.
The original shortcut to Uzbekistan as a springboard is absolutely closed and gone forever.
Although the Americans returned to Uzbekistan three years later, their position in Uzbekistan is far from what it used to be.
During these three years, the exploration and development of new minerals in Mongolia came to a standstill due to the retreat of the United States and the fact that Mongolia's domestic factors were too unstable.
It was not until the return of the Americans to Central Asia in О8 that a large amount of American capital poured in, and the geographical exploration work of Mongolia was re-active, and it was at that time that the chalky coal fields in Taban Tolgoi in Mongolia were explored and reported on a large scale.
As soon as this coalfield came out, it immediately attracted the attention of energy giants all over the world again, and once again raised Mongolia to the focus of the world's energy community.
In fact, the Taban Tolgoi coalfield was not unknown to outsiders before this, and in the sixties of the last century, the former Soviet Union gave Mongolia a lot of assistance to help them carry out energy exploration in the country.
At that time, this coalfield was explored, but at that time, this resource was not as scarce as it is now, and Mongolia, as a buffer zone between China and Russia, did not need to have very strong resources and technical reserves, so the former Soviet Union did not feel good and did not remind the Mongolians of the news about this coalfield.
Moreover, the geographical location of this Taban Tolgoi is too close to the Celestial Empire, and the former Soviet Union is also very worried, once there is a chalk conflict between the former Soviet Union and the Celestial Dynasty, this place will be quickly occupied by the Celestial Army and become the enemy's resource supply depot, so this coalfield is more secret, and it was even included in the Absolute Secret for a time.
The Mongols, on the other hand, only had a general idea that there might be a coal field here, but they didn't know exactly where it was or what the reserves were.
And a few decades later, when the former Soviet Union was de-saccharized, and Mongolia wanted to seek development between the two great powers and solve the current situation of domestic poverty, then selling resources became the easiest and fastest means, so the exploration of this coalfield was also put to the forefront, so it also created this great discovery that shocked the world.
The reason why this Taban Tolgoi is able to cause such a worldwide sensation every day is also very simple, because the coal reserves of this coalfield are too large and the quality is too good. …,
The mining area of this mine is about several hundred kilometers from Rioyu Tolgoi, but it is located in a desertified area, and the coal storage area of the mining area reaches more than 400 square kilometers, and the coal seam is divided into 16 layers, and the thickness can reach 190 meters.
And the most important thing is that most of the coal in this coal mine is currently the world's most scarce coking coal, and the anxiety of coal production can be as high as more than 60%, which can be called well-deserved black gold.
Later, it was proved that the reserves of this coal mine were as high as (6) more than 400 million tons, and the proven reserves of coal mainly used for chalk coking were as high as 1.8 billion tons, and the remaining coal was completely high-quality thermal coal.
The value of the entire coal mining area is as high as 300 billion US dollars. ”
The most interesting part of this coal mine is, of course, the coking coal here, you must know that in recent years, the world's economy is moving towards chalk, and the demand for steel in the world economy, especially the demand for steel in the Chalk Dynasty, has been increasing rapidly.
Coke is the main raw material for steelmaking, and the main exporter is the Celestial Dynasty, and in the past two years, the Celestial Dynasty began to control the export of chalk in an orderly manner, which has also seriously affected the dissatisfaction of the world's large steel companies, and everyone is condemning the coke export policy of the Celestial Dynasty while looking for suitable alternative products in other parts of the world.
In fact, those Western chalkers, as well as Japan and the United States, can no longer produce coke at home, but this thing is too polluting to the environment, and the resources required are very large and wasteful, so they prefer to buy it from the international market, rather than produce it in sufficient quantities.
Therefore, when the Taban Tolgoi coal mine in Mongolia was discovered, it caused such a big sensation, and the Vale in Brazil, the Strata in Switzerland, the ArcelorMittal in Europe, the Russian Railway Crucible in Russia, and the Shenhua of the Celestial Dynasty were all involved in the development of this coal mine.
And now it is the time when the Americans' strength in Central Asia is shrinking, and Mongolia's domestic exploration work is in a difficult situation because of financial problems.
A few days later, with a check for a million dollars in his arms, accompanied by several chalk darts, he boarded a flight to Uchaelanbaatar, and in a state of blank mind and dizziness, he began his trip to Uchalk and Baatar. ”。 )