1094 Copper mines in Afghanistan, oil in Iraq (1)
At the beginning, Saddam Hussein and Omar did not take this Chinese in their eyes at all, especially when this guy came to China to secretly purchase a large number of weapons production maps and related technical equipment, this guy predicted that the United States would attack Afghanistan because of al-Qaeda, because oil attacked Iraq under the pretext that Saddam's government had weapons of mass destruction, which is simply nonsense.
If it weren't for him being a matchmaker, these bigwigs wouldn't even know the name of this Chinese.
Thanks to this greedy Chinese, Iraq is not only able to produce a lot of weapons and equipment itself, but even has the ability to export these equipment to Afghanistan, otherwise, where did the Taliban government that unified Afghanistan get a lot of weapons and equipment?
At this time, Yugoslavia is being bombed by the NATO countries led by the United States, and the Americans only have more than a year to fight Afghanistan and less than four years to fight Iraq.
In such a short period of time, it is possible for a large country to be well prepared, but for poor countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, there is no preparation at all, because they do not have much money.
Saddam Hussein had high hopes for the Kurdish armored division before the outbreak of the Iraq war, and Yun Fei told the Iraqis that when faced with aerial bombardment, this armored division had no counterattack capability at all.
In these years, the strength of the army is not only war.
After so many years of exercises and deductions, Saddam Hussein also had to admit that without air superiority, his Kurdish armored division had no chance of winning at all. As for their air force, in the face of the world's best fighter group, it will also become a gorgeous flower as soon as it takes off.
The Taliban have always been supported by Saddam, and no amount of weapons will be able to keep Tania in the war for long. In the end, the Taliban had no choice but to hide in the mountains. And the Americans and the puppet government they have propped up will continue to squeeze their living space.
And. In the mountains, they don't even have any financial resources other than poppy cultivation.
There's no money, and it's a fart fight.
"Mr. Kuledin, these things, your domestic military experts should be much better than a private boss like me. If nothing else, just say that there are a few countries in the whole world that recognize the legitimacy of your Taliban government, and you can imagine your situation in the war...... "Yun Fei is really not optimistic about the Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
Why did Omar shelter al-Qaeda and why did he shelter Ben. Bin laden?
In other words, it is because Afghanistan as a whole is so poor. This country does not produce oil, and the only ore reserves are very rich. But. These ores are buried deep in the mountains, and it is very difficult to mine. At that time, the former Soviet Union in Afghanistan only carried out small-scale mining of some of the world's largest mines, especially copper.
In the end, it was confirmed that the country's ore is worth trillions of dollars. It's just that the cost of mining is very high.
And Ben. Osama bin Laden is a world-class billionaire with a net worth of more than $1 billion. Root. After bin Laden's al-Qaeda was destroyed, he financed Omar with at least $100 million in military spending while he was hiding in Afghanistan. At the same time, the two also married each other's daughters at that time, and at the same time they both became each other's fathers-in-law.
As for the legitimacy of the Taliban government, there are only three countries in the entire world. These three countries are the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia. Even Saddam Hussein, who has been secretly supporting Omar's Taliban forces, did not recognize their government because he hated the Taliban's theocratic policies.
"So, to avoid a blow from the United States. You Afghans except to let Ben. Osama bin Laden withdrew al-Qaeda from your country and there was no other way. Osama bin Laden has gone mad, and since last year's bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya, he's not just targeting Americans...... "U.S. attack on Afghanistan." The main reason is because the Taliban support al-Qaeda.
But al-Qaeda is not supported by the Taliban government alone.
The Saudi royal family definitely has a lot of support for the base, but they are rich in oil and pinch the oil pipes of the Americans.
Yun Fei really doesn't want Afghanistan to be occupied by the United States. After all, the Americans also took this opportunity to intervene in the affairs of Central Asia. The main thing is to encircle China. The United States is not only intent on blockading China from the sea. I hope to be able to completely encircle China.
As long as there is no war, it will not be so easy for the United States to lease bases in Central Asia. The Chinese government is not really so weak that someone else rents an air base behind its ass and is able to bomb the Chinese mainland in minutes!
Anything for the country and the people is nonsense.
Yun Fei is willing to meet these Taliban people, and only he knows why.
There are trillions worth of minerals in the eastern mountains of Afghanistan, so what's the use of these things buried in the ground? The most important thing is to ship to China to make money for the big boss. For Iraq, Yun Fei thinks the same way.
How did these things end up cheapening the Americans?
Iraq's oil-for-food plan is just the Americans' attempt to sanction Iraq's Saddam, and China's state-owned company naturally cannot go to the Middle East with two barrels of oil, but Yun's Holdings has no problem.
Moreover, only a small amount of dollars will be needed for Iraqi grain at that time.
"Mr. Yun, do you have any suggestions in this regard?" Kuhler knew that Yun Fei didn't say this to make them entangled. I must have thought about how to deal with it a long time ago.
"Well, it's not like there's no way." Yun Fei pinched his chin with his hand and deliberately began to pretend to be deep.
It's just a pity that he didn't keep the book. Osama bin Laden and Omar's bastards have long beards like that, otherwise, they would definitely be very effective for pretending to be B.
"What's the solution?" Kuldin immediately asked eagerly.
Since the outbreak of the war in Yugoslavia, the Taliban have stepped up the training of their troops and imported more weapons and equipment from Iraq in preparation for the upcoming war. After all, Ben. Although bin Laden's jihad was said to be against Americans, it also killed a lot of innocent people.
This is nothing to condemn for the Taliban government, but Ben. Osama bin Laden has now begun planning to bomb the US mainland, and the prediction of the magical Chinese is about to come true, and it would be a little strange if the Taliban could still calm down.
"Mr. Kuldin, I am a merchant...... "There is no benefit, why should we help you?" I helped Mauritania develop their economy, I got the ore, and I got the oil, what can you give me? ”
For the people in front of him, Yun Fei felt that it was necessary to enlighten them.
These things have to be brought up by them. Otherwise, others will feel that they have cheated them.
Yun Fei believes that he is definitely a very good person for international friends. At least it won't take advantage of them too much, as can be confirmed from Mauritania.
"Mr. Yun, our country doesn't have any rich resources...... "Kuldin heard Yun Fei's words, and his face suddenly became gloomy. If they have very rich mineral resources or oil resources in the country, this is not a problem.
The greedy Chinese boss made it clear that he was not willing to help them.
Is it because they didn't buy some of the machinery and equipment of this Chinese boss?
"No, you have a lot of resources, but you don't want to exploit them. Our group company is preparing to go all out into ore mining and ore smelting, so we need a lot of mines. Of course, your Ekna copper mine has been explored since the time of the former Soviet Union......" Yun Fei said with a smile.
Yun Fei thinks that his smile is very elegant, even surpassing the Mona Lisa.
However, in the eyes of Kuler and Kuledin, who are not brothers, this smile is definitely the world's most evil smile.
The Ekna Copper Mine is located in Afghanistan's Logar Province, just 35 kilometers southeast of the capital Kabul. The deposit is one of the world's most proven, untapped copper deposits, with its large ore scale, high ore grade and good resource prospects. The total resource of the mine is 705 million tons of ore, with an average copper content of 1.56% and a copper metal content of more than 10 million tons. The mine has been explored since the time of the Soviet Union. It wasn't until China's Metallurgical Group invested that the mine became the world's largest open-pit copper mine.
At the beginning, because of the situation, the former Soviet Union did not develop. In Yunfei's world, in 2007, a consortium of China's MCC and another Chinese company won the bid. However, the price China has to pay for this is to invest $3 billion over five years to produce 220,000 tons of refined copper a year, and eventually expand to 300,000 tons. Of course, the mine will eventually cost more than $10 billion.
The Chinese, on the other hand, only have 30 years of mining rights.
Now that it's Yun Fei's turn to do good things, how can he let it go?
As long as the Taliban government is not taken down by the Americans, he dares to invest. However, now that 9/11 is only two years away, he naturally does not think that he can make back his investment in a short period of time.
Copper is much more expensive than iron. In China, the price of a ton of the most common brass is 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, and the ore is also thousands of yuan a ton. This thing is easier to produce than iron, and it is these things that China lacks the most.
As long as he takes this copper mine and some of Iraq's oil fields, Yun Fei doesn't even have to look for other mines...... (To be continued......)
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