In 1950, that is, half a year after the establishment of the country, the Oriental Mineral Company was established, and ten years later, the mining company and the hardware import company merged, called the Oriental Hardware and Minerals Import and Export Company, which is responsible for the import and export business of minerals and hardware, and its main business is carried out through the five and nine business divisions. Until February 87, the five and nine divisions were merged to establish the Mineral Import and Export Company, and the superior unit was renamed the Oriental Hardware and Minerals Import and Export Corporation, and the subordinate units in addition to the Mineral Import and Export Corporation, there are also Minmetals Trading Co., Ltd., Minmetals Oriental Trade Import and Export Company and so on.

In this era, private enterprises are not allowed to participate in the import and export business, and they are all controlled by a few companies, and it is precisely because of this that Qin Feng will go his own way in order to engage in import and export business, and import color TV recorders in the name of foreign garbage, and export many products in the name of exchange, or pull the tiger skin of the army as a banner.

Even if he comes to Eritrea to open a mine, in Qin Feng's statement, this mine is his own, he came to mine it himself, and then transported the iron ore back, this is also his own thing, and it is not considered import and export, after all, he has not spent the country's foreign exchange.

With the support of the troops, the relevant units also have to turn a blind eye, and now, Qin Feng has given them benefits again, and they are even more happy.

After receiving the news, the Mineral Import and Export Company immediately sent an inspection team, led by the experienced Nie Yonggang, to Eritrea.

By the time they arrived at the scene, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was taking place.

On the coffee trees at the mouth of a small village with a population of one or two hundred people closest to the mining area, a banner was hung with bright big letters: Warmly celebrate the official mining of the Asmarado metal mine!

Beneath the banner, stood four black hostesses, two red and two white, holding trays with saffron dragged on the tray, and silk between saffron and saffron.

Several people in suits and leather shoes stood next to the big red flower, holding scissors in their hands.

Click, click!

This is the most important part of the groundbreaking ceremony! When a few people cut the ribbon, the firecrackers that had been prepared on both sides were ignited, and the sound of crackling and tomming roared one after another.

There was also a round of applause below, and after the sound had stopped, Teshomey gave an enthusiastic speech.

"Thank you to our friends from the East, not only for helping us to come out of the war years, but also for helping us to build our Motherland in peacetime! From this mine, we will take the path of industrialization......"

"Now, I announce that the mine has officially begun! Let's go! ”

After Qin Feng finished speaking, he waved his big hand, and behind him, the sunspots wearing hard hats and yellow rubber shoes ran towards the equipment behind them in unison.

The equipment is divided into three rows, the front row, is the Dongfanghong-15 tractor modified forklift, on both sides of the tractor are equipped with various connecting rods, the front is installed with a bucket, although the bucket is not very large, but for the sunspots who have never carried out mechanized operations, these equipment is already very tall.

The back two rows, all of them are all Pingwang brand trucks, the old liberation chassis transformation, the top is a twenty-horsepower single-cylinder diesel engine, full of a sense of power, although the front hood has disappeared, but, the wheel fenders on both sides are still there, and there are big round lights hanging on it, which looks very good.

The sunspots ran over in unison, and then began to press the coil spring start handle, and the crunching sound sounded, and when it was released, black smoke came out of the exhaust pipes of the diesel engines, and then there was a sonorous roar.

The engine starts normally!

The sunspots jumped into the driver's seat of the tractor, stepped on the clutch, put the gear, stepped on the accelerator, and the black smoke rose again, and then the tractor roared happily and rushed to the mine.

Behind, Pingwang trucks followed, they lined up neatly, waiting to be loaded.

Not only is the iron ore here high-grade, but it is also open-pit, and if you remove the layer of soil from the top of the mine, you can mine it directly, which is much easier than drilling.

The tractor forklifts found their stations and began to get busy, loading the trucks with soil and transporting it to a nearby ravine for direct landfilling, and the whole scene gave people the illusion that this place had entered the modern industrial age!

Teshomei looked at all this and was very satisfied, it is difficult to build a country, and it is even more difficult to develop a country! They have left Ethiopia, and the next step is to develop even better than Ethiopia!

He Lao is also full of emotion on the side, this is the first mine he is looking for abroad, the speed of looking for it is fast, the speed of mining is also fast, at most a month, the soil layer above is all peeled off, and the following can be mined, at the same time, at that time, all kinds of mineral processing equipment should also be able to transport over, just to be able to extract the iron ore here and transport it back, saving yourself trouble in the country.

Iron ore can be purchased directly, that is, the iron ore mined below is directly transported back, but this iron ore cannot be stuffed directly into the iron-making furnace, it must be crushed and selected.

Specifically, first through the jaw crusher for preliminary crushing, and then through the mill, the iron ore into fine material, and then into the spiral classifier, the ore is washed and classified, the iron ore is further selected, and finally dried, the domestic poor iron ore for such a process operation, the purity can reach more than 60 percent, the rich iron ore here is selected, and the quality can reach more than 90 percent.

These operations consume a lot of fresh water, and there is a lot of pollution, so you can do it here, of course, you don't have to take it back and dispose of it, and what you bring back is the kind of iron ore that can be stuffed into the steelmaking furnace.

It was only now that Nie Yonggang and the others finally found an opportunity and walked over excitedly.

"Mr. Qin, I am Nie Yonggang of the domestic mineral import and export company, just call me Lao Nie, after getting your news, we immediately organized a capable team and came to negotiate." Nie Yonggang stretched out his hand: "I didn't expect that we are still not as fast as you, you have already started mining!" ”

"Well, we are a private enterprise, just do it, and we don't have to go through such a complicated process." Qin Feng nodded: "We originally only planned to mine iron ore, but that day, He Lao and they continued to explore, and near the vein of this iron ore, they found the associated veins of copper ore and zinc ore, our company is temporarily busy, so we ask our relevant domestic departments to come forward, these non-ferrous metals are more important to our country, I hope you can seize the opportunity, come, I will introduce you first." ”

When the two were chatting, Te Xiaomei had already noticed, and seeing Qin Feng coming over with Nie Yonggang, Te Xiaomei smiled: "Mr. Qin, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Uncle Teschau May, this is Nie Yonggang of our domestic mineral import and export company, he came to us for the newly discovered polymetallic ore, we can talk about the conditions, determine the cooperation plan, and then we can invest in mining."

When this side is on the right track, Qin Feng will be able to rush to the gold mining area to mine gold, gold and iron ore, all of which have been discussed with these friends in advance, and it is an agreement signed during the war, which is exclusive mining, as long as taxes are paid.

However, the other non-ferrous metal minerals found are different, and the sunspots will definitely not directly hand over the mining rights, and they will also have to obtain huge benefits from these mines, so Qin Feng can't eat it, so he simply handed it over to the relevant domestic units.

The big guys negotiated the conditions and engaged in cooperative development together, and everyone was happy, in Qin Feng's eyes, this seemed to be a very simple matter.

However, hearing him say this, Te Xiaomei's brows furrowed, and after he pondered slightly, he said: "Mr. Qin, it may be that you misunderstood, or it may be that we didn't express it clearly, we do want to cooperate in development, but we only trust you, if we cooperate in development, we hope to cooperate with you." ”

Qin Feng's expression froze, and Nie Yonggang on the side looked embarrassed.

They were very excited when they heard about it, after all, there are so many minerals in China, and many minerals are still in short supply, such as copper ore, which needs to be purchased in large quantities from the world, and it would be better if they could directly participate in the mining of the mine!

Don't look at their mineral import and export company has been established for decades, but almost all of them spend money on imports, and there are few opportunities to mine abroad, and now, a private enterprise was born out of thin air, owning mines abroad, they are very envious, and they also hope to be like the Pacific Group, they can also buy mines and mine themselves.

Now, people don't welcome it!

"Uncle Tsesamee, don't worry, we Oriental people are your friends, whether it is our Pacific Group or the Mineral Import and Export Company, we will sincerely help Eritrea develop its economy." Qin Feng hurriedly said on the side.

"If it's all the same, why can't you take the lead?" Teschaome continued.

Nie Yonggang and the others are even more embarrassed, these sunspots are clearly relieved of themselves!

At this moment, Muratu walked over: "Father, I have a solution. Isn't it safe that this cooperation project will be signed between us and the Pacific Group, and then subcontracted by the Pacific Group to the Mineral Import and Export Company in the East? ”

Nie Yonggang's mood is very complicated, they came out to contract the mine, and they actually have to be second-hand dealers! The first road has to be controlled by the Pacific Company! What kind of thing is this, it's clear that we are the official institution of the East, okay!

"Ahem, that, Uncle Teschame, I'll talk to Lao Nie alone, you wait a minute."

Teschaome nodded: "I think the plan that Mulatu said is good, our cooperation partner can only be Ling, as for whether you subcontract or not, we don't care, if there is anything in the future, we will still negotiate with you." ”

Nie Yonggang was pulled aside by Qin Feng, his mood was already a little depressed at this time, before leaving, he never thought that it would end like this!

"Lao Nie, I'm very sorry, I blame me for this, I don't know, the sunspots value me so much." Qin Feng was a little embarrassed: "You see that this can't be done, in the process of negotiation, our Pacific Group will send someone to participate in it, pretending to be, all the terms are negotiated directly with the sunspots, and when the negotiation is completed, our Pacific Group will sign on it, and the specific operation is our mineral import and export company to be responsible, how about it?" ”

Nie Yonggang sighed: "Mr. Qin, if we go back with such a contract......

If you go back, you will be scolded for being incompetent! How did you pat your chest and guarantee it when you came out? This is the first battle for mineral import and export companies to enter overseas, and we must fight it well! Moreover, with this as a starting point, we will march into other countries and strive to win the mining rights of 30 mines in Africa within five years!

What now?

The first contract is a subcontract!

"If you don't take such a contract back, then you won't be able to get anything back, and you can see the other party's opinion, if you want to sign this kind of contract, or you don't sign it. The point is that our mineral import and export company has no foundation here, and people don't believe it. Qin Feng said: "Take this opportunity to take the non-ferrous metal mines here first, our mineral import and export company can perform well, gain the trust of the sunspots, and have a good relationship, won't we be able to sign the contract directly in the future?" The mines here are related to the construction of the army! ”

After saying this, Nie Yonggang could only nod helplessly, yes, copper mine, that is a strategic resource, and the army is looking forward to it the most! Other non-ferrous metals are also quite important! Although it is a subcontract, our mineral import and export company is still in charge, everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as there is a success of this cooperation, there is no need to subcontract from the Pacific Group in the future.

"Okay, so be it." Since Nie Yonggang is here, he can't go back empty-handed, this condition can only be agreed.

"Uncle Teschau May, Lao Nie agreed, when we return to the capital, let's talk in detail." Qin Feng greeted him.

"Good!" Teschaome nodded: "Specific terms, let's talk to Mulatu, starting tomorrow, today, let's take a look at the construction here." Mechanized operation, the efficiency is really high! ”

For the sunspots, it is good to use a shovel to shovel the soil and load a cart a day, but now? In the roar of the sudden single-cylinder engine, the bucket loads the soil into the body of the truck, and soon fills a truck, and then, the truck drives away in the sudden roar, and the next car starts over, stops in the corresponding station, and continues to load.

This efficiency is really high!

"When we negotiate the terms and mine other veins, we'll bring in more advanced machinery." Nie Yonggang said on the side: "We will bring the most advanced Carter excavator technology, that kind of excavator, two shovels can fill the old Jiefang, we will also bring Steyr over, the load capacity can exceed fifty tons, one is equivalent to ten old Jiefang." ”

This is the advantage of the national team, it can't be compared! Qin Feng's heart was also emotional.

Although Pacific Group has become the most dazzling private enterprise in China, after all, it has just developed, and it is not the best effort to get the tractor-modified forklift and the old Jiefang modified four-like compared with other old state-owned enterprises.

What about the national team? You can easily bring the Carter excavator and bring Steyr over, the efficiency of this construction machinery is many times that of your own, and you can dig the floating soil in a month, and people may finish it in a week.

"Carter excavator? Do you still have this equipment? Mulatu was also surprised.

"Yes, we have a special card office in China, ready to digest and absorb Carter excavator technology." Nie Yonggang said.

For example, when I visited Western Europe, I saw an open-pit coal mine in West Germany, with only 2,000 workers and an annual output of 50 million tons of coal, while in China, a coal mine of the same size required 160,000 people, a difference of 80 times!

Why? Of course, it's because construction machinery is used less!

Throughout the 80s, all walks of life were importing technology from the West, from steel smelting equipment to beer filling, and the world was sourcing old equipment to improve industrial strength, and there were some lessons, such as buying it back and not being able to use it, and it turned out to be scrap iron.

In terms of construction machinery, the country also noticed its backward situation, decided to introduce from the West, after some comparison, in the United States Caterpillar, the island country of Komatsu and Germany Liebherr and other companies, choose Carter.

Carter was beaten by Komatsu and retreated, and has been losing money, while the East is in need of technology, the two sides hit it off, at the end of 86, signed a technology transfer contract, set up a special Caterpillar technology introduction office, referred to as the card office.

In the domestic related industries, this card is quite famous, such as the famous Liugong in later generations, it is in this technology introduction that the introduction of relevant loader technology, as a result, has become the overlord in Egypt.

However, Carter didn't have any good intentions, let alone charity, they also played a one-handed operation, and they pitted many companies.

Now, hearing Nie Yonggang talk about this card, Qin Feng thought of something.

The first construction machinery XCMG, is from the establishment of Huaxing Iron Factory in 43 years to start, this can not be compared, and the second Sany Heavy Industry, has not yet been established, their own Pingwang motorcycle factory has developed, do you want to take the road of construction machinery in the future?

On the basis of the Dongfanghong 15 tractor, the forklift can be transformed out, and it will naturally develop and grow step by step, and this field is still blank in China for the time being, let's also play with the excavator?

When I went back, I discussed it with Xing Fuqiang and them.

Nie Yonggang gushed about how to mine in the future, how big the scale will be, and how much investment, trying to exaggerate the strength of the mineral import and export company, but the sunspots can listen, but they will not give up the request just now because of these words.

"Therefore, it is the best choice for everyone to cooperate with us, we ......" When Nie Yonggang said this, he was greeted by Te Xiaomei's cold gaze.

"Mr. Nie, the object of our contract can only be signed by the Pacific Group, which is our bottom line."

An embarrassed smile appeared on Nie Yonggang's face again: "Okay, we know." ”