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Chapter 1438 Raw Ore
Chapter 1439 Raw Ore

Ailiya turned to look at Qin Hao, and Qin Hao nodded.

"Give it to her. Our radiation levels have remained stable at 0.3 Sv/h, which meets safety standards."

Half an hour later, Sofia called, sounding much more relaxed.

"Thank you! The regulatory authority approved it on the spot after reviewing the data and even provided European subsidies. From now on, my projects will prioritize purchasing cobalt ore from the alliance!"

Qin Hao hung up the phone and looked at the drill pipe at the exploration site. The reading on the detector had jumped to 98%.

Charlie ran over, holding a document in his hand: "Boss, a South African mining giant wants to join the alliance, saying they want to develop primary mines together!"

Arya pointed to the map of the mineral vein.

"We discovered copper-cobalt associated deposits around the primary mine. We'll build a small exploration station first, and later we can build a fourth energy station!"

Qin Hao took the document, his gaze falling on the Alliance flag fluttering in the distance, a smile playing on his lips.

"Let them talk. The mining industry in Black Africa is going to change dramatically because of Blue Crystal."

Three days later, at the primary mining site in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

As the drill rod advanced to a depth of 3.2 kilometers underground, the detector suddenly emitted a sharp alarm.

The radiation level on the screen jumped from 0.6 Sv/h to 2.5 Sv/h, and the red warning light on the drilling platform flashed wildly.

"Stop! Stop it now!"

Kowa, the young and strong leader of the Karu tribe, suddenly grabbed the control lever, his dark face full of vigilance.

"Slag emits white smoke when it comes into contact with air, which will pollute our land!"

Several tribal miners immediately surrounded them, gripping their pickaxes and their eyes filled with fear.

One of the old miners pointed to the village in the distance: "People died from blue crystal radiation in 1995. We can't trade the lives of our people for money!"

Qin Hao had just arrived from the command tent, clutching a spare testing device in his hand. After re-measuring, the reading remained the same.

"The radiation is caused by the exposure of the blue crystal vein and will not pollute the land."

"Won't it cause pollution?"

Kova pulled a yellowed photograph from his pocket; the old man in the photo had festering skin.

“This is my grandfather. He was like this after participating in the old experiment. We can’t believe what you’re saying!”

Arya squatted down next to the slag, picked up a bit of the slag that was emitting white smoke with tweezers, and put it into a sealed bag.

"We will address the radiation issue, and the results will be available in 48 hours."

Karu arrived at this moment, looking at the arguing tribesmen and then at Qin Hao.

"I'll trust you this once, but you must prove that the radiation is under control within 48 hours, otherwise the revenue-sharing agreement will be terminated."

Qin Hao nodded, then turned to Lao Wang and said, "Go to the archives of the old experimental base and find the complete log from 1995. There must have been a way to deal with the radiation from the slag back then."

After spending the entire afternoon searching, Old Wang and his team finally found a moldy-covered logbook in the iron cabinet of the archives.

He pointed to one of the pages, his voice trembling: "Found it! It says that mixing blue crystal slag and copper ore powder in a 3:1 ratio can reduce radiation to below 0.5 Sv/h!"

Arya immediately had copper ore powder brought in and mixed with slag on-site according to the specified ratio.

Half an hour later, the reading on the detector slowly dropped to 0.4 Sv/h, and the white smoke disappeared.

She handed the mixed slag to Karu.

“We have been using this method at our energy station for two years and have not had a single radiation accident. You can send your people to the site to supervise and monitor the radiation data in real time.”

Karu held the slag, looked at the detector again, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“I will go and persuade the tribesmen to send more able-bodied men over tomorrow.”

Aria flipped to the end of the log and suddenly froze. It was marked in red that there was an energy storage cavity deep inside the core of the blue crystal, and that the energy storage of a single blue crystal was three times that of a traditional battery.

She took a picture and sent it to Sofia: "This might solve your energy storage problem for your new energy project."

Three days later, in the conference room at the alliance headquarters, representatives sat at both ends of a long table.

South African representative Van der Sar, dressed in a custom-made suit, pushed a technology licensing agreement to the center.

"We are willing to pay an extra 20% cooperation fee in exchange for the exclusive license to the advanced blue crystal purification technology. South Africa has the largest copper reserves in Africa, and only we can maximize the value of the technology."

"no!"

Ghana's representative, Amo, immediately slammed his fist on the table, clutching the union charter in his hand.

"It's clearly stated in the charter that technology will be shared! You have so many copper mines and you want to monopolize the technology? How are we small countries supposed to survive?"

Representatives from several small countries nodded in agreement, with the Tanzanian representative echoing their sentiments.

"We just used basic technology last month to increase copper production by 15%. If advanced technology is monopolized, we will only ever play a supporting role!"

Van der Sar sneered: "You can't even use basic testing equipment properly, so what makes you think you can use advanced technology? Ghana had a radiation accident last year."

"you!"

Amo was so angry that his face turned red. Just as he was about to retort, Marcus's video suddenly came through.

Behind him was the practical training site of the tribal mining school, where miners were practicing blue crystal purification.

"Everyone, I have a proposal: tiered technology licensing. Basic technologies will be fully open, while advanced technologies can be exchanged based on mineral production percentages. The higher the production, the higher the privileges."

He paused, then pointed to the miners on the screen.

“Our tribe can increase production with basic technology, while advanced technology is suitable for large-scale mines, so it’s fair to everyone.”

At this moment, Pang Wanshan pushed open the door and came in, holding a roll of logistics map in his hand.

“Mr. Van der Sar, let me take you to see the moisture-proof warehouse at the East African transit station. Advanced technology requires high-purity blue crystals. After the branch line extends to South Africa, we use the moisture-proof warehouse to transport blue crystals, which can maintain a purity of 98%, which is 3 percentage points higher than if you transport them yourself.”

He then turned to Amo.

“The freight cost for copper ore from Ghana to Rotterdam port is reduced by another 5%, and the use of blue crystal moisture-proof chips reduces losses, which is equivalent to earning an extra $300 per ton.”

Van der Sar flipped through the data on the moisture-proof warehouse, and Amo calculated the shipping costs. The two finally nodded in agreement.

Van der Sar signed the agreement: "Then let's go with tiered authorization. We'll send technicians to learn advanced techniques next month."

After the meeting, Charlie handed over a piece of intelligence, his face grave.

"Boss, Douglas remnants are active near the Zulu tribes and may be trying to sabotage the South African branch line construction."

One week later, early one morning, news broke of a radiation leak on the South African section of the East African logistics feeder line.

A video taken by local villagers went viral online. The video showed a bag of blue crystal slag printed with the Alliance logo. When the slag fell into the water, white smoke immediately rose from the surface.

International Energy Agency Commissioner Cohen called quickly via video, his tone serious.

“Mr. Qin, if the radiation leak is confirmed, we will suspend subsidies to Blue Crystal Energy and reassess its compliance.” “It’s not our problem.”

Qin Hao sent Ailiya with the technical team to the site, while he and Ali went to the security center to check the surveillance footage.

The surveillance footage shows a white pickup truck parked before the video was recorded, and its license plate number matches the one Jack used to steal the cobalt ore last time.

Arya tested the water source on site and quickly came to a conclusion.

"The pollution is caused by artificially added industrial waste, not blue crystal radiation. The slag bags are old, the logo is printed, and there are glue marks on the edges."

Ali and his team followed the pickup truck's route and captured Jack on the Zambian border.

In the Interpol interrogation room, Jack finally confessed.

"It was Douglas's father who made me do it! He was the funder of the Blue Crystal Experiment in 1995, and he wanted to make the Alliance lose international trust so that he could seize the mining rights for the primary minerals!"

Qin Hao sent the evidence to Cohen, and the International Energy Agency immediately issued a statement to clarify.

Cohen contacted Qin Hao privately.

"Douglas' father has established the Blue Crystal Research Foundation in Switzerland and is currently acquiring a mining company in the Democratic Republic of Congo. You should be careful."

That afternoon, Sofia suddenly called via video call, her voice filled with urgency.

“Ms. Aria, the European regulatory authorities require that cobalt ore purity must reach 92%, otherwise the project cooperation will be cancelled. My previous supplier could only achieve 89%, only your blue crystal purification can meet the standard.”

Arya asked the technical team leader, Ryan, to debug the equipment, but the result was not ideal.

Current technology can only increase the purity of cobalt ore to a maximum of 91%. A catalyst containing 98% pure cobalt crystals from the primary ore is needed to break through the 92% barrier.

Ryan pointed to the detector.

"But the primary mine can only extract 5 tons of blue crystals per day, which is far from enough to meet Sofia's needs."

Qin Hao found Karu, where the tribe's young and strong men were working in the native mine.

Karu frowned: "The radiation illusion last time worried the tribe. If we increase the mining volume, I'm afraid there will be objections."

"We can publish radiation data in real time."

Qin Hao took Karu to see the monitoring system of the energy station.

“You will send your tribesmen to the site to supervise and update the data every hour. In addition, for every 10 tons of additional mining, the tribe’s share will increase by 1 point.”

Karu thought for a moment and finally nodded.

“I will go and tell the tribe that we will send an additional 200 young men tomorrow.”

Three days later, using native blue crystals as a catalyst, Aria successfully increased the purity of the cobalt ore to 92.5%.

With the test results in hand, Sofia successfully passed the hearing at the European regulatory authority.

“Mr. Qin, I have signed a three-year cobalt ore procurement agreement with the alliance, and I will also recommend other European new energy companies to cooperate with you.”

Fifty meters underground at the old experimental base, Lao Wang and his men finally found the blue crystal energy storage chamber.

The blue crystal core inside the cavity gleamed with a pale blue luster. The testing instrument showed that a single fist-sized blue crystal could supply a family for one month.

"This thing can change the landscape of new energy sources," Aria said excitedly.

Charlie ran over then, holding a document in his hand.

"Boss, Douglas's father's foundation has acquired three mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with their sights set on the energy storage chambers of the primary mines!"

Qin Hao stared at the blue crystal in the energy storage chamber, his eyes turning cold.

"They want more than just purification technology; they also want energy storage. Inform the technical team to accelerate research on energy storage equipment. We must not let them take it away."

Ailiya, who was standing nearby, folded up the newly printed energy storage equipment drawings and handed them to Qin Hao.

"The test data for the small energy storage device is out. Its energy storage efficiency is 3.5 times that of traditional batteries, and the radiation value is stable at 0.1 Sv/h, which fully meets the safety standards."

Qin Hao took the blueprints, his fingertips tracing the markings on the amount of blue crystal core used, before looking up at the distant mining area.

"The Douglas family will not be satisfied. We must first stabilize the cooperation on the primary mine. As for the Karu tribe, we need to mine 20 tons today and keep our promise to take another 1% cut."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Charlie's walkie-talkie crackled to life, his voice trembling with urgency.

"Boss, something's happened at the primary mine! Three tribal miners suddenly collapsed, and Kowa said we should use low-purity blue crystals to trap them!"

When the two arrived at the mining site, Kova was holding a bag of blue crystal ore, his face ashen, blocking the drilling rig.

The mineral bag was printed with a blurry Alliance logo, and the blue crystals inside had a dull luster, which was out of place with the surrounding 98% pure blue crystals.

"Qin Hao, you said you'd supply 98% pure blue crystals, but this bag only has 85%!"

Kova pointed to the miner lying on the ground.
"Their radiation levels are 0.8 Sv/h, it's all because of this damn blue crystal!"

Karu squatted down next to the miner, holding the detector in his hand, his brows furrowed.
“Mr. Qin, if this is true, we can no longer cooperate.”

Arya quickly stepped forward, picked up the ore bag, and turned it over.

The logo has obvious hot stamping marks on the edge, while the genuine product from the Alliance is laser engraved with smooth, burr-free edges.

She scratched the logo with her fingernail, and the paint flakeed off.

“This is fake. Our ore bags all have traceability codes. Scanning the code can show the mining time and purity.”

Qin Hao took out his phone and scanned the fake code on the mineral bag; the screen showed no record.

Scan the code on the genuine mineral bag next to it, and information such as the mining time and purity of 98.2% will immediately pop up.

"Kova, look, even the traceability code is fake."

Just then, applause erupted from outside the crowd, and Miller walked over in a sharp suit, clutching a stack of receipts in his hand.

"Chief Karu, don't be fooled by them! The Alliance is offering 3% of their profits in exchange for your high-purity copper ore, but they're just trying to fool us with fake blue crystals. Our foundation is willing to offer 5% of their profits and even provide radiation protection equipment."

Kova's eyes lit up, and he was about to speak when Karu waved his hand.

He looked at the document in Miller's hand and suddenly sneered.

"Last year, your foundation acquired a mining company in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a 50% discount. Now you're trying to play the good guy?"

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