Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

No matter which nationality or cultural integration, the lesser party always obeys the majority, and the more party has absolute advantage.

"Boss, this is the information about Australia's mining industry that I got from HSBC, please take a look."

While talking, Huo Jianxi handed the information in his hand to Boss Yang.

"Because of the impact of the oil crisis, the growth rate of the world economy has slowed down, and the price of iron ore in the world has also fallen to a certain extent..."

For a long time, the price trend of iron ore has shown different laws with the change of market structure.

After the end of World War II, the geographical separation of iron ore supply and demand was formed, international trade of iron ore began to appear, long-term contract transactions were gradually established, and prices showed a coexistence of annual stability and long-term slight rise.

The key to this situation lies in the East Asian region represented by the island countries and South Korea, and the developing countries in Asia.

After World War II, the economies of developing countries in Asia began to pick up gradually. In the 80s, East Asian countries have become the trading partners of Australia's largest iron ore consumption and export.

Since the 60s, East Asian countries led by island countries and South Korea have made it easier for the Australian government to lock in the quantity of supply or purchase through contracts, and the two parties have gradually developed into long-term contracts, forming a long-term agreement pricing system.

"According to research and analysis, although the economic development of European and American countries has slowed down due to the oil crisis, the demand for iron ore has declined, but the iron ore price in Australia has not been greatly affected due to the rising demand in Asian developing countries.

Moreover, I think the iron ore industry still has great prospects for development in the future. Even though it is currently affected by cyclical factors, as the impact of the oil crisis subsides and the world economy recovers again, the price of iron ore will still rise. continue rising. "

Huo Jian dared to say this, mainly because the economies of Asian countries have just started, and the infrastructure of various developing countries is not perfect, and there is still a lot of room for exploration.

Steel is the backbone of all industrial countries, and iron ore is the most indispensable raw material for steel.

If Asian countries want to develop, they cannot do without steel. To a certain extent, steel is more important than oil.

Australia is the largest exporter of iron ore excluding Brazil. Its iron ore is famous for its high quality and easy mining. Investing in the iron ore industry is undoubtedly a lucrative business.

Yang Chen looked at the data on the information, raised his head and asked Huo Jianchen, "Is the current international iron ore price only [-] dollars per ton?"

Huo Jian nodded grimly and said: "The average price should be between [-] and [-] dollars. According to the information provided by HSBC, the reason why the price of iron ore has not dropped too much is that the international iron ore giants are playing tricks. The amount of iron ore mined, thereby controlling price fluctuations.

The demand has decreased, and the mining volume has also decreased. In addition, the demand in the Asian region led by Japan and South Korea has not decreased but increased, so the international iron ore price has not dropped too much.

Previously, the international iron ore price fluctuated around US$[-]. The largest iron ore companies in Australia, because they signed long-term contracts with Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries, the price was not greatly affected. "

Although Yang Chen doesn't know how much the price of iron ore has risen in the future, there is no doubt that the development of a country cannot be separated from steel.

Leaving other things aside, the amount of steel consumed by the real estate industry alone is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

It just so happened that Yang Chen remembered that following the economic development of Asian countries, more or less large-scale construction projects and real estate development will be carried out.

Among them, the island countries and the inland in the 21st century are the most important, especially the inland. The scale of real estate is unmatched by any country in the world.

The title of infrastructure madman depends not only on people, but also on steel.

In fact, iron ore resources in the world are very rich, and there is no such thing as scarcity. Basically, iron ore can be found more or less in every country.

In later generations, the scale of discovered iron ore reserves alone has reached hundreds of billions of tons, among which Australia, Brazil, China, Russia, Ukraine and the United States are all countries with large iron ore resources in the world.

Although the inland is a big iron ore country, and it is the world's largest iron ore producer, but because most of the inland iron ore is lean ore (low iron content), it is far less than Brazil and Brazil in terms of metal content. Australian iron ore is of high quality.

Therefore, during the period of rapid economic development, the inland has not been able to achieve self-sufficiency in iron ore.

In later generations, the inland is the largest iron ore import country, accounting for half of the world's iron ore imports, while Australia's iron ore exports have always ranked first and second in the world.

Therefore, Australia has been one of the inland iron ore exporters since the 90s.

Yang Chen pointed to the several mining companies on the information, and asked, "Are these mining companies the target of our next investment?"

Mining and agriculture and animal husbandry are two different industries with different concepts. If he does not have a ready-made mining company in his hands and only establishes it by himself, the time required is beyond his affordability.

Therefore, only buying shares or acquiring existing mining companies in Australia can save him time and at the same time obtain a group of experienced workers.

"Boss, the first few mining companies listed in the information are the largest mining companies in Australia today. They have the most comprehensive mining equipment, refining workers and marketing channels.

If we can acquire one or two of them, or even one of them, it will be of great help for us to enter the mining industry in the Northern Territory and Queensland. "

After Yang Chen listened, he threw the information on the table, "Come and introduce these companies to me. This pile of dense data makes me feel a headache. Please try to introduce it concisely."

"Ok, boss"

Huo Jian shrank his neck in embarrassment. He got all these materials from HSBC. Although he had read them carefully, he forgot that Boss Yang was not interested in such long-form data.

It's not that Boss Yang is impatient, but that most bosses don't like the smelly and long big data.

"Boss, let me tell you about Australia's number one mining company, BHP. BHP is headquartered in Melbourne, and the company's mines are located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, namely Newman, Yangdi and Goldworth.

The total proven reserves of these three mining areas exceed one billion tons, and the total annual output of iron ore exceeds 3000 million tons. In addition, BHP Mining Company also has an undeveloped C mining area in the south of Yali, and its reserves are unknown.

All the mines of BHP Mining Company are very close to the port. The iron ore produced only needs to be transported to the ports of Hedland and Finnicon Island through the [-]-kilometer railway line for mixing, and then shipped to the world. The iron ore market sells…”

BHP Mining Company merged with the British company Billiton in [-] and became BHP Billiton after the merger. In later generations, BHP Billiton is the second largest mining company in the world. The three giants of ore.

The world's three iron ore giants in later generations, Brazil's Vale, Australia's BHP Billiton and Britain's Rio Tinto, monopolize global iron ore exports in terms of production, development and marketing.

Like the four major grain merchants, the three giants control more than 80.00% of the world's iron ore exports.

Although the inland is the largest importer of iron ore in later generations, it has no right to set the price of iron ore. It has been held hostage by international iron ore companies such as Brazil's Vale, Australia's BHP Billiton, and Britain's Rio Tinto Group.

Even with the global financial crisis in 60.00, the economies of countries around the world were severely hit, resulting in a continuous decline in global steel market demand and a [-]% drop in iron ore prices. The Big Three still did not give inland discounts in accordance with international prices.

At that time, in the gloomy steel market, inland large and medium-sized steel mills fell into a collective huge loss because of high long-term agreement prices.

Although inland later generations became the world's largest steel producer and iron ore importer, it has always been in a weak position in the game with international mining giants.

As the largest buyer of iron ore, it stands to reason that he should have a certain say in the negotiation of the price of imported iron ore. Old beauty saves face, but old beauty has always been used to it.

In this world, it's okay to have a grudge against anyone, except for money.

However, looking at the face of Australia in later generations, I don't bother to say that the whole country, from top to bottom, is purely looking for a model.

The root cause of the inland's loss of the right to speak is not any external pressure, but mainly because there is no community of interests in the interior, and the iron and steel enterprises are not united as one.

As soon as the negotiations are over, the international mining giants will pass the spot iron ore through their hands through the small and medium-sized enterprises, and pour into the country in large quantities.

Yang Chen doesn't know about this. Regarding the steel industry, I believe many people won't pay attention to it. After all, ordinary businessmen can't get in touch with it. Large steel companies are all state-owned enterprises, and state-owned enterprises are generally in a small and transparent state.

Press, except for the few big state-owned banks that people think about every day even if they are low-key.

"Boss, most of the mining areas of the above companies are concentrated in Western Australia, which is closer to Asian countries and has huge mineral reserves, especially iron ore.

According to statistics, iron ore reserves in Western Australia rank first in the world, if we cannot acquire the previous large mining companies, then we should acquire small and medium mining companies in Western Australia as soon as possible..."

"Western Australia" Yang Chen muttered to himself, tapped his fingers on the table, and quietly meditated.

Compared with Western Australia, the Northern Territory is far from being comparable to Western Australia, whether it is now or in the future.