“拼”掉钢铁巨鳄； “吞”下澳洲矿山。2012年09月10日04:49 ；来源：重庆日报
伊斯坦鑫矿山施工现场。 重钢
亚洲钢铁澳大利亚公司首席执行官比尔·麦克尼茨。
重钢驻澳工作人员门礼介绍矿山情况。
西澳州首府珀斯。
重钢集团
走出去事件
重钢矿产开发投资有限公司与宬隆投资有限公司，及其全资子公司亚洲钢铁控股有限公司签订投资框架协议，重钢矿投，以低于2.8亿澳元的对价，获得后者在澳大利亚拥有的磁铁矿和煤矿资产60%的股权。
走出去时间
2009年
项目特点
重庆钢铁企业在与国内外钢铁业巨头竞争中胜出，涉足国际矿产开采和投资市场，解决对企业生存和发展至关重要的矿石来源渠道难题。
项目现状
一期工程，正在加紧建设过程中，预计2013年结束。2014年，出矿投产，并实现年产1000万吨优质磁铁矿的目标。
夺矿
重钢拿下澳洲大铁矿
多年来，重钢的管理者，都有被人“卡”着咽喉的感觉，因为，他们所在的企业对铁矿石进口的依赖度，高达60%以上。为改变这一尴尬，重钢人把触角，伸向了海外
亚洲钢铁澳大利亚公司首席执行官比尔·麦克尼茨清晰记得，拿下伊斯坦鑫开采权时，重钢董事长刘加才笑得合不拢嘴的样子，“看得出来，那是一种无法掩饰的兴奋。”
在那场矿山争夺战中，重钢的对手，尽是钢铁巨鳄：从首都钢铁集团、到武汉钢铁集团、再到最后的中国五矿集团……这场胜出，重钢无异于虎口夺食。
“刘董事长的兴奋很正常，因为，重钢掌握了这个优质矿山，就等于把企业发展的生命线，掌握在自己手里。”麦克尼茨说。
他说：“当前，中国钢铁企业生产所需的铁矿石，逾六成，需从国外进口。不改变这种状况，中国钢铁企业将十分被动。”
重钢就是一个例证：长期以来，其铁矿石进口量，超60%，主要来自巴西和印度，一旦矿价波动，或者，进口受阻，企业就有“无米下锅”的危险。特别是，最近几年，随着产能不断扩大，重钢的铁矿石需求，超过了千万吨。
重钢在国内的綦江铁矿、西昌太和铁矿和陕西等地的若干小矿，产能总和，不过60万吨。缺口巨大，海外寻矿，是必由之路。
门礼是重钢集团驻亚洲钢铁澳大利亚公司股权协调人，他回忆说，2009年，重钢接触到香港亚洲钢铁控股有限公司，亚钢拥有澳大利亚伊斯坦鑫铁开采权，该矿是典型的优质铁矿，很符合重钢需求。此时，后者因资金链困难，有意通过增发60%的股权，寻找合作伙伴。
同年6月，双方开始接触。
重钢出手前，首都钢铁集团、武汉钢铁集团和中国五矿集团，都曾试图从亚钢手中购买伊斯坦鑫矿山。然而，前两个集团，先后因为收购程序、资金等原因，未能实现收购目标。
于是，剩下了中国五矿集团与重钢展开最后对决。
机会来了，就不能放走。为拿到采矿权，重钢，一边，加紧和亚钢“热恋”；一边，开始到对手五矿集团，进行游说。最后，考虑到重钢和亚钢的结合属“两厢情愿”，五矿集团同意放手。
2010年底，重钢以2.8亿澳元，获得亚钢增发的60%股权。该项合作，随后，通过企业净值调查、澳大利亚外国投资审查委员会和国家发改委、商务部审批后，正式生效。
好矿
一座“钱景”无量的“金山”
伊斯坦鑫矿是一座优质铁矿：预计储量16.8亿吨，其两吨原矿，就能够选出1吨铁矿石；普通矿山，要4吨原矿，才能做到，堪称一座“金山”
50岁出头的比尔·麦克尼茨，是久经沙场的矿业行家，足迹遍布全球矿石资源富集区。他用上面这段话，描述自己看到的伊斯坦鑫铁矿山。在他眼里，伊斯坦鑫是难得的好矿。
“这是一座天然优质铁矿，勘测资源量16.68亿吨，远期资源储量超50亿吨，可以开采上百年。原矿平均品位为39.4%，通过选矿后的铁精矿品位可达68.5%！”
这样的品质，在全球铁矿石资源中，也罕见。拿到这样一座铁矿，对重钢意味，它将帮助重钢，拥有自己独立矿石供应体系，完全自给自足的铁矿石供给体系，就会全面形成。
麦克尼茨说，在当前钢铁行业凭产能“以大为尊”的环境下，在产能方面，并不拔尖的重钢，就可以通过这个矿山提供的优质铁矿石，锻造出更优质的产品，获得长远市场认可。
好处还不止于此。随着矿山投入生产，重钢生产原料成本价格，还会大大降低。
麦克尼茨给记者算了一笔账：现在，重钢一年生产所需的800多万吨铁矿石，有超过60%，来自海外采购。但，受矿价波动影响，重钢每年需多支付10亿元以上的成本。
目前，国际铁矿石价位，最高时，每吨200多美元，低时，要100美元。麦克尼茨说：“按照当前的成本水平，重钢在澳洲自采矿，每吨成本为50美元，加上运费，最后，每吨成本为80美元，这就是巨大的成本优势。”
往远了看，伊斯坦鑫山铁矿投产后，将彻底解决重钢资源瓶颈，助力重钢冲刺千亿级集团。据重钢规划，到2015年，其基本建成1000万吨级、1000亿元级的企业集团。
从国家战略层面看，对伊斯坦鑫矿山的开采，也为中国钢铁企业在全球的原材料布局，增添了厚实的基础。
过关
走出去，必须面对的功课
重钢要对伊斯坦鑫矿山，实施产业化开采，还要面临澳洲政府严格的环境测评、开采难度大、运输管道建设、劳动力成本高、资金压力大等难题，其中的难度，超出了重钢人的预料
2010年，重钢人踌躇满志，来到这片矿山。门礼被眼前的情景，惊了一下：“除了红土，荒原漫无边际，我什么都看不到！”
伊斯坦鑫矿深处西澳腹地，距州府珀斯500余公里，不通飞机和公交车。要么，租一架能在简易跑道起降的小飞机飞过去；要么，租大巴车在荒原上狂颠5小时。
作为首批抵澳的重钢工作人员，门礼见证了重庆人荒原找矿的真实画面。红土荒原常狂风肆虐，探矿队，还要在没引导设备，就会走失的荒原上，寻找矿石。
他说：“工作用房被风掀翻，为避风和寻找矿点，搬家，是常事，有时，做好的饭，也会被吹得满天飞。”
然而，恶劣环境，还不是最大的麻烦。
按照澳大利亚的法律要求，矿业项目要通过项目环境测评，这是国外投资澳洲，最容易导致项目停止的一道关卡。对澳大利亚而言，重钢的投资项目，异常庞大。政府对此高度重视，严格把关每个环节。尤其是对工程潜在的环境影响，他们更不会遗漏任何蛛丝马迹，即便是让工程停工。
重钢派驻工地的杨显诺，就记得一个例子，有次，他们的卡车，被澳洲检查人员拦住了，他心里纳闷：车里，车外，都搜遍了，还有什么没检查？
没等他想明白，只见一个澳大利亚检查人员匍匐在了地上，然后，爬进卡车车底！
他这是要干嘛？杨显诺越来越看不明白。
几分钟后，那老外，从车底，探出头问：“你们在车上带植物种子没有？”
这一问，杨显诺还真被问住。不是担心什么，是怎么也想不到，他们会问这种问题。看他一脸茫然，检查人员又钻进车底，打开手电筒，检查底盘。
折腾10多分钟，确定没有植物种子后，才放行，杨显诺说，当时，感觉他们苛刻得过分。
这件事，发生在去年9月。当时，杨显诺负责往伊斯坦鑫工地外送一批设备。通过澳方检查站时，卡车被查了个底儿朝天。他们对环保的要求，极其严格，不会让你带走丝毫不该带的东西，任何破坏环境的行为，都会被制止。
更意想不到的麻烦，还在后面。
不能用卡车运送矿石！
为什么？
卡车会漏水、漏石头，污染沿途环境，严禁使用……
不能用卡车运送矿石？！怎么办？
澳大利亚人给出了解决方案，这听起来，让人无法接受：从矿山，把矿石运到港口，要穿越200多公里无人地带。重钢必须架设一条输送管道，以全密封方式，把矿石运出矿山。运送过程中，不能漏一滴水，不能漏一块石头，否则，免谈！
经过计算，重钢发现，修建这条管道的投资惊人，但，如不按澳方要求做，工程就面临停滞危险。停一天，就意味着成本增加，更无法承受，只有按要求办。
目前，管道设计已完成。从设计图看，管道距离地面1米多高，为全封闭结构，总长超过200公里。
麦克尼茨说，通过1年多的评审，重钢现在，已经拿到了澳大利亚的环境评审资格，这就等于拿到了矿山“准生证”。一般的情况，通过环评审查，要3—5年。
矿山要开工，麻烦，不止于此。
矿山投产后，摆在重钢面前，一个更头痛的问题是：澳大利亚高昂的劳工成本。
在澳大利亚，一个矿山开挖掘机的工人，一年工资，就要十几万澳元。澳大利亚矿工人均年收入，都在100多万元人民币，与当地一名大学教授薪水水平相当。重钢澳矿，约需工人上千人，一年的工资，就将超过十亿元。
门礼说：“但，这一切，与矿山所能带来的巨大收益相比，就显得不那么重要，我们不会因为困难而放弃。”
后年，第一批矿石，送进重钢炼钢炉
2012年2月，重钢正式启动伊斯坦鑫矿山建设。2013年，该项目一期工程，将全部结束。按照重钢计划，在这里采出的首批优质铁矿石，会在2014年，从大洋彼岸，运回重庆
位于珀斯市区不远国王山公园后门的一幢小楼，就是亚洲钢铁澳大利亚公司办公室所在地。2010年，门礼作为重钢首批派驻澳大利亚工作人员抵达西澳大利亚州。目前，他和另外3名同事，作为重钢代表和30多人的国际团队一起合作，为这个项目，忙碌。
在重钢澳大利亚团队的办公室墙上，挂着一幅从空中俯拍的伊斯坦鑫矿山出海口的照片。未来，从矿山，到出海口之间，将通过在荒原上建设的输送管道和专用公路来连接。
办公室里，门礼描述了未来的矿石运输路径：矿石通过管道，直抵等候在港口的海轮，越过大西洋，靠岸中国，最后，抵达重庆。目前，详细的开采方案，正等待公司董事会通过。
重庆日报记者在澳大利亚采访期间，这一切，正在紧张地推进。同时，一系列利好消息，不断传到澳大利亚，并付诸实施
2012年2月，重庆市政府副市长凌月明，在伊斯坦鑫，将当地土著人献上的吉祥红土，洒向广袤矿区，重钢澳大利亚伊斯坦鑫磁铁矿项目建设，全面铺开，重庆最大海外投资项目，进入实质性建设阶段。
同月，该项目获得了国家和市级资金补贴1690.6万元，这为矿山开发，注入了一剂强心针。
对此，麦克尼茨充满信心，“一切都在加速进行，我们一定会在2年之后，把从这里开采出的矿石，送到重钢的炼钢炉，炼出高质量钢材。”
记者 观察
风物长宜放眼量
重钢伊斯坦鑫矿山项目，前期工作，颇为顺利，这得益于有个很好的团队，首席执行官麦克尼茨是个经验丰富的矿业专家，30多人的员工中，除了4个重钢的代表，都是当地资深的员工，使得环境评价等一系列前期手续，得以顺利通过。
尽管他们雄心勃勃，要争取在2014年，生产出第一批矿石，但，据记者观察，形势并不乐观。
即使与国内其他钢铁巨头在澳洲的矿业投资项目相比，伊斯坦鑫矿山是个巨大的项目，对重钢来讲，髙昂的建设费用，高额的人力成本，使资金压力巨大，但，公司的融资手段，还不多，在澳洲融资是不可能的，仅凭重钢的财力支撑，显然不够。
另外，澳大利亚今年通过了《矿产资源租赁税2011》法律草案。这一饱受争议的税法草案，在今年7月1日正式实施，澳大利亚联邦政府将向年利润超过7500万澳元的煤，和铁矿石企业，征收矿产资源租赁税，税率为应税利润的30%。
目前，澳洲铁矿平均成本线在40～60美元/吨，资源税将使澳洲铁矿石的平均生产成本，上升约10～15美元/吨，一旦重钢项目完全投产，将面临成本上升的风险。
目前，国内进口铁矿石价格暴跌三分之一，从最高位的180美元/吨，跌至不足100美元/吨，对重钢项目来讲，是个坏消息。
澳洲第4大铁矿石生产商金属集团宣布：推迟开发西澳的一处铁矿，必和必拓也无限期推迟300亿美元的矿业投资计划。
西澳洲矿业部长认为，该洲更多矿业投资面临延期。有专家分析，澳洲矿业己进入低盈利的衰退期。在这个时段，对重钢来讲，既是挑战，也是机遇，在衰退期进入，会有一个较低的成本费用。
从长远来看，资源已经成为各国争夺的焦点，类似澳大利亚和巴西这样的资源大国，为了保护本国资源和环境，很可能在将来，收紧海外企业赴本国购矿的关口。重钢在此时，得到这样的机会，其意义，会在将来，得到更多的体现。重钢在澳大利亚获得的这座矿山，是一个战略资源，将来，它不仅对重钢，很重要；也许，对整个中国的钢铁企业，也很重要。
当若干年后，我们回顾这段历史，会发现，中国企业，今天，正处在一个充满挑战和机遇的历史性转折点，他们正在为中国经济发展，寻求更稳定牢固的资源保障。在全球经济大变迁，大动荡的背景下，尽管有困难，有挫折，但，有一点，我们是可以乐观的，未来，全球经济中心的一大重心，将在亚太地区；这一地区，两个重要的核心，将是中国和澳大利亚，激动人心的蓝图，才刚刚开始绘制！
从这个角度来讲，伊斯坦鑫矿山项目，不仅仅事关重钢的发展，更应提升到资源保障的战略层面来审视，稳步开发，着眼长远，争取更多的资金支持是必由之路
The “fight” out of the steel giant; “swallow” under Australian mining. Sep. 10, 2012 04:49; Source: Chongqing Daily
Istanbul Xin mine construction site. Heavy steel
Asian steel Australia CEO Bill Mike Nitz.
Staff in Macao heavy steel door ceremony introduced mine.
Western Australian capital of Perth.
Chongqing Iron & Steel Group
Going Global event
Heavy steel Minerals Development Investment Limited few years Investments Limited, and its Asia Iron Holdings Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary, signed an investment framework agreement, the heavy steel ore vote, to less than $ 280 million on price, access to the latter in Australia has magnetite and 60% stake in coal assets.
Going out time
In 2009
Characteristics of the project
Chongqing Iron & Steel enterprises to win the competition with domestic and international steel giant, involved in international mining and investment markets, ore sources of problems to solve critical business survival and development.
Project Status
One of the project, is stepping up the construction process is expected to end in 2013. In 2014, a mine into production, and to achieve the goal of an annual output of 10 million tons of high-quality magnetite.
Wins mine
Heavy steel scored big iron ore in Australia
Over the years, the managers of heavy steel, have been “card” with the feeling of the throat, because their corporate dependence on iron ore imports up to 60% or more. Change this embarrassment, the heavy steel tentacles extended to the overseas
Steel Asia Australia CEO Bill Mike Nitz remember, win Istanbul Xin mining right, LIU Jia, chairman of the heavy steel was smiling from ear to ear like, “It could be seen, it is a can not hide excitement . ”
Battle in the field of mining, heavy steel opponents, to make iron and steel giant: from the Capital Iron and Steel Group, Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, and then to the final of the China Minmetals Group …… this win, heavy steel is no different from the jaws of death wins food.
“Liu, chairman of the excitement is normal, because of the heavy steel master quality mines, equal to the lifeline of enterprise development, in their own hands.” Mike Nitz said.
He said: “At present, the iron ore needed for the production of iron and steel enterprises in China, more than 60%, to be imported from abroad does not change this situation, the Chinese iron and steel enterprises will be very passive.”
Heavy steel is a case in point: a long time, its iron ore imports over 60%, mainly from Brazil and India, once the ore price fluctuations, or import blocked, the enterprises have no rice on “dangerous. In particular, in recent years, with capacity expanding, heavy steel, iron ore demand, more than ten million tons.
Heavy steel in the domestic the Qijiang iron ore, Xichang Taihe Iron and Shaanxi number of small mines, the sum of the capacity, but 60 million tons. Huge gap overseas to find mine, is the only way.
The door ceremony Chongqing Iron & Steel Group in Asia steel Australian company equity Coordinator, he recalls, 2009, heavy steel exposed to Asia Iron Holdings Limited of Hong Kong, Asian Steel has the Australian Istanbul Xin iron mining rights, mine is a typical high-quality iron ore, it is consistent with the needs of heavy steel. At this point, which is difficult because the funding chain, intends through the issuance of a 60% stake, and looking for partners.
In June of the same year, the two sides came into contact with.
Heavy steel shot, Capital Iron and Steel Group, Wuhan Iron and Steel Group and China Minmetals Group, have tried to purchase the Istanbul 鑫 mine from the hands of Asian steel. However, the first two groups, worked because of the acquisition process, financial and other reasons, the failure to achieve the acquisition target.
So, the rest of the China Minmetals Group and the heavy steel to start the final showdown.
Opportunity to, you can not let go. To get the mining rights, heavy steel, while intensify and iSteelAsia “love”; side, began to rival Minmetals lobbying. Finally, taking into account the combination of heavy steel and Asian steel is a “consensual” Minmetals agreed to let go.
The end of 2010, the heavy steel to get the Asian steel issuance of $ 280 million, a 60% stake. The cooperation, subsequently, through the corporate net survey, Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board and the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce for approval, came into effect.
Good ore
A “money scene” immeasurable “Gold Mountain”
Istanbul Xin Mine is a high-quality iron ore: estimated reserves of 1.68 billion tons, two tons of ore, will be able to elect one ton of iron ore; ordinary mines to four tons of ore to be called a “Jinshan”
50-year-old Bill Mike Nitz, battle-hardened Mining expert global footprint ore resource-rich region. The above paragraph, describe what they saw Istanbul the Xin iron mines. In his eyes, Istanbul Xin is a rare piece of good ore.
“This is a natural high-quality iron ore, investigation resources of 1.668 billion tons, the long-term reserves of over 50 million tons, can be mined for hundreds of years. Average ore grade of 39.4% up to 68.5% iron concentrate grade after beneficiation! ‘
This quality, in the global iron ore resources, but also rare. Get such an iron ore meant heavy steel, will help heavy steel, has its own independent ore supply system, completely self-sufficient in iron ore supply system will be fully formed.
Mike Nitz said, in the steel industry with the capacity to greatly respect the “environment, capacity, heavy steel that is not top-notch, you can through the mines to provide high-quality iron ore, forging a better quality product to obtain long-term market acceptance.
The benefits do not stop there. With the mine into production, heavy steel production cost of raw materials prices, but also greatly reduced.
Mike Nitz calculations to reporters: heavy steel a year needed for the production of more than 800 million tons of iron ore, more than 60% from overseas procurement. But ore price fluctuations, heavy steel 10 billion more each year to pay the costs.
At present, the international iron ore price, the highest, $ 200 per tonne, low, to $ 100. Mike Nitz said: “According to the current cost levels, heavy steel in Australia from mining, the cost per ton of $ 50, plus shipping, finally, the cost per ton of $ 80, which is a huge cost advantage.”
Go away to see, after the Istanbul Xinshan iron ore put into operation, it will completely solve the bottleneck of heavy steel resources, one hundred billion boost heavy steel sprint Group. According to the planning of heavy steel, 2015, its basically completed the 1,000-ton, 100 billion yuan-class enterprise group.
From the national strategic level, Istanbul Xin mine exploitation, but also for the Chinese iron and steel enterprises in the layout of the world’s raw material, adding a solid foundation.
Clearance
Go out and have to face the homework
Heavy steel to the implementation of the industrial exploitation of Istanbul Xin mine, they are confronted with strict environmental evaluation of the Australian Government, the difficulty of exploitation, the construction of pipelines, high labor costs, financial stress and other problems, the difficulty of which is beyond the heavy steel expected
In 2010, the heavy steel smug, came to this mine. The scene in front of the door ceremony, surprise: “In addition the laterite, wilderness rambling, I do not see!”
Istanbul Xin mine the depths of the Western Australian hinterland, more than 500 km from the state capital Perth, barrier planes and buses. Either rent a landing at airstrips small aircraft flying past; either rent mad Britain 5 hours on the bus in the wilderness.
Staff as the first batch to Australia’s heavy steel door ceremony witnessed the true picture of Chongqing wilderness prospecting. Laterite wilderness often gales, prospecting team, but also in the no boot device will be lost wilderness, looking for ore.
He said: “The work place is the wind knocked for shelter and find mine sites, moving, are common, sometimes, a good meal, will be blown over the place.”
However, the harsh environment, is not the biggest trouble.
In accordance with the legal requirements of Australia, the mining project by project environmental assessment, which is foreign investment in Australia, most likely to cause the project to stop a hurdle. Australia, heavy steel investment projects, is unusually large. Government attaches great importance to the strict control of each of the sessions. Especially for the project’s potential environmental impact, they will not be missing any clues, even if the work stoppage.
Yeung Hin the heavy steel stationed site promise, remember an example, there are times, their truck, the Australian inspectors stopped, he wondered: in the car, outside the car, searched, what did not check?
So he did not want to understand, I saw an Australian inspectors prostrate on the ground, then climbed into the truck at the end!
He is doing? Yang significant promise more and do not understand.
A few minutes later, that foreigners, from the bottom of the vehicle, stuck his head asked: “Do you plant seeds in the car with no?”
This simple question, Yang significant promise really stumped. Not worried about, is how can not imagine that they would ask such a question. To see him bewildered, the inspectors got into the car at the end, the flashlight, check the chassis.
Toss more than 10 minutes, will be released only after the plant seeds, Yang significant promise, then, feeling that they have overly harsh.
This incident took place in September last year. At that time, Yang is responsible for significant promise to send a group of devices Istanbul Xin site. Through checkpoints Australian, the truck checked Dier overturned. Environmental requirements, extremely strict and will not let you take the slightest thing should not have brought the behavior of any damage to the environment will be stopped.
More unexpected trouble still to come.
Can not use trucks to transport the ore!
Why?
The truck leaks leakage stone, pollution along the environment, non-use …
Can not use trucks to transport the ore? ! How to do?
Australians solutions, this sounds unacceptable: ore shipped from the mine to the port, to cross the no man’s land of over 200 km. Heavy steel erecting a pipeline, fully sealed, the ore is transported out of the mine. In the course of delivery, not spilling a drop, not drain a stone, otherwise, no chance!
Has been calculated, the heavy steel found, the construction of this pipeline investment amazing, but if not asked to do by the Australian side, the project faced stagnation dangerous. Stopped one day, it means increased costs, but also can not afford, only as required to do.
Currently, the pipeline design has been completed. From the design, the pipe from the ground 1 m tall, is fully enclosed structure, the total length of more than 200 km.
Mike Nitz said, by more than a year of assessment, the heavy steel’ve got the Australian environment accrediting, which is equal to get mine “birth permits. General review of the EIA to be 3-5 years.
The mine started trouble, more than that.
Mine put into production, placed in front of heavy steel, a headache problem: the high cost of labor in Australia.
Open excavator workers in Australia, a mine, pay for one year, it is necessary to more than ten million Australian dollars. Australian miners per capita annual income in more than 100 million yuan, with a local university professor salary comparable level. Heavy steel Australian miner takes about workers on a thousand a year’s wages, will be more than one billion yuan.
Door ceremony said: “But all of this, compared to mine can bring huge gains, it is not so important, we will not be difficult to give up.”
The year after, the first batch of ore feed heavy steel steelmaking furnace
In February 2012, the heavy steel officially launched in Istanbul Xin mine construction. In 2013, a project, the project will be all over. In accordance with the plan of the heavy steel, the first batch of high-quality iron ore mined here, in 2014, from the other side of the ocean, transported back to Chongqing
A small building not far from the back door of the King’s Hill Park is located in downtown Perth, the Asian steel Australia office location. 2010, the door ceremony as heavy steel first batch of accredited staff in Australia arrived in Western Australia. Currently, he and three colleagues, as a representative of the heavy steel and more than 30 international team working together for this project, busy.
Heavy steel wall of the office of the Australian team, hangs from the air overhead Istanbul Xin mine out photos of Haikou. The future, from the mine to the sea, in the wilderness on the construction of pipelines and special roads to connect.
Office door ceremony described the ore transport path for the future: ore by pipeline, leading to the seagoing vessel waiting at the port, across the Atlantic, landing China, and finally arrived in Chongqing. Currently, detailed mining plan, are waiting for the company by the Board of Directors.
The Chongqing Daily reporter during the interview in Australia, all of this is being nervously promote. Meanwhile, a series of good news, continue to spread to Australia, and put into practice
In February 2012, the Chongqing Municipal Government Vice Mayor Ling Yueming, in Istanbul Xin, the local indigenous people presented the auspicious red clay, sprinkling the vast mining area, the construction of heavy steel Australian Istanbul Xin magnetite project in full swing, Chongqing, the largest overseas investment projects, to enter the substantive stage.
The same month, the project won the national and municipal capital subsidy of 16.906 million yuan, injected a shot in the arm for mine development.
In this regard, Mike Nitz full of confidence, “everything in accelerating, and we will be after 2 years, the ore mined from here, to a heavy steel steelmaking furnace, refining a high-quality steel.”
Reporter observed
Always advisable to wait
Heavy steel the Istanbul 鑫 mine project, preliminary work quite smoothly, thanks to a very good team, Mike Nitz, CEO of experienced mining experts, more than 30 employees, in addition to the four Steel representatives are experienced local staff, making the environmental assessment and a series of preliminary formalities smoothly through.
Although they are ambitious, to fight in 2014, produced the first batch of ore, but the situation is not optimistic, according to the reporter observed.
Even compared with other domestic steel giant mining investment projects in Australia, Istanbul Xin mine is a huge project, Gao expensive in terms of heavy steel, construction costs, the high cost of human, financial pressure, but the company means of financing, not more, is impossible to finance in Australia, alone financial strength of heavy steel support is clearly not enough.
In addition, Australia this year through the the MRRT 2011 draft law. This highly controversial draft tax law, formally implemented on July 1 this year, the Australian Federal Government to the annual profit of more than 75 million Australian dollars in coal and iron ore companies, the collection of the mineral resources rent tax, the tax rate to the taxable profit 30%.
Currently, the average cost of Australian iron ore line in 40 to 60 U.S. dollars / ton, the resource tax will make Australia the average cost of production of iron ore, an increase of about 10 to 15 U.S. dollars / ton, heavy steel project full production will face rising costs risk.
At present, the domestic prices of imported iron ore plummeted one-third, from the most significant bit of the $ 180 / ton, fell to less than 100 U.S. dollars / ton, heavy steel project, in terms of bad news.
Australia, the fourth largest producer of iron ore Metals Group announced: postpone an iron ore development in Western Australia, BHP Billiton also indefinitely postponed $ 30 billion in mining investment plan.
Western Australia’s Mining Minister extension facing the continent more mining investment. Expert analysis, the Australian mining industry has entered the low profitability of the recession. In this period of time, in terms of the heavy steel, is both a challenge and an opportunity to enter a period of recession, there will be a lower cost.
In the long run, the resource has become the focal point of countries, like Australia and Brazil such resources in the country, in order to protect their own resources and the environment, it is likely that in the future, tightening of overseas enterprises to go to their share mine mark. Heavy steel at this point, to get this opportunity, and its significance in the future, more manifestation. Heavy steel mines in Australia, this is a strategic resource in the future, it is not only heavy steel is very important; perhaps, the entire iron and steel enterprises in China, is also very important.
Historic turning point when a few years later, we look back at this period of history, you will find Chinese companies, today, is in a full of challenges and opportunities, they are seeking a more stable and solid resources and support for China’s economic development, In the context of global economic change, turmoil, despite the difficulties and setbacks, but it, we can be optimistic about the future, a center of gravity of the global economic center in the Asia-Pacific region; in this region, the two An important core, China and Australia will be an exciting blueprint, just start drawing!
From this perspective, Istanbul the Xin mine project, not only related to the development of heavy steel, should be elevated to the strategic level of resources and support to examine the steady development of long-term perspective, it is the only way to fight for more funds to support