Chapter 1705: Breaking gold coins is not about ceding land (third update, please subscribe)
Only old friends who can breaches gold coins are real old friends.
Who said this sentence?
It is no longer possible to verify it, but what is certain is that this is definitely the truth in the world.
Li Yian has never doubted this truth, and he has always adhered to this principle over the years. In his interactions with his old friends, he always aims to make the other party lose gold coins.
Of course, old friends can share the time when they spend gold coins.
But it will be blown up sooner or later
Sitting on the armrest swivel chair, Li Yian glanced at the report in front of him and said softly: "Okay, South Africa is no longer a problem!"
A few hours ago, South African Foreign Minister Pique informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about their decision--they unified the requirement to rent Whale Bay in principle.
Of course, this final decision still requires approval from the South African Parliament.
Although they have not returned to China, Li Yian will not doubt the result.
After all, South Africa now has no choice at all. They need support from the international community, or support from major powers to help them get rid of sanctions from the United Nations.
In the absence of a fall in love with the UK, sEA is their only choice.
So they will eventually rent Whale Bay to sEA!
This also means that the sEA Global Base Network is officially established - a global base network spread all over the world.
Although this base network is not as good as the United States or the Soviet Union at all, it at least forms a global network in any case.
With this global network, it is very convenient whether it is the Air Force's transition or the Navy's overseas operations.
"Whale Bay!"
As he said this, Li Yian put down the report in his hand and walked to the map. His eyes were fixed on the central coast of Namibia, and he easily found the location of the bay.
It has been marked long ago.
In fact, before the South African President's visit, Li Yian was determined to win Whale Bay. Whale Bay Port is also known as Walvis Port, with an area of 1,124 square kilometers. Whale Bay Port is located in the central and western part of Namibia, bordering the Atlantic Whale Bay, and is a natural port.
Namibia was originally German Southwest Africa. After the outbreak of World War I, South Africa, as the British autonomous region, belonged to the Allies camp. Although South Africa did not send troops to Europe, it sent troops nearby German Southwest Africa, defeated the local German garrison, and controlled German Southwest Africa with an area of about 820,000 square kilometers.
After the end of World War I, under the instruction of the British, the League of Nations granted South Africa the right to delegate rule over Namibia. After World War II, South Africa incorporated Namibia into South Africa's territory under the pretext of the collapse of the League of Nations. Since then, South Africa has established an administrative agency in Namibia and began to directly rule the land.
Now South Africa is a "big power" of more than 2 million square kilometers in terms of its territory.
For such old friends, can they be worthy of them if they don’t throw a few gold coins?
"When you get the hand of Whale Bay, you can increase your investment in South Africa!"
Staring at South Africa on the map, Li Yian's mouth tilted lightly, and then walked back to his desk. Sitting on the luxurious swivel chair at the table again, he took out a report from the drawer, and glanced at the report that was spread on the record book. The report was sent before the South African president's visit, and the above records South Africa's mineral resources.
In these mineral resources, in addition to gold ore and uranium, there is also an extremely heavy metal - platinum!
Platinum, that is, platinum.
Platinum is one of the most expensive metals in the world. The world famous for its largest platinum mine is the Rustenberg Mine in South Africa. The content, or "grade", of that mine, contains about 7 grams of platinum per ton of ore.
Most of the world's platinum, perhaps more than 90%, is produced in three places: South Africa. Canada and Russia.
Among the three countries, the largest platinum producer is South Africa, with an annual output of nearly 950,000 ounces, controlling the world's platinum market.
Is Platinum important now?
Important!
In many chemical industry production, platinum is indispensable. It exists as a catalyst, etc., but it is just that.
After the war, with the increase in demand for industrial production and technological development, the price of platinum rose in the early post-war period, but its price was much lower than gold, or even silver. Among precious metals, his price ranks third, second to gold and silver.
Platinum is a metal that has its own price, just like all metals. This price is basically controlled by two factors: one is the necessity of this metal in some processes of world industrial improvement; the other is the rarity of this metal. Platinum is a very rare metal. The world's total annual output is actually 1.5 million troy ounces slightly more.
But the problem is that although platinum is rare, its uses are very limited. The main purpose of platinum is not jewelry, but industry, especially chemical industry. However, its application range in the chemical industry is not wide, so because of its limited application range, its price is sluggish.
However, this is only temporary.
At a moment, the fate of platinum will usher in earth-shaking changes - its demand will suddenly increase.
Many countries, including the United States, will need more platinum.
Li Yian is very sure about this.
So why will the world's platinum consumption increase?
It will even increase by more than ten times in the next ten years?
The reason lies in a piece of metal called a car exhaust device.
By the late 1960s, the smoke problem, mainly car exhaust, became a national problem, including the United States and developed countries in Western Europe. Words such as "air pollution", "ecology", and "environment" that have never been heard 10 years ago have now jumped on the lips of every politician and have become trendy words that everyone cares about.
Social pressure constantly requires legislation to restrict and control, thereby reducing pollution. Due to those proposals, cars became the number one target. Not only did European and American countries begin to formulate phase-out plans for leaded gasoline, but catalytic converters will also be invented.
This proposal will have effect in countries around the world throughout the early 1970s. Each car will install devices to remove harmful smoke emissions according to law. Among them, it is believed that the United States' most radical and radical environmental protection requirements are even regarded as one of the mafia to destroy the American automobile industry.
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Of course, Europe will be more radical later, which also means they need more advanced catalytic converters.
The smoke emitted by the car consists of three components, each of which can be turned into a harmless gas. Two of these gases can be turned into harmless gas using a chemical method called "oxidation", while the third gas can be used with a chemical method called "reduction". The reduction method requires a substance called a "catalyst". The oxidation method can not only burn those gases at high temperatures in excess air, but also at low temperatures. Low-temperature combustion also requires catalysts, and the same type is used as the reduction method. The only famous catalyst available is platinum, because of its good catalytic performance, it is widely used in automotive exhaust purification devices.
Therefore, exhaust control devices using platinum as catalyst will remain the only feasible solution for the next 10 years or even twenty or thirty years, and each such device requires several grams of pure platinum.
This is the first account.
Next is the second account. The production of automobiles will exceed 50 million by the 1970s. Just this demand alone requires hundreds of tons of platinum every year.
Demand will push up its price. In the next decade, platinum will be like a roller coaster, soaring into the sky, and its price will even exceed that of gold.
How can you give up such a treasure? "Okay, the next step is to acquire the Lustenburg mine!"
Looking at the Lustenburg mine mentioned in the report, Li Yian couldn't help but sneer.
Although this mine was developed as early as 31 years ago, even though it was a British-funded company, so what? Just buy it directly, it’s not that you don’t pay.
"Sell or not, you can't help!"
Staring at the report in front of you, Li Yian only thought about a little bit - gold coins, and gold coins kept bursting on South Africa.
After all, based on the basic principle that old friends have to make gold coins. If they don’t make gold coins on old friends, can they be worthy of others?
Of course I'm sorry, so you must make a gold coin!
However, since you want to throw gold coins on your old friend, you must also make some efforts.
"Three-way Catalyst..."
This automotive component, which is very common in another world, has not been invented yet. The world's first three-way catalyst was invented by Sweden's Volvo in 1972.
The three substances of nitrogen oxide, hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide are the main harmful emissions of fuel combustion, and the three harmful substances are called "three-in-one". The function of the catalyst is to decompose the three substances through chemical reactions, so it is also called a three-in-one catalyst. The basis of decomposition is the three metals "platinum, rhodium, palladium". They are sprayed into the filter element of the catalyst to catalyze the decomposition reaction of the substances in the exhaust gas in a high-temperature environment, and finally form relatively harmless substances.
This theory is very simple. As long as you propose this theory to the automobile company, you believe that those engineers will soon come up with the corresponding prototype. With the three-way catalyst, there will be a basis for the actual demand for platinum.
"It's not just platinum, but also rhodium and palladium. The demand for these two metals will also rise and rise. In this way, it's not just a place to explode gold coins... The other two mines can also explode gold coins together!"
In fact, it's not just a metal, but also a patent for a three-yuan catalyst. In the future, exhaust purification will mainly rely on three-yuan catalysts, and various automobile companies cannot do without it, which means they need to pay a lot of patent fees!
After thinking of this, he leaned back on the chair and whistled gently.
"Okay, let the old friends burst gold coins together."
(The end of this chapter)