China built a railway for Guinea, the result is too good, although the project has not been completed, has not been officially opened, but the world is focusing on this railway, because its appearance, not only will change the fate of 15.04 million people in Guinea, and even change the world steel pattern, for China, the impact is also very large, will also help the mainland get rid of Australia's iron ore dependence, this railway is CTG railway.
The CTG railway connects the port of Marebaya in Guinea to the Simandou mining area, which was once a colony of France, and after independence, France demolished almost all of Guinea's industrial facilities in order to hinder Guinea's development, and even light bulbs and medicines were left behind. It can be said that Guinea started from poverty and nothing.
However, Guinea has mines at home, and there are real mines, with total iron ore reserves of more than 20 billion tons, accounting for about 20% of the world, and proven reserves of 6.5 billion tons. The key is that the ore here is really good, the iron ore grade is as high as 56-78%, which is amazing, because more than 50% of the iron ore is rich ore, and for every 1% increase in iron ore grade, the coke ratio decreases by 2%, and the production increases by 3%. Although the mainland is also a big iron ore country, the iron ore grade on the mainland is only 34%, which is a poor mine, while the iron ore grade in Guinea can reach up to 78%.
The key is that Guinea's iron ore is a large single mine, while the mainland is mostly a small composite iron ore, which is difficult to mine and more expensive to mine.
This is not the most important, the most important thing is that Guinea's iron ore is almost a world-class high-quality open-pit mine, buried very shallow, can be dug directly, the mining cost is too low, really, the ore has to be thrown away than the mine, we compare with others, our iron ore lining can not be wanted.
On the other hand, Guinea is one of the least developed countries, with 66.2 per cent of the population living below the poverty line and 2.4 million people still facing hunger. Isn't this guarding the mountain of gold and asking for food?
In fact, although Guinea is rich in mineral resources, but foreign investors are not stupid, Rio Tinto won the mining rights of Simandou in 1997, but until 2008, only 6 boreholes were drilled.
Why, because there is no railway in Guinea, iron ore cannot be transported. During the France colonial period, although the railway was built here, after the France left, the Guineans did not understand the technology and could not repair, and the railway was stopped in 1995. Although Alcoa and other companies have also built several railways, but these railways only serve their own mining areas, want to mine Simandou iron ore, but also have to rebuild the railway, and this cost is too high, these mining companies only want to make money, do not want to spend so much money upfront investment, so iron ore mining is slow.
However, China came, and the Continental Mining Company not only took a stake in the Simandou iron ore mine, but also built a railway in Guinea to connect the port and the mine, with a total length of 552.5 kilometers and a design speed of 80 to 100 kilometers per hour. All adopt Chinese standards, Chinese technology and Chinese equipment.
In March this year, the railway entered the full construction phase, and since the start of construction, the railway has provided more than 3,000 local jobs and trained more than 1,000 skilled workers, but this is not the point.
The point is that after the construction of this railway, the Simandou iron ore mine will also be developed, and this iron mine, which the Guinean government holds a 15% stake, will be able to obtain important fiscal revenues.
For China, the mainland is the world's largest importer of iron ore, in the past heavily dependent on Australia, in order to ensure mineral safety, the mainland needs to diversify the source of minerals, and after the start of the construction of the railway in Guinea, Simandou iron ore has shares of Chinese enterprises, this iron ore will also be able to ensure the stability of the mainland's iron ore source, which is also of great significance to the mainland, then for this railway, praise, I hope it can be completed as soon as possible.
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