At present, the development of the Bac Ninh Iron and Steel Complex is relatively good, and it is located in the Artem iron ore mine in the Soviet period of modern society, and the reserves are relatively rich. In addition, the nearby Hegang, Shuangyashan and Jixi are extremely rich in coal resources, and the quality of coal is much better than that of Artyom Coal Mine.

The Hegang mining area is located in Hegang City, in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province and at the southern foot of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains. The coalfield range starts from Junde in the south to Wutong River in the north, with a north-south direction of 42 kilometers and an east-west direction of 6 kilometers, with an area of 252 square kilometers. Coal resources are abundant, with reserves of 3 billion tons.

From its development in 1917 to the end of 2000, a total of 507 million tons of raw coal were produced. The coal field has good storage conditions, with a thickness of 800 to 1200 meters and 36 layers of coal, of which 75.5% are thicker than 3.5 meters.

The coal types in Hegang mining area include weakly bonded coal, gas coal and coking coal, of which gas coal seams account for 86.8%. The coal quality is low sulfur, low phosphorus, high volatility, and the calorific value is 4430-6590 kcal. Hegang coal is an ideal thermal coal, suitable for smelting, electric power, and railways, and is very popular in modern society.

The company's railway department is building a railway from Mudanjiang Town to Hegang Mining Area, which passes through Jixi, Qitaihe, Shuangyashan and other areas, all of which are extremely rich in coal resources.

The coal resources of the Jixi coalfield are about 1.7 billion tons, and the proven coal reserves are 300 million tons. The coal type is mainly 1/3 coking coal, followed by coking coal, fertile coal and lean coal. There are also some weakly sticky coals and long-flame coals. The coal quality is medium ash content, and the sulfur content is very low, which is suitable for coking.

With a total area of 9,800 square kilometers, Qitaihe coalfield mainly produces main coking coal and one-third coking coal, and the coal quality has the characteristics of low sulfur, low phosphorus, medium and high ash, high calorific value and high cohesiveness.

Shuangyashan City is the largest coalfield in Heilongjiang Province and one of the ten largest coalfields in China. Coal reserves account for 54% of the total reserves in Heilongjiang Province. The total coal reserves are about 11.7 billion tons. It is also the largest coal supplier of Anshan Iron and Steel Group.

These areas are also the coalfields that the Ministry of Industry of the Far East has focused on developing in recent years, and various supporting facilities are also very complete, including power plants equipped with steam power equipment, coal washing plants, coal preparation plants, coking plants and other related supporting enterprises.

Moreover, the transportation is very developed, the railway line can go directly to the mining area, and the coal that has passed through coal preparation, coal washing or coking can be loaded directly into the Bac Ninh Iron and Steel Complex or the port of Vladivostok. You can also drive directly to the Shenyang area along the main artery of the Northeast Railway.

The location in a coal-rich region also provides the basis for the long-term sustainable development of Bac Ninh Iron and Steel Plant. In addition, the Galin magnetite mine and the Dadai Yim titanium magnetite in the northern part of the Amur Region, the Jimkan-Sudar magnetite mine in the western part of the former Jewish Autonomous Region, and the Mosan iron ore mine in the North Korean region developed by the Ministry of Industry of the Far East in the Outer Northeast, give the Bac Ninh Iron and Steel Complex the conditions and foundation to become a large-scale iron and steel enterprise.

Although the average grade of these iron ores is only about 30 percent, the reserves are extremely rich. At least at this stage, it is enough to meet the needs of the Bac Ninh Iron and Steel Complex.

The technology of the Bac Ninh Iron and Steel Complex is advanced, and the equipment is brought by the Far Eastern Company from the modern society, which belongs to the technology before the 80s. After the continuous transformation of many experts and technicians of the Ministry of Industry of the Far East, it is currently running very well.

The next step of the Far East Company's industrial department will be to establish the second iron and steel enterprise in the Far East in the Anshan area. Liaoshen region also has the foundation and conditions for the establishment of iron and steel enterprises, although there is still a large gap compared with Vladivostok area, but there is no shortage of coal resources in Liaoshen region, including Shenyang, Tieling, Fuxin, Fushun, Liaoyang, Benxi, Chaoyang, Jinzhou and Huludao and other places also have a certain distribution of coal resources. Among them, Benxi is rich in high-quality coking coal.

In addition, Anshan City, Benxi City, Liaoyang City and Chaoyang City also have rich iron ore resources, and Dandong City and Fushun City also have more iron ore outputs. According to the data of modern society, the iron ore reserves in Liaoning Province alone have reached 18.33 billion tons.

There are more than 300 large and small iron ore mining areas. There are 23 large-scale mining areas that have been developed, including 11 in Anshan, 4 in Benxi, 4 in Liaoyang, 1 in Yingkou, 1 in Dandong and 2 in Chaoyang. However, the disadvantages are also very obvious, the grade is too poor, and the cost of mining and refining is too high.

This is also a common problem in domestic iron ore, although the reserves are abundant, the composition is complex and unevenly distributed. There is a mismatch between supply and demand. Iron ore is mostly poor ore, and the cost of crushing and beneficiation is high. The lower the grade ore to be enriched to a qualified grade, the smaller the particle size that needs to be crushed and ground, the more time and energy need to be consumed, and the efficiency is low. High cost.

The cost of iron ore mining in China is around US$40/ton, Australia's BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto Mining are US$20/ton, and Brazil's Vale is even only US$8/ton.

And the amount of tailings after beneficiation is not only amazing, but also difficult to dispose of, dam stacking not only occupies a large amount of land, but also causes potential safety hazards, but also may cause air and water pollution. The cost of tackling these pollution is more likely to outweigh the benefits of using iron ore.

Next year, the company will land in Australia and New Zealand to develop various resources there. Australia is a good place with abundant resources. 90% of the proven iron ore resources are concentrated in Western Australia, mainly in two major regions, namely the Pilbara region and the Midwest.

The iron ore in the Pilbara region is mainly high-grade iron ore, and the specific varieties include low-phosphorus, high-phosphorus Bruckman mines, Malamamba mines, riverbed mines, etc. The iron ore in the central and western regions is mainly low-grade magnetite, a small amount of hematite and mixed ore.

Although the Far East-controlled region of the Outer Northeast is also rich in iron ore resources, the average grade of iron ore in Russia as a whole is between 30% and 35%, which is significantly lower than that of Australia and Brazil. In the future, Australia's iron ore resources will be focused on the development of Far East companies.

Australian iron ore is mainly open-pit mining, and the mineral deposits are very rich, each mining area mining 1-200 million tons / year is more common, the quality is still 54-65%, the impurities are low, and the ore transportation is very easy to mine on a large scale.

The main reason why the company established a second iron and steel enterprise in the Anshan area is because of the high-grade iron ore in Australia. After occupying the iron ore veins in Australia, the company will carry out large-scale mining, and then use the company's strong shipping capacity to transport it back to Liaodong and Vladivostok regions.

In this way, the problem of lack of high-grade iron ore in Liaoshen will be solved, and with good location advantages, the second large-scale iron and steel enterprise in the Far East will be established, which will drive the industrial development of the Liaodong region and make the Liaoshen region the second large-scale industrial base of the Far East Company after the Vladivostok Industrial Zone. (To be continued.) )