The cost of the super cost is 8 times to buy. Is there a "fragrant" Australian iron mine?Why does China not import from Mongolia

"For a long time, the proportion of iron ore imported from Australia has accounted for as many as 67%. Since the epidemic in 2020, the price of iron ore sold to China in Australia has risen crazy, exceeding the cost of 8 times. What about imported ore imported from neighbors? "

Large resource powers rely on imports for a long time

my country is the world's first steel country with a mineral reserves of 63.6 billion tons, which is enough to meet the huge daily consumption needs.

At the same time, my country's iron ore resources are abundant. In the area of ​​Anshan and Benxi in Northeast China, the proven ore reserves have reached 10.6 billion tons. It is 3 billion tons; the ore reserves in Nanjing and Ma'anshan are 2.1 billion tons.

According to statistics, global iron ore reserves have a total of 180 billion tons, of which Australia ranks first with a reserves of about 50 billion tons, while China ranks fourth with a reserves of about 20 billion tons, accounting for 11.1%of the global total reserves.

Although my country's iron ore reserves are high, it is still a large iron ore importer, and 80%of iron ore resources need to be resolved by imports.

In fact, although my country's iron ore resources are abundant, the distribution is relatively scattered, and the quality of iron ore is relatively poor, and the commercial value is not high.

Among them, the proportion of rich iron ore accounts for less than 20%. Other iron ores are mostly composite, and there are more impurities in it. Refined one -ton steel requires five tons of iron ore. The processing cost is high, and the degree of utilization is not high.

However, as the world's largest industrial entity, my country's ore consumption has always been at the forefront, with an annual consumption of steel as much as 900 million tons. In order to meet the needs of industrial building materials and ensure the rapid economic development, we have to choose to import from abroad.

Like many foreign iron ore, only 1.5 tons of ore can be refined to refine one ton of steel. This can not only save a lot of labor costs, but also improve the quality of steel and quality.

The most important thing is that ore resources are used as non -renewable resources. If it is mined and not controlled, then my country's ore resources will only be less and less. Once the neck of the foreign card is used, the trouble will be great.

Therefore, for a long time, my country has been imported from foreign countries to meet the needs of industrial production.

Buy the Australian iron ore around the road

Among the iron ore imported from my country, it mainly depends on Australia. In 2019, my country ’s iron ore dependence on Australia is as many as 67%. Although Australia maliciously increased prices, in 2021, my country still imported 690 million tons of iron ore from Australia.

As for why Australia is chosen, in fact, because Australia is the "son of heaven" for iron ore.

The main iron ore of Australia is a sedimentary iron ore, which is formed by the weathering of rocks. Its iron content can reach an amazing 60%, and China is only 35%. Therefore, Australia's high -quality iron ore can be directly loaded with boats. Packing, no need to separate the impurities twice.

The Australian Railway Mine resources are very rich, and the total reserves account for 25%of the world's, and the Australian population is small. Therefore, choosing a large number of exported ore, my country is a large country of iron ore demand. Due to the strong contrast of supply and demand, the two countries have made the two countries on iron ore on iron ore The cooperation has always been very close.

As a large country exported country, Australia's infrastructure is relatively complete, and the four sides of the sea make iron ore transportation costs low.

It is reported that the price of the Australian iron mining to China is only 15-20%of the domestic ore mining costs, which is also cheaper that the imported iron ore will go to Australia to buy iron ore in Australia.

Steel is mostly used in the field of heavy construction, so the quality of steel is high. Once the standard is not met, the quality of the project cannot be guaranteed later. The quality of iron ore in China is difficult to meet the standard, and the cost of refining is much higher than direct imports.

However, it is also China's dependence on the Australian Railway Mine that has made Australia have repeatedly increased the price of iron ore. Now the export price of the Australian Railway ore has risen to 1110 yuan/ton, a record high.

It stands to reason that as the consumer market, Australia is earning more than 100 billion yuan from the Chinese every year in iron ore. Australia should respect our country.

In fact, Australia not only does not cherish opportunities to cooperate with China, but also threatened or considers the exit of iron ore.

Some people are curious that the iron ore resources of Mongolia are also very rich. Its iron ore resources reserve up to 600 million tons, and the price is only 1/10 of Australia. Why is it as a neighboring country? What about buying iron ore?

Why don't you purchase Mongolian iron ore?

It cannot be denied that Mongolia's iron ore resources are also very rich. In addition, Mongolia's demand for iron ore is not high, and it borders my country. my country can completely purchase iron ore from Mongolia. Why not?

1. Increased transportation

The Mongolian industry foundation is very weak, and GDP is only more than $ 10 billion, which also makes its road traffic not too perfect. The main travel tools in Mongolia are still horses, so there is no need to harden the road.

At present, the total mileage of Mongolia is only 6734.4 kilometers, and the rigid pavement is only 3015.6 kilometers, which is far lower than the global average, and it is difficult to meet the huge needs of the China Mongolian trade end.

If China imports iron ore from Mongolia, it is necessary to help Mongolia build railways first, but the cost of building railways is too great, which is unrealistic at all.

Railway transportation itself is a transportation method with high cost, low efficiency, and limited carrying capacity, which is far less convenient as sea transport. For example, my country's Xinjiang coal resources are abundant and because the cost of transportation is too high, so my country also chose to import from overseas.

2. Poor quality

Although Mongolia's iron ore resources are abundant, it is not comparable to Australia in quality. There are few ore iron content exceeding 50%. After China imported from Mongolia, it is necessary to reuse. The cost of losses a lot of labor and financial resources is much higher than that of imports from Australia. 3. No mining technology

Mongolia does not pay attention to industrial development, and the people are mainly living for herdiscords. They are unwilling to work hard to make money. More people's lives are primitive.

Most of the iron ore in Mongolia is buried in a deeper position, and its excavation cost is too high. At present, Mongolia does not have technical mining at all, and the output is not too high. In this way For hardships, the cost of investment in it is too high.

It is precisely the above reasons that China would rather buy Australian iron ore at a high price, nor was it willing to import from Mongolia at a low price.

Is there a strategy to respond to Australia's endless price increase? In fact, there are really. Today, my country is also committed to the diversification of mineral resources and no longer relying on Australia. In the past two years, it has also increased imports from Brazil and Africa.

Brazil is the world's second largest iron ore storage country, and its ore quality is high. Today, Chinese companies have entered Brazil to help guide the mining of iron ore. At that time, there will be more iron ore mined from Brazil.

At the same time, the import volume of China's imports from Ukraine, South Africa, Iran, Peru and other countries has also increased, and its import dependence on Australia has gradually decreased.

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