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James Whistler came to China this time and received a warm welcome.

In 2005, China's crude oil imports reached 1.2 million tons, and it is still growing rapidly.

Alice's oil wells in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and other countries have been put into production one after another, the wharf has also been dredged, and the Canadian oil pipeline has also been connected.

Even if there is a crude oil export ban in the United States, crude oil from Texas, New Mexico and other states cannot be exported.

The output of crude oil that James Whistler can export has exceeded 8000 million tons per year, and most of them are light crude oil.

Compared with medium and heavy crude oil with more output in the international market, light crude oil can be easily refined into higher-quality refined oil products and more high-value by-products, which are scarce resources.

Whether it is an oil group or a petrochemical group, they all hope to sign a long-term contract with Alice to get more crude oil.

When Yang Dongsheng approached him, James Whistler had just finished his meeting with Petrochemical Group.

Li Rufeng and his younger uncle were among the high-level executives of the petrochemical group who participated in the talks. The two talked about the progress of oil well contracting and imported ethane-to-ethylene equipment.

Li Rufeng's little uncle also introduced Yang Dongsheng and their petrochemical group leader to each other.

After Yang Dongsheng met with James Whistler, James Whistler reported the progress of Alice's negotiations with the oil group and the petrochemical group.

When James Whistler came this time, the most important thing was about the Australian Hancock Exploration Company.

Hancock Exploration holds the ownership of the world's largest iron ore producing area - Australia's Pilbara region.

In 1992, after the death of Hancock Prospecting Company founder Ron Hancock, his only daughter, Gina Reinhart, began a protracted property dispute with his last wife.

Just last month, an Australian court finally ruled that Gina Reinhart was the sole owner of the Hancock Exploration Company over her stepmother.

After Gina Reinhart won the lawsuit in her previous life, she united with Rio Tinto Group and Pohang Iron and Steel Company to develop other unexplored mining areas in the Pilbara region, and became the richest man in Australia.

Even according to the calculations of Citibank, if all the properties under the name of Gina Reinhart are listed, they will be the richest man in the world.

But in this lifetime, things have changed - Gina Reinhart is about to sell Hancock Exploration.

The investment in iron ore mining is huge, not to mention the supporting equipment of the mine.

The mines in the Pilbara are hundreds of kilometers away from the coastline. The development of these mines also requires the construction of iron mines, ports, and the search for stable customers.

Although Hancock Exploration Company owns the ownership of Pilbara, it does not have the funds and strength to develop iron ore.

Their previous practice was to cooperate with mining companies such as Rio Tinto and Billiton, and Rio Tinto and Billiton will carry out the construction and operation of the mine, and they only charge mining royalties.

This is why many people have heard of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, but have never heard of Hancock Exploration Company, the real owner of the Pilbara mining area.

However, this lawsuit, which took more than ten years, almost exhausted the vitality of Hancock Exploration Company.

In the past few years, environmentalism has been prevalent. From time to time, environmental groups go to Rio Tinto's Australian headquarters in Melbourne to demonstrate downstairs, and some people simply go to mines to block railways.

The most important thing is that the price trend of international iron ore in this life is far from the gratifying ones in the previous life, and the Japanese have to endure the higher and higher shipping costs every day.

Gina Reinhart made this decision that was very different from her previous life.

"In addition to us, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, and some consortiums from Japan, South Korea, and Australia are now participating in the competition!" James Whistler said.

"The competition is really fierce!" Yang Dongsheng nodded. "Aren't there environmental organizations that often make troubles? Let's add fire to them. Don't have any scruples. The bigger the trouble, the better!"

James Whistler nodded in agreement. This kind of off-the-market trick is a commonly used method in the market.

Looking into those environmental protection organizations, which one is not backed by a consortium?
After all, the members of those environmental protection organizations are also human beings who have to eat.

There are currently two major iron ore producers in Australia, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Those who went to protest and blocked the railway in the past may not have the shadow of competitors behind them.

But they didn't dare to go too far. If things got out of control, they were afraid of getting burned.

But Yang Dongsheng has no scruples. Even if he wins the Hancock Exploration Company, Yang Dongsheng will not go far and go to Australia to develop iron ore.

"The government of Western Australia is worried about the problem of iron ore sales, which will affect their tax revenue and employment, and has put forward some conditions for the companies participating in the competition this time. I think it is best for your company to participate." James Whistler road.

"I'll let the relevant personnel connect with you!"

Yang Dongsheng called Liu Xinyu directly.

The iron ore reserves in the Pilbara region account for 90% of Australia's total iron ore reserves, and there are tens of billions of tons of rich iron ore with a grade above 50%.

If lean ore with a grade below 40% is included, the prospective geological reserves of iron ore in the Pilbara region can reach trillions of tons.

It can be said that as long as the Hancock Exploration Company is won, Yang Dongsheng will no longer have to worry about iron ore in the future.

"This is an email from China that we received last month!" James Whistler took out a printed document.

Yang Dongsheng took the document, and it turned out that it was a letter of complaint.

Some people reported that when the old man Liu, the host, did not even think about the company, he once embezzled public funds to buy real estate overseas and purchase shares that he didn't even think about.

At that time, the financial director who didn't even think about it was old man Liu's confidant, and his wife was the general manager of OA, and the financial software they used was developed under her leadership.

Among them, Old Man Liu's brother helped a lot. He works in a financial institution in Hong Kong.

The specific operator is Old Man Liu's younger sister.

……

Yang Dongsheng was amazed while watching, if these things can be confirmed, then the remaining members of Old Liu's family will basically be the same.

The informant claimed that he had reported to the relevant departments several times.

However, old man Liu didn't even think about running the business for more than ten years, and his power was deeply rooted. Many people he promoted back then still occupy high positions.

After all the previous reports fell to nothing, we can only place our hopes on Alice, the major shareholder.

But Alice is not easy to do. Although they are major shareholders who don't even think about it, they are foreign capital.

In the eyes of some people, the dead old man Liu is more credible than them.