January 13, Brazil’s administrative center - Rainbow Palace.
Brazilian Prime Minister Constantine is meeting with the new Japanese Ambassador Honda Ichiro.
"Well, you, Japan, want to contract to develop the Xiling part of the Carajas mining area!?"
The Carajas mining area has iron ore reserves of more than 180 tons and a grade of more than 65%. It is a well-known iron ore producing area in the world, ranking among the top five.
In addition to iron ore, this mining area is also rich in aluminum, manganese, copper, tin, nickel, coal and gold. These are also important mineral resources and important ore raw materials for industrialization.
The Kingdom of Brazil announced the opening and development of the Carajas mining area, which immediately caused a sensation.
All powerful countries in Europe are seeking cooperation, among which Italy and Japan are the most active, and their cooperation conditions are more favorable than those of France and Germany.
"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister!" Ichiro Honda replied humbly.
The Carajas mining area is divided into four areas: southeast, southeast and northwest. The north and south are undoubtedly the richest, but Japan's national power will definitely not be able to compete.
So they were very pragmatic and set their sights on the Xiling area.
Carajas Mine, Xiling District, has an iron ore reserve of 600 million tons and an iron grade of over 62%. It also has some other minerals, which is very attractive to Japan.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister!
We, the Kingdom of Japan, are very sincere in discussing with your country, and we very much hope to develop the Xiling area. "
Japan is a unique country with a large number of ore types, but its reserves are surprisingly low.
It's like God made a joke. Although he gives you all kinds of rich ore types, he only gives you a little.
Like a dragonfly touching water, there are some, but very few.
This is really a huge blow to Japan. They have been exploring all over the country, but it turns out that there are minerals, but not all, and it is difficult to develop them.
In order to develop industry, Japan was not satisfied with occupying North Korea and wanted to own the entire East Asian continent. They secretly sent a large number of survey teams to survey and explore the distribution of resources.
"Mr. Honda, Japan is a great power and has many colonies in East Asia.
Could it be that the colonial mineral resources could not meet the needs of Japan's subjugation? Why go as far away as Brazil? "
Constantine didn't know Japan, but he believed that Japan had a large sphere of influence and had a lot of mineral resources, so there was no need to get involved in this development.
“Your Excellency Prime Minister, you may not know something.
In the areas controlled by Japan, there are currently not many iron ore areas discovered, and the ore in many mining areas is of low quality and buried deep. The few excellent mining areas cannot meet the needs of Japan. "
Although the Japanese government hired a large number of explorers, not many mining areas were discovered, and the few outstanding ones were occupied by other powers.
The only thing that can be affected and used is the northeast direction, but after all, this is not on its own land, and what can be developed and used does not satisfy Japan.
“We in the Kingdom of Japan, although we work hard, God does not favor us.
Our steel production has been hovering at the level of 200,000 tons, which is a hundred times less than that of the United States. So much so that when we develop the steel industry, we have to import American scrap iron."
Ichiro Honda told Japan's sadness and grievances, but Constantine was not sympathetic. This was not his country. If other countries were not good, he would only be happy.
"Oh, I sympathize deeply with the situation in Japan."
Constantine spoke politely, but did not relent.
“However, we in Brazil do not have a deep relationship with Japan and are not allies, so we cannot help you.
Mr. Honda, it is really a pity that you came too late for the Tanglin area you mentioned. We would rather hand it over to the Kingdom of Italy.
The conditions given by Italy are very suitable for our Kingdom of Brazil, and our cabinet is very inclined to hand over this area to Italy. "
Like Japan, Italy is also a sibling at the bottom of the great powers, and Italy is also paying great attention to Carajas.
The Italians are also very pragmatic. They know that the most generous northern and southern regions cannot be obtained, so they settle for the second best and seek the western region, which has very favorable conditions.
The Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Brazil now have a very harmonious relationship. Brazil now attaches great importance to Italians. There are many Italian ministers in the Kingdom's cabinet, and the news was received earlier than Japan.
The Kingdom of Brazil lacks a population, and Italy has the largest immigrant population in Europe. Now the two countries have good relations, and the Italian government is very reciprocal and encourages poor people in the country to immigrate to Brazil.
In order to obtain the development rights of the West District, Italy is full of sincerity. .
Italy promised to pay 600 million lire to obtain the mining rights. It also stated that Italy would provide its own mining personnel and equipment, and was also willing to help Brazil develop other areas.
Moreover, the ore mined in the Western Region is divided into four and six levels, with four levels in Italy and six levels in Brazil.
Pedro III, after receiving Italy's request for cooperation, only changed some conditions.
His Majesty the King told the Italian government that it can be split 50-50, but Italy must support some Brazilian industrial technology and personnel.
These industrial technology and personnel needs are subject to the tourism delegation.
His Majesty Pedro III told the Italian Ambassador that Brazil would authorize Italy to develop this area if the Italian royal government agreed to the conditions.
"Italians, are you so fast? It seems that we Japan arrived late."
idiot!
Italians, tearing and tearing!
Ichiro Honda cursed the Italians in his heart for doing bad things to Japan.
The conditions provided by the Italians are too good. Japan's technological accumulation is not as good as that of Italy, and it cannot help Brazil too much.
However, when he was angry, Ichiro Honda still behaved very kindly on the bridge.
"Since we already have a partner in the West District, I wonder if we, the Kingdom of Japan, can develop the East District!?"
The Dongling Iron Mine in the Carajas Mining Area has reserves of 400 million tons and an iron grade of over 65%. Although the reserves are 200 million tons less than those in the West Area, the grade is about 3% higher.
However, although the quality of this eastern area is good, it contains the least other minerals among the other three areas. The reserves of important ores such as manganese, copper, tin, aluminum, and zinc are not very high.
Japan is short of minerals, not just iron, but also industrial ore raw materials such as aluminum and manganese.
Although the Eastern District is the worst, it is definitely enough for Japan. After all, Japan's steel production is only about 200,000 tons. If you eat it, it will definitely be a big supplement.
From the perspective of Japan, the 400 million tons of iron ore reserves are already a huge and excellent mining area. It would be good to be able to acquire it, although it is much worse than the West District.
"I apologize, Mr. Honda.
We have handed over the Eastern District to the Americans! ?
The Mellon Group in the United States has paid generous remuneration. Although the cabinet has not decided yet, after some discussion, it will eventually be given to the Americans. "
idiot!
American!
The two countries that Japan fears the most are Tsarist Russia and the United States.
The United States' Great White Fleet, with 16 battleships, scared Japan to death. Moreover, Japan imported a large amount of minerals and materials from the United States, but the Japanese products that the United States needed were very few, except raw silk.
Japan and the United States are in strategic conflict.
Especially on the issue of Hawaii, Japan was very afraid of the United States' annexation of it.
