Ntchito yachitsulo ya Hardey ku Baowu Australia ku China ikuyembekezeka kuyambanso, ndipo ikuyembekezeka kupanga matani 40 miliyoni pachaka!
Pa Disembala 23, China Baowu Iron and Steel Group idachita "Tsiku la Kampani" loyamba. Pamwambowu, pulojekiti ya Hardey iron ore ku Australia yotsogozedwa ndi Baowu Resources idapita patsogolo kwambiri ndipo idamaliza "kusaina kwa mtambo". Kusaina kumeneku kumatanthauza kuti pulojekiti ya iron ore yokhala ndi matani 40 miliyoni pachaka ikuyembekezeka kuyambiranso, ndipo China Baowu ikuyembekezeka kupeza gwero lokhazikika komanso labwino kwambiri la iron ore.
Malo osungiramo zitsulo a Hardey ndi malo osungiramo zitsulo apamwamba kwambiri a Premium Iron Ore Project (API) ku Australia, okhala ndi zitsulo zoposa 60% kuposa matani 150 miliyoni. Ntchito ya Direct Shipment Iron Ore (DSO) yopangidwa ndi Aquila, kampani yothandizidwa ndi Baowu Resources, mogwirizana ndi mabizinesi ena ogwirizana, ndi Hancock, kampani yachinayi yayikulu yopanga zitsulo ku Australia. China Baowu Iron and Steel Group ili ndi pulojekiti yachitsulo yapamwamba kwambiri (API) ya 42.5%, chitukuko chake ndi chofunikira kwambiri pa njira yotsimikizira chuma cha Baowu ku China padziko lonse lapansi.
Ntchitoyi ndi pulojekiti ya nthawi yayitali yokhudza migodi, madoko, ndimapulojekiti a sitimaNdalama zoyambira zokonzera chitukuko zinali US$7.4 biliyoni ndipo zopanga pachaka zinali matani 40 miliyoni.
Mu Meyi 2014, Baosteel anafunika mwachangu kupeza zitsulo zatsopano, ndipo pamodzi ndi kampani yayikulu kwambiri yoyendetsa sitima ku Australia, Aurizon, adagula Aquila pamtengo wa A$1.4 biliyoni, motero adapeza 50% ya magawo mu projekiti yapamwamba kwambiri ya zitsulo ku Australia (API). Magawo otsalawo anali a makampani akuluakulu achitsulo ku South Korea. Pohang Iron and Steel (POSCO) ndi bungwe loyikira ndalama la AMCI.
Panthawiyo, mtengo wa miyala yachitsulo unali pafupi ndi US$103 pa tani. Koma nthawi yabwino si yayitali. Chifukwa cha kukula kwa migodi yapamwamba ku Australia ndi Brazil, komanso kuchepa kwa kufunikira kwa China, kupezeka kwa miyala yachitsulo padziko lonse lapansi ndi kochulukirapo, ndipo mitengo ya miyala yachitsulo "ikutsika".
Mu Meyi 2015, ogwirizana nawo monga Baosteel Group, Pohang Steel, AMCI ndi Aurizon adalengeza kuti achedwetsa chisankho chopititsa patsogolo ntchitoyi mpaka kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2016.

Pa Disembala 11, 2015, mtengo wa chitsulo chokhala ndi giredi ya 62% komanso malo opita ku Qingdao unafika pa US$38.30, mtengo wotsika kwambiri kuyambira pomwe deta ya tsiku ndi tsiku idaperekedwa mu Meyi 2009. Wogwira ntchitoyo adalengeza mwachindunji kuti ntchitoyi ikhoza kuyimitsidwa. Ntchito yofufuza zachiwerewere ikuchitika chifukwa cha kusakhazikika kwa msika komanso kusatsimikizika kwa zinthu zomwe zimaperekedwa komanso zomwe zimafunidwa mtsogolo.
Pakadali pano, ntchitoyi yakhala ikuyimitsidwa.
Malinga ndi malipoti a atolankhani akunja, kampani yachinayi yayikulu yopanga zitsulo zachitsulo ku Australia, Hancock, ndi kampani yogwirizana ya Baowu ku China, adasaina pangano lotumiza zitsulo zachitsulo kuchokera ku pulojekiti ya Hardey kudzera mu njanji ndi doko la Roy Hill. Palibe chifukwa chomangira madoko ndi njanji zatsopano, ndipo chitukuko cha pulojekiti yapamwamba kwambiri ya zitsulo zachitsulo ku Australia (API) chachotsanso chopinga chachikulu, ndipo chitukuko chayikidwa pa mndandanda wazinthu zofunika.
Malinga ndi malipoti a atolankhani akunja, miyala yoyamba ya pulojekiti ya Hardey ikuyembekezeka kutumizidwa mu 2023. Komabe, chifukwa cha kupita patsogolo kwa mapulojekiti monga Simandou Iron Mine, China ili kale ndi njira zina zotsika mtengo, ndipo kukula kwake kopanga tsopano kungachepe.
Koma mulimonsemo, kuyamba kwa polojekiti ya Hardey kudzawonjezeranso mawu a Baowu ndi unyolo wa mafakitale achitsulo ku China, ndikukweza mphamvu za chitsimikizo cha chuma chachitsulo cha dziko langa.
M'zaka zaposachedwa, kudzera mu kuphatikizana kosalekeza ndi kukonzanso, Baowu Group yapitiliza kukulitsa chuma chachitsulo, makamaka pankhani ya chuma chakunja.
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Zikuoneka kuti Baowu Group, kudzera mu chitukuko chake m'zaka zaposachedwa, yakhala kale ndi udindo wofunikira pa mpikisano wapadziko lonse wa chuma chachitsulo ndipo yakhala imodzi mwa njira zofunika kwambiri kuti China ipite padziko lonse lapansi.