Chapter 361 The Battle over Phosphate Mines

Chapter 368: The dispute over phosphate mines

Morocco, not Monaco.

One is in Africa and one is in Europe.

Of course, the impression is that all Africans are black, but North Africa is actually all white...

Morocco is 90% white.

As soon as Sean returned to Newark, he asked someone to bring over information about Morocco, Algeria, and Western Sahara, and went through it, paying attention to a few key points.

Morocco, in 1986, had a GDP of 19.462 billion U.S. dollars and a per capita GDP of 840 U.S. dollars. It is mainly white, YSL is Sunni, and its main resource is phosphate. Its reserves are 110 billion tons, accounting for 75% of the world's reserves, ranking first in the world. Other mineral resources

There are iron, lead, zinc, cobalt, manganese, barium, copper, salt, magnetite, anthracite, oil shale, etc., of which oil shale reserves exceed 100 billion tons and contain 6 billion tons of crude oil.

The resources are extremely rich, but poverty is constantly at war.

Algeria, with a GDP of US$63.692 billion in 1986 and a per capita US$2,756, is also dominated by whites and YSL Sunnis. Its oil reserves are about 1.7 billion tons, accounting for 1% of the world's total reserves, ranking 15th in the world, and its recoverable natural gas reserves.

4.58 trillion cubic meters, accounting for 2.37% of the world's total reserves, ranking 10th in the world. Iron ore reserves are 3 billion to 5 billion tons, lead and zinc ore reserves are estimated at 150 million tons, uranium ore 50,000 tons, phosphate 20

billion tons, 73 tons of gold.

It is extremely rich in resources, rich, and constantly fighting wars.

Western Sahara is more interesting here. It is a disputed area with unknown sovereignty. It was a former Spanish colony. Spain withdrew its troops in 1975. In 1979, Mauritania announced that it would give up its territorial sovereignty over Western Sahara. Since then, Morocco has always claimed sovereignty over Western Sahara, while Western Sahara

The Sahrawi People's Front does not think so. The two sides have been exchanging fire, and Morocco currently has an absolute advantage (Chuanbao once announced that it recognized Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, but before that, the United States' attitude was unclear).

The phosphate minerals ADM focuses on are extremely rich in reserves, accounting for about 20% of the world's reserves. Bukhara alone has reserves of 1.7 billion tons and has a modern phosphate mining field. After the war in 1976, phosphate production fell into

Paused, production resumed in 1979.

Conflicts continued between the two countries and one region, with the Moroccans rejecting Algeria to the west and invading Western Sahara to the south.

"It's a werewolf!" This is Sean's evaluation of Morocco.

This is true for regions that are not easy to fight but have faith and are very determined. Especially YSL, which has always been the hardest nut to crack.

In addition, the forces are complicated. The Spanish ruled here and the French ruled here. Now, although the colonists have retreated, their influence is still there and will continue to be.

First, the Strait of Gibraltar, which is the only outlet from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, is only 14 kilometers wide. Regardless of whether Morocco has the idea of ​​claiming it as its own, the strategic location is too important.

Second, the reserves of phosphate minerals are too large and abundant. They are agricultural necessities that no big country can turn a blind eye to.

Of course, this is what Sean saw from the relatively simple information at hand. He has never paid attention to this place and doesn't know much about it.

After looking at it, Sean gave up. The information was incomplete, the attitude of the four major grain dealers in approaching him was unclear, and the requirements were unknown. Let's wait.

…

Sean didn't expect ADM to be so urgent. They arrived in Newark the next day.

The person who came was not the president or vice president of ADM, but a director, Belloc Tunney, who was very enthusiastic and fiery the moment they met.

Sean arranged for the place to talk about things to be at the Peace Hotel. Sean likes to talk about things over the wine table.

Drinking and flattering, Belloc Tunney started boasting about the umbrella when he first appeared in HK, and the British did not dare to fart no matter what the pressure, to showing the glory of the Americans in a battle with Ah San, from Yang Wei in the Malacca Strait, to

Bombing YL with the power of destruction, from Lin Meng’s blitzkrieg to smashing HSBC with 1.3 billion.

Blow, blow to death!

In Belloc Tunney's words, Sean was already a hero, an American national hero, and the greatest man of the 20th century.

It makes Sean feel embarrassed to be so thick-skinned.

However, some information revealed by Belloc Tunney while bragging also let Sean know that ADM established a branch in Hong Kong in 1983 to enter Southeast Asia. In 1986, it began various acquisitions in the Netherlands and Germany to enter the European market.

While blowing, Sean suddenly discovered a problem. He seemed to have made a mistake!

The British "Guardian" once described it in a report: "As long as you are alive, you cannot escape the world's four giants."

In a Cargill brochure, it reads: We are the flour in your bread, the wheat in your noodles, the salt in your chips... the chocolate in your desserts, the sweetener in your soft drinks... we are you

The beef, pork or chicken you eat for dinner is the cotton from your clothes and the fertilizer from your fields.

What a simple and heart-warming sentence.

From farmland to table, the four major grain merchants control the entire industrial chain and influence the daily lives of more than 7 billion people around the world.

But that was more than 30 years later!

But it's only 1987, and the four major grain merchants are still the six major grain merchants. In addition to ABCD, there are also Continental Grain and Cook Industries.

ABCD is not yet a Fortune 500 company.

Listening to Belloc Tony's bragging, Sean suddenly raised his hand and touched his chin. Does ADM have any money now?

If ADM is not as good as himself, then what's the point of listening to him bragging?

Can I, Sean, be comfortable with anyone?!

"What does ADM want Umbrella to do?" Sean suddenly asked.

Ga...

Belloc Tony was stunned on the spot, I blew so hard, why don't you seem to feel anything?

It took Belloc Tony a long time to react, and he coughed lightly and said: "Western Sahara, we have some business there, but you know, it's too chaotic there, fighting all day long, the Moroccans, the A-Sahara Front,

The security situation is extremely chaotic and we cannot carry out normal production and trade at all, so we hope to hire an umbrella company to maintain surrounding security."

"It's very expensive. The business before Umbrella was all national-level, such as Sri Lanka, Xingcheng, Bangni, and the United States government." Sean had no expression on his face and said to himself: "The lowest business deal is one year.

$100 million, so what price is ADM prepared to pay?”

Belloc Tony licked the corner of his mouth. Sean's asking price was too harsh. The annual profit of the entire ADM was only so much. "Well, there is no need to make such a big fuss. There is no need to dispatch warships. It's just the army, um, 500 people."

"I don't think it's high." Sean chuckled, "I don't even think 200 million is high!"

"How is that possible? This is so crazy. It's just a region in Western Sahara, a very small city!" Belloc Tony jumped up and waved his arms.

Sean looked at Belloc Tony without speaking for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Bukla, 100 kilometers southeast of Laayoune. The reserves are about 2 billion tons. Mining began in 1972, and the ore was transported to Laayoune on the Atlantic coast.

Praia, selected and shipped for export.”

"Uh, ha, ha ha ha." Belloc Tony let out a polite yet embarrassing laugh, "I knew I couldn't hide it from Mr. Sean. Yes, our target is Bukra."

"Whose hands is Bukla now?" Sean asked.

"A group of mercenaries."

"Mercenaries from that country?"

"They are from every country, a miscellaneous army."

"Where is the registration place?"

Belloc Tunney: "..."

"Paris."

“Who is Bukhara’s ore currently supplied to?”

Belloc Tunney: "..."

you know too much!

"Louis Dreyfus."

"They are French."

"What do you mean, Mr. Sean?" Belloc Tony looked solemn. He could see that Sean had other plans.

"It's not interesting. Morocco is in chaos. Someone needs to open up the situation here." Sean leaned back tactically and looked at Belloc Tunney through his nostrils. "It's not 100 years ago now. We can't play colonial tricks anymore, or

To support agents, either private companies can only step in to open up the situation."

"I think there is no one more suitable than me now, right?"

Belloc Tunney remained silent.

"The YSL people are difficult to deal with. Everyone knows this. It's troublesome. It's very troublesome. If you ask me to fight to the death with the YSL people for a little money, I won't do it. Umbrella still has a lot of benefits to gain in Southeast Asia, including oil.

Natural gas, palm oil, wheat, rubber, coconut products, minerals, I can get involved in many things, and it's not that troublesome."

"So, give me a reason to get involved in the dispute in Morocco."

Belloc Tony was silent for a while, then looked up at Sean and said, "Sir, what are your requests?"

Sean spread his hands, "I have a shipping network and controlled terminals in South America, North America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. From ore mining to transportation, I can do it myself."

"Mr. Sean, don't you think it's too much to grab business like this!" Belloc Tony's face became even more ugly. He didn't expect that not only did he fail to reach a cooperation with Sean, but he also gave Sean the idea of ​​monopoly. What the fuck?

It's so irritating.

"Business is business. It's okay if you want to control the Bukhara mining area, but you can't just rely on imagination, you have to have strength." Sean smiled and looked at Belloc Tunney, "In this way, you think about it again and more.

"

"Okay, Mr. Shawn, I'll take my leave first." Belloc Tony stood up, took a deep breath, and forced a smile.
To be continued...