Rise of Australia

Chapter 26 Three-Year Plan for Industry

Australia is not known as a country sitting on a mine cart. Although several large deposits that Australia is famous for in later generations have not been discovered, in terms of proven mineral resources, Australia is also a country rich in mineral resources. up.

As iron ore and coal mines that are indispensable for industrial development, Australia has discovered several places in the western uninhabited area, with total reserves of 6000 million tons and 19 billion tons respectively.

Perhaps these two figures are huge at first glance, but compared with Australia's proven iron ore reserves of 150 billion tons and 9000 billion tons, this figure is only a fraction.

But compared with other countries in this era, Australia's proven mineral resources are already huge.

Even based on the current steel production of the British Empire, Australia's iron ore is enough for Britain to consume for 13 years.

Although the steel production of the British Empire will not remain the same forever, it is impossible for Australia to catch up with the steel production of the United Kingdom without a few years or even ten years.

This also means that even if Australia is now making every effort to develop its industry, there will never be a shortage of mineral resources in more than ten years.

But it is also true that Australia, as a country with a large mineral resource, can only lack funds, equipment and talents at any time, not minerals that can be seen everywhere.

"Minister Pierre, tell me about your plan in detail." Pierre Silvio Berlusconi's proposal was also Arthur's plan, so Arthur said to Minister Pierre with a little interest.

"Your Highness, there are a lot of mineral resources in the western uninhabited areas of our country. Among them, coal mines and iron ore are the necessary resources for industrial development. I propose, first of all, build a large-scale industrial production base in the uninhabited western areas, and use the resources provided by you, Your Highness. We will increase our steel production to at least 20 tons and over [-] tons within three years. At the same time, use the steel we produce to lay railways between the western industrial zone and our cities, and build a transportation network. After three years, our steel production will reach a new stage, and it will not be too late to seek the technology industry." Seeing that Arthur was very interested in his proposal, Minister Pierre's voice became louder.

"Minister Pierre, your plan is that we increase steel production first, and the rest can be shelved for now?" Arthur asked with a smile.

It may be difficult for other backward countries to increase steel production, but it is actually very simple for Australia.

Australia holds 5000 million pounds worth of industrial equipment from the United Kingdom. These equipment are carefully selected by Arthur, including some basic industrial equipment including steelmaking furnaces.

The advantage of this is that Australia can quickly master the use of these industrial equipment. Once fully digested and made good use of these industrial equipment, Australia can rank among the top [-] industries in the world.

"No, Your Highness. My proposal is that we should give priority to the development of basic industries including steel mills. This does not mean that we have to give up other industrial development in a short period of time. I think the ultimate goal of Australia's industry is to develop into an independent Research and production form a complete system of industrial circles. I think our ultimate goal of the technology industry, including military factories and shipyards, is to achieve independent research and development and production. Therefore, while developing basic industries, we can It is necessary to introduce talents from Europe on a large scale to fill the talent vacancies caused by our country's backward educational foundation. From an industrial perspective, industrial development and talent attraction must be carried out at the same time." Minister Pierre said.

Compared with some countries that are also seeking development, Australia still has huge advantages.

Because of the same ethnicity and geographical distance from Europe, Australia basically has no major conflicts with all European countries, and can attract advanced technology and talents from various European countries.

What Minister Pierre said is actually to require Australia in the future to have the strength to independently develop advanced technology and equipment, instead of only importing them from Europe.

This means that Australia must attract a large number of talents from Europe, otherwise independent research can only be empty talk.

Arthur nodded. As a talent sent by the British Empire to Australia, Minister Pierre's ability should not be underestimated.

If the introduction of equipment to develop basic industries is the present, then attracting talents to enhance research and development capabilities is to seek the future.

For a big country that wants to rise or even dominate one side, the country's independent research and development capabilities at the technological level are indispensable.

If a country's advanced industrial products can only rely on imports from abroad, then even if the country has greatly improved its strength by importing a large amount of advanced equipment, it will still be controlled by others and cannot truly become a powerful country.

"Minister Pierre, what is our current steel production?" Arthur asked.

It has to be said that the colonial period was also the period when the gap between Western countries and backward countries was the largest.

When the steel output of Western countries has exceeded one million, or even reached tens of millions, the island country, a country that will rely on the reform to become the top power in the future, only has a steel output of just over a thousand tons.

Things are a little better in Australia, but only a little bit.Because of the large amount of iron ore and coal mines, Britain established a small-scale steel factory in Australia.

"Your Highness, last year the annual steel production in the six states was about [-] tons, and the pig iron production was [-] tons." Pierre said without hesitation.

These data are the real data of Australia that he learned during this week, because he knows that these data are likely to be used, so Minister Pierre remembers them very well.

"I'll give you three years to triple Australia's steel production every year. Can you do it?" Arthur looked at the confident Minister Pierre and asked with a smile.

It is not an easy task to triple every year. The first year may be simple, but the difficulty will multiply in the second year.

Three times five thousand tons of pig iron is fifteen thousand tons, and three times fifteen thousand tons is forty-five thousand tons.

Not to mention that in the last year, the triple of 14 tons will reach nearly 25 tons, and the total steel output will reach about [-] tons.

"No problem, Your Highness! As long as you give me sufficient funds and equipment, I promise to triple the steel production every year within the next three years." Minister Pierre replied decisively without thinking.

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