international mining

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• Subtopic: Power Plant and Infrastructure Development And even if such a power plant needs, say, a million tons per year, you can imagine how many plants you have to build at the same time. It's not just about mining. It was really crazy—completely crazy—what they had to do. And they are always quick. Maybe you have heard the news that they have been opening the highest and longest bridge, and I think they took just three years for the construction. So, if you go down to the lakes here, there is one bridge, and I think it has been damaged for a couple of years. I believe it took about eight years to build, maybe from here, maybe across the backyard. There's a difference, right? In China, if someone says we need a bridge, we are doing it. In Germany, we say we need a bridge. Okay, so you can see that for many very important commodities, China is at least the target country—either they live it or, even more mind-bogglingly, they are the ones doing the mining. • Subtopic: China's Role in Global Commodities For example, zinc—since you are coming from the Zinc Corporation—roughly 40 to 50% of all zinc is consumed in China. I don't know how big the oil production is, but what is mi...