MOUNT WELD, Australia/TOKYO (Reuters) - Atafalikira paphiri lomwe linaphulika pamtunda wa Great Victoria Desert ku Western Australia, mgodi wa Mount Weld ukuwoneka ngati dziko kutali ndi nkhondo yamalonda ya US-China.
Koma mkanganowu wakhala wopindulitsa kwa Lynas Corp (LYC.AX), mwini wake wa Mount Weld waku Australia. Mgodiwu uli ndi imodzi mwazinthu zolemera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi zapadziko lapansi, zomwe ndizofunikira kwambiri pa chilichonse kuyambira ma iPhones mpaka zida zankhondo.
Malingaliro chaka chino ndi China kuti atha kuthetsa kutumizidwa kwamayiko osowa padziko lapansi ku United States pomwe nkhondo yamalonda idayambika pakati pa mayiko awiriwa idayambitsa kukangana kwa US kuti apeze zinthu zatsopano - ndikutumiza magawo a Lynas kukwera.
Monga kampani yokhayo yomwe si yaku China yomwe ikuchita bwino m'gawo losowa padziko lapansi, magawo a Lynas apeza 53% chaka chino. Magawowo adalumphira 19 peresenti sabata yatha pazambiri kuti kampaniyo ipereka chiphaso cha dongosolo la US lomanga malo opangira nthaka ku United States.
Dziko lapansi losowa ndilofunika kwambiri popanga magalimoto amagetsi, ndipo amapezeka mumagetsi omwe amayendetsa injini zama turbines amphepo, komanso makompyuta ndi zinthu zina zogula. Zina ndizofunikira pazida zankhondo monga ma jet engines, missile direction systems, satellites ndi lasers.
Lynas arare earths bonanza chaka chino adatsogozedwa ndi mantha aku US paulamuliro waku China pagawoli. Koma maziko a chiwongola dzanjacho adakhazikitsidwa pafupifupi zaka khumi zapitazo, pomwe dziko lina - Japan - lidakumana ndi kugwedezeka kwake komwe sikunachitike padziko lapansi.
Mu 2010, dziko la China lidaletsa kutumizidwa kwa mayiko osowa ku Japan ku Japan kutsatira mkangano wagawo pakati pa mayiko awiriwa, ngakhale Beijing idati zoletsazo zidachokera kudera lachilengedwe.
Powopa kuti mafakitale ake apamwamba atha kukhala pachiwopsezo, Japan idaganiza zogulitsa ndalama ku Mount Weld - yomwe Lynas adapeza kuchokera ku Rio Tinto mchaka cha 2001 - kuti apeze zinthu.
Mothandizidwa ndi ndalama zochokera ku boma la Japan, kampani yazamalonda yaku Japan, Sojitz (2768.T), inasaina mgwirizano wa $250 miliyoni wa nthaka yosowa pa malowa.
"Boma la China lidatichitira zabwino," adatero Nick Curtis, yemwe anali wapampando wamkulu ku Lynas panthawiyo.
Mgwirizanowu unathandiziranso ndalama zomangira malo opangira zinthu omwe Lynas anali kukonza ku Kuantan, Malaysia.
Ndalama zimenezi zinathandiza dziko la Japan kuti lichepetse kudalira dziko la China ndi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu, malinga ndi kunena kwa Michio Daito, yemwe amayang’anira zinthu zopezeka m’mayiko osowa kwambiri padziko lapansi ndi mchere wina ku Unduna wa Zachuma, Malonda ndi Makampani ku Japan.
Malondawa adakhazikitsanso maziko abizinesi ya Lynas. Ndalamazo zinalola Lynas kupanga mgodi wake ndikupeza malo opangira zinthu ku Malaysia ndi madzi ndi magetsi omwe anali osowa pa Mount Weld. Kukonzekera kwakhala kopindulitsa kwa Lynas.
Ku Mount Weld, ore amakhazikika mu ore lapansi osowa kwambiri omwe amatumizidwa ku Malaysia kuti alekanitsidwe m'mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya nthaka. Chotsaliracho chimapita ku China, kuti chikakonzedwenso.
Madipoziti a Mount Weld "athandizira kuthekera kwa kampaniyo kukweza ndalama zonse zolipirira ngongole," Amanda Lacaze, wamkulu wa kampaniyo, adatero mu imelo ku Reuters. "Mtundu wamabizinesi wa Lynas ndikuwonjezera phindu ku gwero la Mount Weld pamalo ake opangira zinthu ku Malaysia."
Andrew White, katswiri wa bungwe la Curran & Co ku Sydney, adatchulapo "mkhalidwe wabwino wa Lynas kukhala yekhayo amene amapanga nthaka yosowa kwambiri kunja kwa China" yemwe ali ndi mphamvu zoyenga kuti 'agule' pakampaniyo. "Ndi mphamvu yoyenga yomwe imapangitsa kusiyana kwakukulu."
Lynas mu Meyi adasaina pangano ndi Blue Line Corp yomwe ili mwachinsinsi ku Texas kuti akhazikitse malo opangira zinthu omwe angatulutse nthaka yosowa kuchokera kuzinthu zotumizidwa kuchokera ku Malaysia. Akuluakulu a Blue Line ndi Lynas anakana kufotokoza za mtengo ndi mphamvu.
Lynas Lachisanu adati apereka chivomerezo poyankha kuyitanidwa kwa dipatimenti yachitetezo ku US kuti apereke malingaliro oti amange fakitale ku United States. Kupambana mpikisano kungapatse Lynas chilimbikitso kuti apange chomera chomwe chilipo pamalo a Texas kukhala malo olekanitsa amitundu yosowa kwambiri.
James Stewart, wowunikira zinthu ku Ausbil Investment Management Ltd ku Sydney, adati akuyembekeza kuti malo opangira zinthu ku Texas atha kuwonjezera 10-15% pazopeza pachaka.
Lynas anali m'malo mwa ma tender, adatero, chifukwa amatha kutumiza zinthu zomwe zidakonzedwa ku Malaysia kupita ku United States, ndikusintha chomera chaku Texas motsika mtengo, zomwe makampani ena angavutike kutengera.
"Ngati US ikuganiza za komwe angagawire ndalama," adatero Lynas ali patsogolo.
Mavuto akadalipobe. China, yomwe ili m'gulu lotsogola kwambiri pakupanga zinthu zachilengedwe, yawonjezera kupanga m'miyezi yaposachedwa, pomwe kuchepa kwa kufunikira kwapadziko lonse kuchokera kwa opanga magalimoto amagetsi kwachititsanso kuti mitengo ikhale pansi.
Izi zitha kukakamiza Lynas ndikuyesa kutsimikiza kwa US kuti agwiritse ntchito njira zina.
Fakitale ya ku Malaysia yakhalanso malo ochita zionetsero pafupipafupi ndi magulu achilengedwe okhudzidwa ndi kutayidwa kwa zinyalala zotsika kwambiri zama radio.
Lynas, mothandizidwa ndi International Atomic Energy Agency, akuti chomeracho ndi kutaya kwake zinyalala sizingawononge chilengedwe.
Kampaniyo imamangirizidwanso ndi chilolezo chogwira ntchito chomwe chimatha pa Marichi 2, ngakhale chikuyembekezeka kukulitsidwa. Koma kuthekera kwakuti ziphaso zokhwima kwambiri zitha kukhazikitsidwa ndi Malaysia zalepheretsa osunga ndalama ambiri m'mabungwe.
Kuwunikiranso nkhawa izi, Lachiwiri, magawo a Lynas adatsika ndi 3.2 peresenti pomwe kampaniyo idati pempho lowonjezera zokolola pafakitale silinalandire chilolezo kuchokera ku Malaysia.
"Tipitilizabe kupereka zosankha kwa makasitomala omwe si aku China," Lacaze adauza msonkhano wapachaka wakampani mwezi watha.
Malipoti owonjezera Liz Lee ku Kuala Lumpur, Kevin Buckland ku Tokyo ndi Tom Daly ku Beijing; Adasinthidwa ndi Philip McClellan
Nthawi yotumiza: Jan-12-2020