Hmmm. How Iron man got his armour? Or should I say, where did Iron Man got his armour materials from? Iron ore la. =.=
Yep. So is steel. All right. I am bored now. So please tolerate my nonsense.
Anyway, we visited the Wuhan Steel Mill today! BTW. today is a raining day. First 'cooling' day since we arrived here on the 25th August.
As expected, no photographs are allowed to be taken in the steel mill. So let me briefly elaborate what we went thru!
Firstly, we went to the control room and saw the tip of the furnace. According to Mr Wong, the furnace is about few stories deep. However, we are unable to go and take a look because we lack of the safety equipments required. The purpose of the furnace is to melt the iron ore (which is normally iron oxide) into pure iron, while in the process removing the impurities. Actually, this is kind of familiar la. Think I learnt during Secondary School Chemistry. A wonderful sight nevertheless.
OHYA. the control room somehow reminded me of the Senoko Incineration Plant control room! LOL
After that, we went to the area where steel sheets are being produced (compressed from 20mm to 1.0 mm, i think. cannot rmb until which breadth le). A magnificant sight I would say. the factory is at least kilometres in length i think! However, it was rather a pity to see the actual work in process as the machines are still warming up for production.
Thats all for the Steel mill! I would say, a huge piece of land is required. It is huge! Ohya, just something to comment, I somehow got a first-hand experience on how 'safe' china workplace is. Not being saractic, but probably the safety precautions is not as good as Singapore workplace. Nevertheless, I believe Wuhan will still improve in years to come! =P
After the visit, it was lunch at a shop selling Islamic food. yep. ate egg 'xiao mian', or sliced noodles. The taste was rather interesting. After that, we went back to hostel to take a rest, before SS, Vv, Andy, Benji, Karen, Teckyi, CX and I went to play basketball and table tennis.
OHYA, I finally played table tennis on a table! YEA.
Yep. thats all for now. Rather nothing much to write about today. Lets hope there is more to come tmr! =) City tour =P
Again, enjoy the photos montage! (Not that many though).
