At the beginning of 1895, a delegation from the Tete City government arrived in Bella City, where it focused its inspection on the Mbeya City Iron and Steel Research Institute and the Aluminum Materials Research Institute.
This visit was primarily for "electrolytic aluminum technology." Although the aluminum ore smelter had been designated for Xindai, before Mozambique had been divided into provinces, Xindai still fell under Tete City's jurisdiction. Thus, the Tete City government handled the negotiations on its behalf.
With the aluminum ore smelter unable to take root, Tete City could only pour its efforts into steel. Therefore, the Iron and Steel Research Institute and several steel mills in Mbeya city were the key sites visited by the delegation.
Meanwhile, representatives from Xindai Town and Tete City traveled together to the Mbeya City Aluminum Materials Research Institute.
"At present, the countries that have mastered cutting-edge electrolytic aluminum technology are the United States, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France, and East Africa. Our institute is East Africa's most authoritative institution in the field of aluminum materials. We are currently advancing research into aluminum alloy products, and have already produced three aluminum alloy materials with value for large-scale promotion," Director Yubixio introduced.
East Africa's emphasis on basic materials science could be traced back to the 1880s. Once higher education had begun to show some improvement, and under the guidance of some returning talent, East Africa established several materials research institutes in one stroke in 1883, covering common metals, rare metals, precious metals, and other fields.
Among them, the Mbeya City Aluminum Materials Research Institute was one of East Africa's earliest national key research institutes. Ernst had personally paid special attention to it.
After all, in the twenty-first century, aluminum was the most important metal after steel. This was only in terms of output: aluminum