1998年,对于会理锌矿来说,是不平凡的一年,受亚洲金融危机的影响,有色金属市场风云突变,经营形势异常严峻;而企业内部,由于多年的积淀,采掘比例严重失调已极大地影响了生产;同时企业还遭受了建矿以来最大的洪涝灾害,这给上任不久的矿长严志明提出了严峻的挑战. In 1998, it was an extraordinary year for Liuli ore. Due to the impact of the Asian financial crisis, the market for non-ferrous metals changed drastically and the business situation was extremely grim. In the enterprise, due to years of accumulation, the proportion of mining was seriously imbalanced Which greatly affected the production. At the same time, the company suffered the biggest flood disaster since its establishment, which posed a severe challenge to Yan Zhiming, the former mine manager who took office.