The rise of nanometers

After three days of investigation in the Kulun Sand Land in the Kulun Banner, all areas of the Kulun Sand Land have been explored by the mineral exploration team.

In the Blue Age, even mining sand and refining rare resources was profitable.

Huang Xiuyuan and Song Shijia went south to Qinhuangdao.

at the same time.

The Blue Age Mineral Refining Base in Qinhuangdao has planned the land and initially built 6 factories, and the remaining factories are under construction.

At the Qinhuangdao International Hotel in the urban area of ​​Qinhuangdao, a group of arrogant foreigners were chatting and laughing in the cafeteria.

The middle-aged white man with a hooked nose smiled and asked: "Johnson, how are you doing?"

The old Mediterranean man shaking the red wine glass beside him shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay. These yellow-skinned monkeys are easy to make money, and you Rio Tinto are the same."

"Haha, they still want pricing power, as their saying goes, unless the sun rises from the west." Belial Matheson mocked.

The old man from the Mediterranean, Johnson Charles, also burst into laughter.

On the side, Ole Juan, the representative of Vale, was cutting the steak with a smile.

The three are the commercial representatives of Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, and Vale in China. This time, Snail Industry invited them to negotiate.

Belial Matheson asked casually: "What do you think of the cooperation mentioned by this snail industry?"

"They said they have a cooperation worth tens of billions and they want to talk to us. They probably want to lower the price!" Johnson and Charles shrugged and guessed.

Olejuan, who was of Latin American origin, wiped his mouth and said: "I think it's what the China Iron and Steel Association means. They want us to lower the price through collective purchasing. Otherwise, how can this small steel factory in Snail Industry afford it?" Tens of billions of iron ore?"

"Anyway, as long as we have a unified voice, they can only pay the money obediently." Beryl Matheson sneered.

The three of them all tacitly agreed that they had the same position on the pricing power of ores. How could these steel companies in China, the big fat sheep in their eyes, give up their pricing power?

When the convoy of Huang Xiuyuan and others entered Qinhuangdao.

In the Blue Age Mineral Refining Base, Shan Zhonghua, the secretary-general of the China Iron and Steel Association, also appeared here in a low-key manner.

Chang Fuguo and Jiang Hailin were receiving a group of people from the Iron and Steel Association.

Although Shan Zhonghua was a little surprised by the invitation from Snail Industry, as the secretary-general of the industry association, he naturally knew about this company.

The Suiren Company behind Snail Industry has advanced pollution treatment technology. Unlike the steel companies in the Iron and Steel Association, Snail Industry and the Suiren Company behind it are a maverick enterprise and one of the key players in this year’s iron ore negotiations. Among them, a few companies remain silent.

So I was a little surprised that Snail Industry invited the Steel Association to Qinhuangdao.

A group of people visited the production workshop of the mineral refining base.

"Your company's technology is indeed outstanding. I wonder if there are any plans to transfer the technology?" Shan Zhonghua, as a veteran in the steel industry, naturally understands the value of Suiren's technology.

Other steel companies have also tested Suiren Company many times. After all, this technology will greatly reduce the cost of mineral refining.

No wonder Snail Industry’s scrap steel smelting can produce products of excellent quality. The reason why various steel companies don’t like to use scrap steel for smelting is because the composition of scrap steel is complex. If the screening work is not done well, the quality of the smelted products will deteriorate. Big discount.

But before, Suiren Company had always rejected cooperation invitations from major steel companies on the grounds that the time was not yet ripe.

"We do have the idea of ​​​​technical licensing. If Mr. Shan is interested, we can discuss it in detail in the next few days." Jiang Hailin replied with a smile.

Shan Zhonghua also took the opportunity to ask Chang Fuguo: "Mr. Chang, what do you Snail Industry think of this year's iron ore negotiations?"

Although the small steel mills acquired by Snail had already joined the Steel Association, they were only ordinary members and kept a very low profile.

"Let's talk while walking." Chang Fuguo invited the Steel Association to come over today, not for technical authorization, nor to improve Snail's status in the Steel Association, but for another thing.

Jiang Hailin on the side took out the copy he had prepared before and sent it to everyone present: "This is a cooperation agreement drawn up by our company. You can take a look."

When everyone opened the copy, they were stunned. Everyone, including Shan Zhonghua, was shocked by Suiren Company's plan.

Although Shan Zhonghua is a hardliner, Suiren Company's plan still caught him off guard: "Mr. Jiang, will this force them to jump over the wall?"

Jiang Hailin shook his head and said with a smile: "The knife is in our hands. If they don't want to show dignity, we will help them show respect."

Although Jiang Hailin looked like a gentle scholar, the coldness in his words made everyone present feel cold in their hearts.

Shan Zhonghua reminded: "If the other party cuts off all supply, the reserves of various domestic steel mills can last for up to half a year. This requires the activation of emergency backup mines, and I am afraid the impact will be very large."

"Domestic proven reserves of iron ore are 62.4 billion tons, potential iron ore reserves exceed 200 billion tons, and domestic scrap steel reserves exceed 10 billion tons. I don't think we need to be afraid of the other party." Jiang Hailin then said:

"If our company's unique technology is used, the domestic iron ore mineable reserves can be increased at least ten times. Even if we go to the Taklimakan Desert to pan for iron sand, it is not a bad idea. We must know that the geological content of iron is about 4.2%."

At this time, Shan Zhonghua also realized that if Suiren Company became ruthless and really went to the desert to dig for iron sand, he would follow the relevant information provided by Suiren Company.

They extract a ton of pure iron powder from sand and soil, and the cost is about 70 to 90 yuan. Including transportation costs, the cost of a ton of pure iron powder is 150 yuan.

The surface flowing sand of the Taklimakan Desert has a total mass of about 1.8 trillion tons and contains about 75.6 billion tons of iron. This is only based on an average thickness of 3.7 meters. If dug deeper, the reserves of several hundred billion tons are just the beginning.

What's more, since the Taklimakan Desert is so large, there must be some areas where the iron content is higher than 4.2%, and there are even mineralization areas.

Coupled with the iron ore mines owned by each steel company, it is not impossible to achieve complete self-sufficiency.

Jiang Hailin strikes while the iron is hot: "This is our mineral exploration situation in the Horqin Sandy Land. We have currently discovered 8 ultra-poor mineral areas with grades of about 5 to 8%, and iron reserves of about 240 million tons."

Shan Zhonghua's heart was filled with excitement. When he thought that the three major international mining groups had been harvesting them over the years, and all the profits of the domestic steel industry had been eaten up by them, he became heartbroken:

"I support this plan."

Several other hard-liners in the Steel Association also spoke out.

"There is nothing wrong, we must support it."

“If we can take advantage of the opportunity to regain pricing power, I think it’s worth the risk.”

Jiang Hailin's tone was decisive: "No, this cannot be said to be a risk, but a sure-win result. It is just a matter of the length of the process."

After agreeing to Suiren Company's plan, both parties reached an internal agreement, and everyone began to prepare for the next negotiation.

Johnson, Charles and others at Qinhuangdao International Hotel did not know that Suiren Company was already sharpening their knives and preparing to kill them.

At this moment, Huang Xiuyuan and his party finally arrived at the mineral refining base.

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