The rise of nanometers

Just after Suiren Company and the three major iron ore suppliers broke up.

As soon as they returned to Qinhuangdao International Hotel, the furious Beria, Charles, and Juan immediately reported the matter to the headquarters.

Melbourne, Australia.

BHP Billiton's headquarters building.

After listening to Johnson Charles' report, James Carter's face suddenly darkened, but he calmed down immediately.

In the long-term iron ore price negotiation in June this year, the Steel Association and its three major iron ore suppliers also broke up on bad terms.

Then on July 9, the Hu Shitai incident broke out.

Now the Secretary-General of the Steel Association, Shan Zhonghua, is a hardliner, and James Carter is in a tangle.

In the previous price negotiations of the Long-term Association, the two parties failed to reach an agreement on the price, and the Steel Association is also clearing out insiders.

Although James was a little worried about the Steel Association, which had no trump cards to play, he didn't pay too much attention to it because their three major iron ore suppliers had many "partners" leaking information.

Only this time, the Steel Association actually bypassed various steel companies and directly issued such a tough attitude to them.

"Suiren Company? It's this company again." James frowned.

The controlling capital behind BHP Billiton is the major capital giants in the United States. Naturally, they are aware of the recent confrontation between Suiren Company and the four major ABCD grain groups, the international consortium of dairy companies, data storage companies, and semiconductor companies.

Unexpectedly, the other party would now extend its hands into the international mining industry.

Suddenly his phone rang.

He was the president of Rio Tinto. The two communicated for more than 20 minutes, and then he dialed the number of the president of Vale.

The three major iron ore suppliers discussed this matter.

Although he wanted to teach the Steel Association and Suiren Company a lesson, James was not carried away by anger. Instead, he asked Charles, the commercial representative in China, to cooperate with representatives of Rio Tinto and Vale to find out the details of Suiren Company.

Regarding this company that has been causing turmoil recently, James was really a little uneasy after reading the relevant reports.

Suiren Company, which started out by collecting waste and treating pollution, has been making rapid progress as if it was cheating.

It has contracted sanitation and water services for dozens of cities, has complete gas production and sales, and has powerful seawater desalination technology, pollution treatment technology, silicon nano-coating technology, glass disc technology, and saline-alkali land transformation technology.

Some time ago, it announced a high-profile entry into semiconductors, and now it is teasing the international iron ore market.

No wonder James is not calm. From the development history of Suiren Company, he can see that the core of the company is the simple and crude technology-only flow, using technology to directly crush opponents.

Even if it is to develop agriculture, even ABCD has nothing to do with each other. It can only watch Fengmin Agriculture and Farm Reclamation Group grow stronger step by step.

Now that the other party suddenly intervenes in the iron ore market, I am afraid that it is really a bad actor. If that kind of efficient and low-cost refining technology really exists, it will definitely be a catastrophic situation for BHP Billiton.

Charles and others in China received instructions from the head office and began to frequently contact various steel companies, hoping to extract useful information from them.

It's just that the relationship between Suiren Company and various steel companies can only be said to be average. To a certain extent, each steel company is at a disadvantage when facing Suiren Company.

Because Suiren Company purchases a large amount of steel, aluminum and copper, in the steel industry with severe overcapacity, a long-term major customer is very important.

Moreover, steel companies all turn to Suiren Company for pollution treatment technology, efficient refining technology, and silicon nano-coating technology.

Various steel companies do not know the specific situation of Suiren Company. The investigation by Charles and others only found that Blue Times, a subsidiary of Suiren Company, has a subsidiary of Blue Star Mining Group.

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Baosteel.

General Manager Chen Guangrong fell into deep thought after listening to the report from his subordinates.

Ding Lixing, the deputy general manager on the side, who is responsible for the iron ore procurement business, is also a little puzzled.

But soon, their people at the Steel Association sent back an unexpected message, leaving Chen Guangrong and Ding Lixing at a loss.

"Give Suiren Company a 50 billion interest-free loan? Shan Zhonghua from the Iron and Steel Association went to Beijing to report in person and help Suiren Company to connect?"

The vice president responsible for liaising with the Steel Association explained: "It was for Blue Star Mining, a subsidiary of Suiren Company."

"What does Lao Dan want to do? He actually puts his future on Suiren Company. Does he think Suiren Company can supply hundreds of millions of tons of iron ore?" Ding Lixing complained a little.

Chen Guangrong shook his head: "No, if the technology in that information is true, then Suiren Company may really be able to do it."

"Glorious, you don't really believe it, do you?" Ding Lixing was a little unbelievable.

Chen Guangrong, who has a technical background, took out another document from the drawer and explained:

"Two months ago, Lao Lin led people to inspect Blue Age's comprehensive recycling plant in Rizhao. Based on the relevant information he obtained, he wrote this evaluation report. You have been busy with iron ore negotiations, so you don't understand Some of those things.”

After receiving the evaluation report, Ding Lixing glanced through the contents, and the more he looked at it, the more he frowned.

Chen Guangrong continued: "Their recycling costs are very low. The core of the pollution treatment technology is element extraction. Without such powerful recycling and processing technology, it would be difficult for their environmental sanitation contracting business to maintain high welfare and high income."

"According to the evaluation of Lao Lin and others, Suiren Company's element extraction technology is also suitable for mining, and the cost is very low. Recently, Blue Star Mining has acquired and contracted many abandoned mines, tailings and ultra-lean mines."

Ding Lixing was entangled in his heart. He naturally hoped that this technology was real, so that Blue Star Mining could at least compete with the three major iron ore suppliers.

But he felt that the Steel Association and Suiren Company were too strong and even asked Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Vale to lower the price to 250 yuan per ton.

No one will agree easily. Now the three major iron ore suppliers can make a profit of about 650 yuan per ton of iron ore. If they agree to the pricing of the Steel Association and Suiren Company, the profit will be less than one-tenth.

"Glorious, we still have to talk to Lao Dan. If we mess up, we will be in big trouble."

Chen Guangrong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Do you think he will listen to us? Don't forget about the last negotiation. Now he must be wary of all of us."

Hearing this question, Ding Lixing was also one of the top two. In the last iron ore negotiation, it was because of insider leaks that the negotiations between the Steel Association and the three major iron ore suppliers fell into a very passive situation.

That's why Shan Zhonghua took his people to get rid of these steel companies and secretly went to Qinhuangdao to negotiate.

"Now what?"

Chen Guangrong shrugged: "Langzai, now we can only wait and see what happens, and at the same time, be prepared to be prepared for the possibility of a sharp rise in international iron ore prices."

The worried Ding Lixing also had a helpless look on his face: "If we maintain low inventory production for several mines in Africa, plus those in Tianzhu, and our own mines, we should be able to sustain production for 17 to 20 months."

The roar of the river outside the window, Baosteel's port inventory, and the mountains of iron ore still can't alleviate the worries of the steel men.

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