Resource Tycoon Reborn

Sumitomo Metal Industries does not think that the conditions it imposed on Haiping Mining Company are a joke.

Shuito Tanaka, the vice president of Sumitomo Metal Industries, is mainly responsible for the purchasing department of the company's production raw materials. This is naturally a good job. Every year, Shuito Tanaka imports a large amount of iron ore from Australia, Brazil, and India to satisfy Sumitomo.

The production needs of metal industry companies.

Haiping Mining Company came into his sight by accident. Before that, he had no idea that this mining company from China had actually begun selling iron ore to some small and medium-sized steel companies in Japan.

Surprised by this, he severely criticized the relevant department personnel of the company, because these people concluded that based on the current international market price of iron ore, it would be impossible for Haiping Mining Company to officially mine, because in that case

, Haiping Mining Company will only fall into a cycle of more production and more losses. Therefore, these people did not pay much attention to this mining company that emerged in Western Australia. They did not pay attention to the fact that the Calazo Mining Area exports iron.

The supporting facilities for the ore have been basically completed.

However, Shuto Tanaka, as the core management of Sumitomo Metal Industries, Japan's fourth largest steel company, vaguely knows that several major consortiums in Japan are secretly actively promoting iron ore price increases.

Although for Japan, a major steel-producing country, almost 100% of its iron ore comes from overseas, and pushing up the price of iron ore will undoubtedly increase the production costs of enterprises. However, Japanese enterprises have been actively engaged in the production of iron ore since the last century.

It has penetrated into major mining companies in the world and has a considerable proportion of shares in several major mining companies. Promoting iron ore price increases will reduce the profit margins of steel-making companies, but it will receive generous profits from these mining companies.

The gains offset each other, and the gains must be greater than the losses.

It seems that the Japanese consortium did not get much benefit from the push to increase the price of iron ore, but in essence, this is a good move!

This can attack several rivals in the Japanese steel industry, especially China and South Korea, two rising stars. The steel industry has developed rapidly in recent years and has become an opponent that cannot be ignored by the Japanese steel industry. The rise in iron ore prices can

Increase the production costs of steel companies in various countries and reduce the profit margins they can obtain, thereby ensuring the global competitiveness of the Japanese steel industry.

But Shuto Tanaka knows that this is only a superficial phenomenon. In essence, after the Japanese investigation agency investigated and analyzed China, it came to a conclusion that after allowing private capital to enter, China's steel industry has declined.

In the next few years, production capacity will be expanded at a high speed. In the not-too-distant future, China's steel production is likely to reach an annual output of 300-400 million tons! If the annual output is 400 million tons, this is almost the same as Japan.

, the combined annual steel production of the United States, Russia, India, and South Korea!

This number is of course very shocking and unbelievable! However, after the Japanese investigation agency repeatedly verified the analysis results, it finally concluded that this situation is very likely to happen!

This conclusion made the decision-makers of several major consortiums in Japan feel like a treasure. The quality of China's iron ore is not high, and it is difficult to mine and the cost is high. This is not an industry secret, so many years ago, China began to import it from abroad.

of iron ore. If this survey conclusion can become reality, it means that China's steel companies will have to import a large amount of iron ore from overseas. The import volume will even exceed that of Japan!

In this way, if the Japanese consortium can push forward the surge in international iron ore prices, although Japanese steel companies will suffer profit losses as a result, the profit dividends they obtain from these mining companies will

It is extremely lucrative, even exceeding the income of the steel industry! More importantly, this is also an important step to curb the rapid development of China's economy and make them pay more in development! Therefore, in the past two years, the Japanese consortium has further increased

Increased shareholding penetration into the world's major iron ore mining companies.

The Karasuo mining area under Haiping Mining Company is said to have 2 billion tons of magnetite with a grade of 256%. Although the grade is not very good and the reserves are not very large, it has complete supporting facilities and the nearby

Curisban Port already has the ability to export tens of millions of tons of iron ore per year. This made Tanaka Shuren immediately alert. Tens of millions of tons of iron ore are exported per year, which is already a considerable amount!

Therefore, Shuren Tanaka immediately sent people to Western Australia to contact Haiping Mining Company, hoping to reach a long-term iron ore import agreement with Haiping Mining Company and incorporate this unexpected factor into the normal track. But just now he

I got the news that the Haiping Mining Company has rejected the company's proposal.

This made Tanaka Shuto a little surprised. Logically speaking, given Sumitomo Metal Industries' status in the world industry, and the signing conditions they proposed, which were already quite considerate, Haiping Mining Company would have to consider it before giving an answer.

But now it seems that the other party responded without much thought.

Tanaka Shuren doesn't understand that just because the more land it mines, the more it loses money, it actually continues to expand the Curisban Port. And it is said that the company will further expand the output of the mining area next year to reach

The annual output of iron ore is 10 million tons. If the world iron ore market price does not fluctuate upward in 2003, the output of 10 million tons is enough to cause Haiping Mining Company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. Then Haiping Mining Company will

Where is the confidence?

Could it be said that it is just because it is an overseas enterprise of the Pingchuan Fang family in China? In China, there is the Liao Province Iron and Steel Works, an emerging large-scale steel enterprise?

Tanaka Shuto still has a very deep understanding of the Liao Provincial Steel Plant, a rapidly rising private steel plant in China, because it has direct competition with Sumitomo Metal Industries in many products. For example, heat

Rolled strip steel, cold rolled strip steel, galvanized steel plate, seamless steel pipe, electric welded steel pipe, large diameter steel pipe, welded H-shaped steel, etc. Its annual steel production has reached an astonishing 12 million tons, becoming China's

One of the largest steel companies.

However, the rapid rise of Liao Province Iron and Steel Plant is largely due to the fact that behind it, there is a newly discovered coal field and a very close and good-grade iron mine, which makes its raw material costs

It has dropped to a very low level. Will Liao Provincial Steel Plant give up the use of domestic iron ore for Haiping Mining Company?

Tanaka Shuren pondered for a long time and decided to wait and see for a while. The market will be the best teacher to let Haiping Mining Company understand the cruelty of market competition!

Whether to continue to expand production capacity or to slow down temporarily and consolidate the foundation, Fang Mingyuan is now faced with a decision.

The scheduled third phase of the Liaoning Iron and Steel Plant will be completed by the end of this year. By then, the annual steel production of the Liaoning Iron and Steel Plant will reach 14 million tons, accounting for nearly 10% of the total domestic steel production.

1. The annual output difference between Haibao Steel Group Co., Ltd., the leading enterprise in the domestic steel industry, is only three to four million tons. It can be said that the Liao Provincial Steel Plant is already one of the out-and-out giants in the Chinese steel industry.

In 2001 and 2002, it can be said that Liao Provincial Steel Plant's production and sales were booming, with almost no backlog of products, and more than 50% of its products were exported overseas, making very considerable profits.

However, the management of the Liaoning Iron and Steel Plant has different opinions on the future development direction.

Some people, who may be called expansionists, believe that the domestic market has a very strong consumer demand for steel products. It is estimated that by 2003, domestic steel production will exceed 200 million tons, becoming the only country in the world with annual steel production.

It is a country with more than 200 million tons, but the domestic demand for steel products will be as high as 256 million tons. It can be said that the gap is very huge. And the varieties of these steel products owned by Liao Province Iron and Steel Plant, whether in the international market

It is very popular both on the market and in the domestic market. Therefore, these people believe that the Liao Provincial Steel Plant should launch the fourth phase of the project to further expand steel production. It must occupy as much domestic and international market share as possible!

Others, presumably conservatives, believe that in less than ten years since its establishment, the Liaoning Iron and Steel Plant has gone from nothing to an industry with an annual output of more than 14 million tons of steel.

The development speed of giants can be said to be very astonishing. But behind the rapid expansion of production capacity, it also means that many things are made in a hurry, and many contradictions have accumulated. It is just because of the rapid development of the factory economy that they have been covered up.

. Therefore, the factory needs to temporarily slow down, go back, lay a good foundation, and resolve some conflicts, so as to lay a solid foundation for the next rapid expansion of the Liaoning Iron and Steel Plant! If we say, blindly expand

Production capacity, while ignoring the foundation. Once the international and domestic steel markets undergo major changes, the impact on the factory will be difficult to withstand. Moreover, this group of people also pointed out that the production capacity of the Liaoning Province Steel Plant is expanding too fast, and it is responsible for the

The production capacity of its coalfields and mines, which provide raw materials and fuel, can no longer keep up with the needs of steel plants in Liaoning Province.

The expansionists sneered at the conservatives' arguments. In their view, this was not a problem at all. The Liaoning Iron and Steel Plant was not far from the port and there was convenient railway transportation. The lack of coal and iron ore could be easily transported through

Access to the international market, just like many steel plants in the southeastern coastal areas. As for the increased raw material costs, since the products of the Liaoning Steel Plant are highly profitable, it can be fully afforded. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, novel updates

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