BHP corporate headquarters.

"Everyone, we have received the contents of the meeting of the Orientals." Wayne walked in and said to everyone: "The Orientals want to establish the China Iron and Steel Association, and all their steel imports will be carried out through the China Iron and Steel Association.

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"What?" Everyone present was stunned, and then they started to get angry.

"What do Orientals do this?"

"They still want to join forces to lower the price for us? We would rather not sell, and we will never lower the price!"

"Their demand for iron ore is so large that only we can meet it. We are their largest supplier. They actually want to negotiate with us? How fantastic?"

"We will never accept their price." Ander said calmly. Their BHP company has a long history. What situation has it not experienced? There is no way they can compromise with the East!

"Since they are so ignorant, when they come to negotiate with us, we will increase the price by fifty percent." Ander continued to give instructions.

"Yes, we just want to raise the price to let them know who has the final say!"

Everyone got excited.

"How about we be bolder and increase the price by 100%?"

"Yes, as long as we stop production, the price of global iron ore will rise."

"On the one hand, we want to raise prices, and on the other hand, we also want to win over them." Wein said: "Orientals have never been of the same mind. This kind of centralized procurement is good for those large steel companies, but it will harm them.

For the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises, as long as we win over those enterprises privately and give them slightly preferential prices, they will take risks."

A two-pronged approach will make the China Steel Association in the East a joke!

At this moment, Wayne's phone rang. He picked up the phone and answered it directly on the spot. He didn't care about ruining the atmosphere of the meeting. He had privileges here.

However, as soon as he heard the words inside, his expression completely changed: "What did you say? How is this possible?"

"Okay, send me an email right away!"

Everyone present was stunned, wondering what news Wayne had received. When Wayne put down the phone, his face looked a little ugly.

"Excuse me, what happened? Does it have anything to do with us?" Ander asked cautiously.

"It does matter." Wen said: "Our reconnaissance satellite suddenly discovered that a mountain of iron ore appeared near Mingzhou. Preliminary estimates are that the iron ore is about 100 million tons. Even if the Orientals completely stop importing iron,

Ore can also meet the demand for a year. They can not import it for a year, but can we not export it for a year?"

Over the years, Mingzhou Group has secretly stored a large amount of iron ore!

This unexpected discovery made everyone dumbfounded.

Which steel company dares to do this?

Large steel companies can sign long-term mining contracts with iron ore suppliers. After all, since the spot price of iron ore is greatly affected by factors such as short-term demand and shipping freight fluctuations, under normal circumstances, the price of iron ore

The spot price is always much higher than the long-term contract price. Large steel companies have this advantage and can purchase iron ore at a price lower than the market price.

However, this is just a contract. It is impossible for the steel company to pay all the money at once, let alone bring back all the iron ore. The long-term iron ore mine is just an agreement, and after that, it will continue to flow slowly.

Pay the money and transport it slowly, as long as it can be used by your own steel plant.

Only super rich people who are not short of money can play this way. When making external purchases, they will purchase more. If Mingzhou Group can store 100 million tons of iron ore, it means importing it from Kangaroo Country.

Starting with iron ore, we need to reserve 10 million tons more every year!

What is this concept?

Ordinary bulk carriers have tens of thousands of tons. Only Mingzhou Group can build bulk carriers of 100,000 tons. These reserves require the transportation of a hundred bulk carriers! Moreover, iron ore also needs to be purchased, which are

It will cost a lot of money.

However, if we look at it now, Mingzhou Group is making money.

Because the price of iron ore was low in the past few years! At the cheapest time, a ton of iron ore was only a dozen US dollars. Now, a ton of iron ore is already 70 or 80 US dollars. Mingzhou Group only earns 50 US dollars a ton.

Ten US dollars, how much can you earn from these 100 million tons? Five billion US dollars! (The specific price has not been found, but the highest price of iron ore is more than 130 US dollars per ton, so I will take the middle price here.)

How much money can BHP make from its hard work mining iron ore?

Thinking of this, countless people became jealous.

In short, a difficult problem is placed in front of them. Now, what should they do?

Dongfang is determined to fight with them! If they continue to raise prices, Dongfang will definitely not come to them to purchase. Can they survive a year? Seventy percent of their iron ore is

Exported to the East.

Moreover, the one-year estimate is based on the fact that the Orientals completely give up imports. In fact, the Orientals have other import channels. After all, there are more than just kangaroo countries in the world that can export iron ore. This means that there is no

The war of gunpowder may last two to three years! Or even four to five years!

"I need a computer to receive my mail, which has satellite images on it."

Soon, the image was displayed on the computer screen. Looking at the iron ore all over the mountains and plains, some people couldn't help but speak.

"Could this be fake? Orientals deliberately deceived us?"

"You have to believe in our professionalism. We have photos from the past ten years and we can compare them."

Ten years ago, it was an uninhabited swamp. Then, man-made mountains continued to appear, getting a little taller every year, until they are now where they are now. The changes over the past ten years are enough to illustrate the authenticity of these iron ores.

"There is another project." Wein continued: "We have noticed that Dongfang and Damao signed an agreement to import scrap steel, and the agreement amount is 10 million tons."

The steel smelted from scrap steel is not as good as iron ore, because there are many kinds of scrap steel. When smelting, they are poured into the steel-making furnace. God knows what ingredients are in it. Therefore, Lao Maozi hardly uses scrap steel. He has countless iron ore and directly

Just use iron ore to smelt it.

Therefore, Lao Maozi has a large amount of scrap steel. Now, Dongfang has to import a large amount of scrap steel. Although these scrap steel cannot be smelted into advanced steel, it is still no problem to be used in low-end industries.

The Orientals are already making plans!

"Now, we must find a breakthrough, we must break the situation!" Ander said.

They faced a crisis.

Qin Tao, who had personally experienced this crisis, had returned to Mingzhou. He came to the nearby exposed iron ore mountains and was very satisfied. This was his biggest layout!

This is also the advantage that time travelers have.

Coming from another time and space, he naturally knows the shortcomings of the domestic steel industry.

In 1978, the history of the East opened a new page. In December of my childhood, Baosteel laid the first pile, ushering in a new era. In 1985, the first phase of the project was completed, and the blast furnace was ignited in September. At that time,

Iron ore imported from football countries.

Since that time, the steel industry of the motherland has officially entered the stage of competition with the international iron ore giants. This game has lasted for decades, and the motherland has always been at a disadvantage. The international iron ore price has risen by several times.

Times, the scale of domestic steel companies continues to expand, but profits are not high. Most of the profits are taken by others, and we are a low-end supplier in the global industrial chain.

In particular, in some years, steel companies even suffered losses. They started losing money in 2012, and by 2015, the entire industry had lost tens of billions.

At that time, the country finally started to take action. The first step was to reduce production capacity. The more production was produced, the lower the price would be. The country had nothing but mutual infighting. In two years, 140 million tons of production capacity was eliminated.

The steel industry began to grow in 2017, but international iron ore giants began to increase prices again.

Profits were once again made by the iron ore giant!

If you want to avoid this situation, you need to control the pricing power of iron ore! This time is Qin Tao's first attempt. Since the other party has put the knife on the neck of Mingzhou Group, of course he

It’s time to fight!

When it’s time to draw your sword, you must draw your sword!

Needless to say, we use RMB to settle iron ore. At least this price is not something you can raise just because you want to!

"Mr. Qin, do we really want to break up with the iron ore suppliers in Kangaroo Country? Our iron ore cannot withstand several years of consumption." Zhang Jinxi was a little worried.

"We can't afford it, and they can't afford it even more." Qin Tao said: "The worst outcome is that our bargaining fails and the country returns to the era of independent governance. Our Mingzhou Group has the iron ore mining rights of the football country.

We can increase the mining intensity there, and import iron ore from Lao Maozi, and we can maintain production. We are now seeking benefits for all our domestic steel companies."

Qin Tao is not afraid that the supply of iron ore in Kangaroo Country will be cut off. He has already made plans and signed an agreement with Football Country a few years ago. The demand for iron ore in Kangaroo Country is getting smaller and smaller, but he has

If you have money, just keep buying, buying, buying, saving, and waiting for this moment to come.

Even if he fails, he is not afraid. He and Lao Maozi have a good relationship.

Historically, with the problem of Kangaroo Country, domestic resources imported from Kangaroo Country have become less and less. Coal, natural gas and the like have all turned to Lao Maozi. What about iron ore?

Damao's iron ore reserves are rich, ranking third in the world, with total reserves of 25 billion tons. However, Lao Maozi's iron ore mining is inconvenient, and the iron ore in the Ural Mountains is okay. Mining in Siberia is difficult, and Damao's iron ore is very difficult to mine.

They use a lot of iron ore themselves, and their excess iron ore is mainly exchanged for high-end steel products from Europe.

Now, Mingzhou Group can completely replace Europe and let Damao exchange iron ore for Mingzhou Group's high-end steel.

Therefore, Qin Tao doesn't care about Kangaroo Country at all. This battle is for the motherland!

"Mr. Qin, the relevant departments have targeted Laigang and Shougang. Each has a person responsible for the iron ore import and export business, suspected of leaking the content of this meeting in advance." At this moment, Xu Zhengyang said to Qin Tao.

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During this period of time, Xu Zhengyang has been working with He Qian on the Nansha Islands. Until now, Qin Tao has a new tough battle to fight, and Xu Zhengyang has returned. At the critical moment, Xu Zhengyang can better protect him.

Qin Tao's safety must prevent the worst from happening.

Qin Tao did not attend the founding meeting of the China Iron and Steel Association, but he has been paying attention to the trends here. Sure enough, as he expected, the content of the meeting was quickly leaked. In some large domestic steel companies, some
To be continued...