Great Power Ship

Chapter 183 High Value-Added Industry Chain (for subscription)

Wen Dawei was not very surprised by this. After all, this combination of dry battery packs and brushless DC motors has long been used in his previous life. Let alone a small hydrofoil surfboard, even larger cars and ships can Can drive it.

And Wen Dawei focused on building it as another industrial pillar of Zhujiang Plant. In addition to solving the application problems of rare earth refining and reliable sources of foreign exchange, the most important thing is to focus on the power system of future shipbuilding.

As the saying goes, the end of the universe is electric push.

This sentence is not a wise saying in shipbuilding, but it also has considerable applicability.

After all, the advantages of electric propulsion are countless, such as quick start, low noise, quick response, and flexible maneuverability. Especially on submarines, the electric drive and the all-electric propulsion system can reduce the underwater noise of the submarine exponentially. The concealment and aggressiveness of the submarine are greatly increased, thereby greatly improving the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the submarine.

Therefore, electric drive can be said to be a technological tree with great potential, and it is worthy of Wen Dawei to water and fertilize it more.

The problem is that Wen Dawei knew the prospect of this thing, but Guo Zhe didn't know that the production capacity of ferroalloy dropped from tens of thousands of tons to the current hundreds of tons, but the profit increased instead of falling. Thrilling.

That's a full $450 million!

The combined benefits of Zhujiang Ferroalloy from the day of its establishment to the present over the years are less than half of the US$450 million.

But now it can be achieved with just over a hundred tons of smelted products. Guo Zhe is like a dream. Because of this, after explaining a series of tasks, Guo Zhe just arrived at the factory department of Zhujiang Factory from the Ferroalloy Factory. It was to report to Wen Dawei the recent specific situation of ferroalloy rare earth refining, and the second and most important thing was to suggest to Wen Dawei that the ferroalloy factory should be officially renamed as rare earth refinery.

As a result, it has completely transformed from the extensive ferroalloy processing business to the high-end rare earth refining and processing business.

Wen Dawei and Epstein had been talking on the phone for two hours. It wasn't that Wen Dawei was good at talking, but Epstein's mouth was chattering like a machine gun.

After all, it was his overseas distributor, although Wen Dawei was impatient, he still endured it.

But in the end, he couldn't stand Epstein's longing for his dream, and Wen Dawei interrupted the conversation on the grounds that he needed to deal with other matters, so he found time to meet Guo Zhe, but seeing that it was already lunch time, he decided to Taking Guo Zhe to the cafeteria of the factory, the two each ordered a meal, sat opposite each other, ate and chatted.

"Chef Lin is in charge today. He is an old chef from the old Lidong factory. He cooked for the chief in the past. His skills are very good, especially the pickled fish, which will definitely leave you with endless aftertaste!"

As soon as he sat down, Wen Dawei began to talk about today's dishes, which made Guo Zhe, who seldom reported to Wen Dawei, relieved a lot of his nervousness.

There is no way, I came here to find Wen Dawei over and over again, either to appeal or to be willing. If it were other leaders, I would have been tired of his stubbornness, let alone Wen Dawei who had ascended to a high position at a young age and created a series of Miracle leadership?
Because of this, Guo Zhe felt a little uneasy about this report, wondering whether the plan of completely transforming ferroalloys to rare earth refining would be approved by Wen Dawei.

"I've seen your transformation plan, and it's generally pretty good, but there are a few questions, have you thought about it with Ferroalloy?"

Wen Dawei ate a mouthful of delicious authentic Laotan sauerkraut, and Guo Zhe asked immediately, "What's the problem?"

"What about the smelting equipment you spent a lot of money on ferroalloy? I have seen it. According to the conditions at that time, it was given to you according to the steelmaking standards. It would be a pity to give up this!"

Wen Dawei is right. At that time, the Zhujiang Ferroalloy Factory, which was built by Zhujiang with all the strength of the locality, did give a very high configuration. However, the quality of the local iron ore was mediocre, and coupled with the lack of coke smelting fuel, it could only produce relatively high-quality iron ore. Low end cast iron.

"We have also thought about this, but firstly, the grade of iron ore in the surrounding area is not high, and secondly, there is a lack of high-quality coke needed for steelmaking. Although the cast iron produced is good, it is not as valuable as rare earth refining. Metal, so we think we should put aside the cast iron business first." Guo Zhe was also very sincere, expressing his thoughts on ferroalloy.

Wen Dawei nodded: "Forget about cast iron. It can be put down, but it can be converted into steelmaking. Iron ore and coke can't be imported. Zhujiang Port is about to be built, and the problem of raw materials can still be solved!"

"In...Import?" Hearing Wen Dawei's words, Guo Zhe was taken aback: "Then the cost must be doubled?"

It is an indisputable fact that imported products are more expensive than domestic products, so Guo Zhe is worried that if he really wants to do this, the cost and price of steel produced by the ferroalloy factory will be inverted, and he will be dragged down in the end.

Wen Dawei did not deny it, but he took a mouthful of shredded potatoes and stuffed them into his mouth contentedly, and said after swallowing: "Actually, the cost of your rare earth refining is not low, at least it is cheaper than that of domestic rare earth manufacturers. The cost is 6 percentage points higher, and it is nearly 2 percentage points higher than the refined rare earth of the American Molybdenum Industry. It can be said that there is no advantage, but you have created a huge profit of 450 million US dollars, why?"

"This one……"

Guo Zhe really couldn't answer for a while. Their ferroalloy used the oxidation roasting-rare earth smelting process developed by the second research group - dilute sulfuric acid invasion.

Through oxidative roasting, dilute sulfuric acid invasion, adding sodium sulfate double salt precipitation, after separation, through the transformation of alkali and salt, the oxides of lanthanum, cerium and dysprosium are finally separated.

It is a typical wet rare earth refining process.

Although compared with the complex electric furnace smelting process as a whole, the wet process looks simple and the operation is not complicated, but the overall equipment and supporting chemical solutions are not cheap at all, and this has also led to ferroalloy plants in the rare earth industry. The reason why the cost of refining is higher than that of rare earth smelters in the north.

If not, Guo Zhe would not have been so worried before. No matter how poor ductile iron is, there are still cost and price advantages. The ex-factory price of refined rare earth is higher than the retail price of others, and there is no competitiveness at all. How to play?

But as a result, the refined rare earth was not only exported, but also made a lot of profit, which made Guo Zhe amazed, and he also got some knowledge, so he tentatively said:

"Is this the high value-added industrial chain that Assistant Wen often talks about? Although the cost of our refined rare earths is high, the high premium of the product will be diluted by placing it on brushless DC motors with higher added value. What you said The same goes for steel, if I'm wrong, you want ferroalloy steel for shipbuilding?"

Wen Dawei laughed: "Right!"

(End of this chapter)