Vol 2 Chapter 579: Who is more short-sighted than anyone else

Japan.
In the big conference room of Chunshan Magnetic Materials Co., Ltd., there was a joke, and a celebration party was held successfully for the mass production of ferroalloy permanent magnet materials. President Miyagawa is standing at the end of the conference table, bowing continuously to those who have made significant contributions. How can those subordinates dare to accept such etiquette and bow back in a larger manner one by one. A group of people in the conference room, like the aunts who danced square dances in the future, repeated the zombie-like bowing movements.
"Hirano Jun, we were able to seize the new ferroalloy technology in a timely manner. Your credit is the greatest. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you on behalf of the board of directors." Miyagawa Masato, head of technology, said.
Hirano Masao hastily said, "President, you are so kind. This is the result of your wise decision. My contribution is insignificant."
"Chang Youjun, thank you for your outstanding contribution in the purchase of thorium oxide and thallium oxide. Your outstanding work has made our company's operations no longer subject to the influence of rare earth price fluctuations and gained the initiative in the market." Miyagawa bowed to the head of the purchasing department, Mr. Yong Yongxuan, and thanked him.
"This is all I should do." Nagatomo Yongji stood up and returned with a look of pride on his face.
Miyagawa then thanked the heads of the production and sales departments, and hinted that everyone would receive a special bonus at the end of the year. As a result, everyone's mood was even higher, and their heads were like Chicken pecking rice. Several of the heads were already bald and swollen, and when they shook like a searchlight, they felt quite beautiful.
After giving his thanks, Miyagawa is now delivering a long speech:
"The Chinese lack technological foresight. They fortunately discovered a promising permanent magnet material such as samarium ferroalloy. But they did not realize the value of this material. In the past two years, they have not Fully invested in research and development, but satisfied to digest the NdFeB technology exchanged from us in the past. Using this time, we have completely studied the performance and production process of the samarium iron alloy, and successfully achieved mass production.
After the tireless efforts of the sales team led by Okazaki Jun. We have made more than 70 of the world ’s leading permanent magnetic material users realize the value of samarium ferroalloy materials. At present, we have signed 35 purchase intents with us. The total amount of intent is ... "
With that said, Miyagawa turned his head to Saburo Okazaki, the sales director. Okazaki quickly got up and responded, "President, as of this morning. The total amount of intentional purchase of ferromagnetic magnetic materials is US $ 270 million. , Which is equivalent to about 22 billion yen. According to our estimates, this is only a preliminary sales result, because users are not completely confident about the performance of samarium ferroalloys, after their trial. The purchase amount should increase at least 3 times. "
"This is a very remarkable sales achievement," concludes Miyagawa. "According to the joint forecast of the technical department and the sales department, although the price of samarium-iron alloy is higher than that of neodymium-iron-boron, due to its excellent performance, it is bound to be comprehensive. Substitute neodymium iron boron and become the new mainstream permanent magnetic material. At present, our Chunshan club has an absolute leading edge in this field. This market with annual sales of no less than 1 billion US dollars must belong to us. The earliest of China Daqin Group Invented thorium-iron alloy materials. But they are still immersed in the joy of selling tens of millions of dollars of neodymium-iron-boron materials every year. "
"Hahahaha!" The crowd laughed together, and several executives even stood up directly from their seats, twisting their obese bodies and dancing unknown Japanese dances. The Japanese character looks very restrained on the surface. But when he got crazy, he was extremely exaggerated. Maybe it is because they are usually too depressed, so once they have a chance to let go, they will double up.
In the midst of a tumult, Hirano Masao suddenly felt a slight vibration from the pager stuck on his belt. He glanced down and his face changed slightly. Quickly got up and walked a few steps, came to Miyagawa's side. Leaning down and whispering, "President, our laboratory calls me. There may be an emergency, and I must leave the meeting for a while."
This kind of meeting chaired by the president, if there are no special circumstances, the subordinates are afraid to be absent casually and leave midway. Since Hirano Masao has proposed to leave the meeting, it is naturally important. This is exactly what Miyagawa can do. Understand. He nodded and said, "You go first."
Hirano Masao left the venue and was waiting to rush to the laboratory, but saw assistant Nakagawa Motohisa standing outside the venue and waiting for him. With a publication in his hands, Nakagawa Motohisa was full of eager expression. When he saw Hirano stepping out, he stepped forward and shouted, "Hirano, bad, something serious! "
"What is it?" Sadao Hirano frowned. He can see that Nakagawa Motohisa is holding a "Journal of Magnetic Materials" in his hand, not something like an experimental report, that is, Nakagawa Motohisa called him out of the venue, just wanted him to read an article Academic papers, which annoyed him quite a bit. How important is it to read the dissertation, can't you wait until after the meeting?
"Hirano Jun, if you look at this article, I believe that after reading it, you will understand what is going on." Nakagawa Motohisa opened the magazine to a certain page and handed it to Hirano Masao.
Hirano took it impatiently and glanced casually at the title on that page: "Preparation and Performance Analysis of Cerium-based Rare Earth Permanent Magnets." He didn't respond for a moment, and muttered, "Isn't it just the performance analysis of rare earth permanent magnet materials, what's your fuss about it? Ce-based ... what, cerium-based!"
When the word "cerium-based" was read out again, Hirano Masao just felt that there was a flash of light in his mind, and he couldn't help fighting a chill. He has made rare earth permanent magnet materials for many years, so the concept of rare earth is very familiar to him, not enough to cause him excitement. However, the word "cerium-based" is completely different because he understands too much what it means to make rare earth permanent magnet materials based on cerium.
Rare earth is a collective name for a series of metal elements. As the same, the accumulation of different elements on the surface is different, and the difficulty of mining is also very different, which determines that the prices of different rare earths may be vastly different. Among the earliest neodymium-iron-boron materials developed by Chunshan Company, the most important element is rare earth neodymium, which is a rare earth element with a medium price. Later, Daqin Group and Chunshan Company exchanged the formula of samarium-iron alloy. This new type of permanent magnetic material needs rare earth samarium and samarium, which are two relatively expensive elements.
Since thorium and thorium are mainly produced from ion-adsorbed rare earth minerals, which are unique to the hilly and mountainous regions of southern China, the prices and market supply of these two elements are completely controlled by the Chinese. After transferring the formula of hafnium alloy to Chunshan Company, Daqin Group, which monopolized the mining and trade of heavy rare earths in China, started the flat price, increased the prices of hafnium oxide and hafnium oxide by hundreds of times, and caused Chunshan Company to bear a huge financial burden. .
Through the Rare Earth for Steel Agreement, Chunshan Company purchased a sufficient amount of thorium oxide and thorium oxide from Daqin Group. It thought that it could no longer be constrained by the resources of the Chinese and let it go. Earn your own shortfalls. But if the concept of cerium-based materials really came out, it would be enough to push Chunshan Company into the abyss at once.
Cerium is the cheapest of all rare earth elements. Even before Qin Hai raised the price of heavy rare earths in general, the prices of cerium and thorium in the international market were more than 50 times different. One in the sky is underground. At present, the price of one kilogram of thorium oxide on the market can almost buy several tons of cerium oxide.
If cerium can also be used to produce permanent magnet materials, even if the performance is worse than neodymium-iron-boron and samarium-iron alloys, its absolute price advantage will also make the latter two materials face disaster.
"When is this article, who is the author?" Hirano asked aloud, at this point he was completely confused, and looked down at the magazine issue and the author name was forgotten.
"This is a magazine just published. The author of this article is ... Sun Yuzhi." Nakagawa Motohisa said bitterly.
"Sun Yuzhi ..." Hirano Sadao said for a moment, "Isn't he studying ferroalloys? How could ..."
Having said that ~ EbookFREE.me ~ a terrible conjecture emerged from his mind. Instead of continuing to say it, he hurried through the article, from the clear analysis and sufficient data proof. He confirmed his conjecture that the Chinese have been mastering this technology for a long time. This is not an article introducing a new discovery, but an article that fully describes the properties of materials and the methods of material preparation.
"Have you inquired about the patent application of cerium-based materials?" Hirano Masao asked Nakagawa Motohisa.
"Yes." Nakagawa Motohisa and Sadao Hirano have also worked together for many years. They only need one sentence to understand each other's thoughts. He nodded and said, "I saw this article and called immediately. The Japan Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office said that they have received Chinese patent applications for cerium-based permanent magnet materials, and China Daqin Group submitted 25 applications at one time. "
"I see, I understand all." Hirano Masao just felt dizzy, and the joy in the meeting room just disappeared. Where is the short-sightedness of the Daqin Group? The reason they did not invest in samarium ferroalloys is that they have long mastered alternative technologies. As soon as this technology came out, samarium ferroalloys were completely swept into the historical trash can. (To be continued)