Chapter five hundred and seventy-ninth who is more short-sighted than who
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In the large conference room of Chunshan Magnetic Materials Co., Ltd., there was a lot of laughter and laughter, and a celebration party for the successful mass production of dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy permanent magnet materials was being held. President Miyagawa was standing at one end of the conference table, constantly making significant contributions to
hand
The subordinates bowed. How could those subordinates dare to accept such etiquette, and bowed in return with a larger bow one by one. The people in the conference room were like the aunts who danced square dances in later generations, constantly repeating zombie-like
Bowing action.
"Mr. Hirano, you are the greatest contributor to our ability to seize the new technology of dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy in time. On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you." Masakawa Miyagawa said to the technical leader, Sadao Hirano.
Hirano Sadao said quickly: "President, you are too polite. This is all the result of your wise decision. My contribution is insignificant."
"Changyoujun, thank you for your outstanding contribution in the procurement of dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide. Your outstanding work has enabled our company's operations to no longer be affected by the fluctuations in rare earth prices and gained the initiative in the market."
Miyagawa Masaru bowed and thanked the Minister of Procurement, Nagatomo Nagatsuki.
"This is what I should do." Nagatomo Nagaji stood up and returned the greeting, with a proud expression on his face.
Miyagawa then expressed his gratitude to the heads of production, sales and other departments, and hinted that everyone will receive a special bonus at the end of the year. In this way, everyone's emotions became even higher, and their heads nodded.
They were like chickens pecking at rice. Some of them were so bald on top of their heads that they looked like searchlights swaying when they swayed, which made them look quite beautiful.
After delivering his speech of thanks, Miyagawa began to deliver a long speech:
"The Chinese lack technological foresight. They were lucky enough to discover a promising permanent magnet material like dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy, but they did not realize the value of this material. In the past two years, they have not paid attention to dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy.
We have fully invested in R&D. Instead, we are content to digest the NdFeB technology exchanged from us. Using this time, we completed the research on the properties and production process of Dysprosium-Terbium-Fe alloy and successfully achieved mass production.
Through the unremitting efforts of the sales team led by Okazaki-kun, we have made more than 70 major users of permanent magnet materials around the world realize the value of dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy materials. Currently, 35 companies have signed purchasing intentions with us.
The total intended amount is..."
At this point, Miyagawa turned his head and glanced at Sales Director Saburo Okazaki. Saburo Okazaki quickly stood up and responded: "President, as of this morning, the total intended purchase amount for dysprosium and terbium ferroalloy magnetic materials is US$270 million.
, which is approximately equivalent to 22 billion yen. According to our estimates, this is only a preliminary sales result, because users are not completely convinced about the performance of dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy. After they try it out, the purchase amount should increase by at least three times."
"This is a very remarkable sales result." Masa Miyagawa concluded. "According to the joint predictions of the technical department and the sales department, although the price of dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy is higher than that of neodymium-iron-boron, due to its excellent performance, it will be able to fully
Replace NdFeB and become the new mainstream permanent magnet material. At present, our Chunshan
The company 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. China's Daqin Group was the first to invent the dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy material, but they are still obsessed with annual sales.
I am in the joy of tens of millions of dollars of NdFeB materials.”
"Hahahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter. Several executives even stood up from their seats, twisted their fat bodies and danced an unknown Japanese dance. On the surface, Japanese people's personalities appear to be very reserved.
But when they are crazy, they are extremely exaggerated. Perhaps it is because they are too repressed at ordinary times, so once they have the opportunity to let go, they will be even more public.
In the midst of the commotion, Hirano Sadao suddenly felt a slight vibration from the pager stuck on his belt. He glanced down and his face changed slightly. He quickly stood up and walked a few steps to Miyagawa Masa's side.
He leaned down and whispered: "President, our laboratory is calling me. There may be an emergency. I have to leave the meeting temporarily to take a look."
In this kind of meeting chaired by the president, unless there are special circumstances, subordinates would not dare to absent themselves or leave in the middle of the meeting. Since Hirano Sadao asked to leave the meeting, it is natural that there is something urgent. This is exactly what Miyagawa can do.
Understood. He nodded and said, "You go ahead."
Hirano Sadao left the venue and was about to rush to the laboratory when he saw his assistant Nakagawa Motohisa standing outside the venue waiting for him. Nakagawa Motohisa was holding a magazine in his hand with an eager look on his face. When he saw Hirano
When Sadao came out, he strode forward to greet him and shouted: "Hirano-kun, it's bad, something big has happened!"
"What's the matter?" Hirano Sadao frowned. He could tell that what Motohisa Nakagawa was holding was a "Journal of Magnetic Materials" in his hand, not an experimental report or something like that. In other words, Motohisa Nakagawa asked him
He was called out from the meeting just to ask him to read an academic paper, which made him quite annoyed. How important could it be to read the paper? Can't we wait until the meeting is over?
"Hirano-kun, please read 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 Sadao.
Hirano Sadao impatiently took the magazine and glanced at the title on the page casually: "Preparation and Performance Analysis of Cerium-Based Rare Earth Permanent Magnetic Materials". He did not react for a moment and muttered: "No.
Is it just the performance analysis of rare earth permanent magnet materials? What is it worth making you fuss over? Cerium-based...what, cerium-based!"
When he read the word "cerium-based" again, Hirano Sadao felt a flash of inspiration in his mind and couldn't help but shudder. He has been working on rare earth permanent magnet materials for many years, so the concept of rare earth is very important to him.
It was very familiar and not enough to arouse his excitement. However, the word "cerium-based" was completely different, because he understood very well what it meant to use cerium as a basic element to prepare rare earth permanent magnet materials.
Rare earth is a collective name for a series of metal elements. They are both rare earths. Different elements accumulate in different amounts on the earth's surface, and the difficulty of mining is also very different. This determines that the prices of different rare earths may be very different. Spring Mountain Company was the first to develop
Among the NdFeB materials that have come out, the most
The main 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 dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy. This new type of permanent magnet material requires the use of rare earth dysprosium and terbium.
These are two relatively expensive elements.
Since dysprosium and terbium are mainly produced from ion-adsorbed rare earth minerals, which are unique to the hilly and mountainous areas of southern China, the prices and market supply of these two elements are completely controlled by the Chinese. In the case of dysprosium and terbium
iron combination
After the gold formula was transferred to the Spring Mountain Company, the Daqin Group, which monopolized the mining and trade of heavy rare earths in China, raised prices flat and increased the prices of dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide hundreds of times, placing a huge financial burden on the Spring Mountain Company.
Through the rare earth exchange for steel agreement, Chunshan Company purchased a sufficient amount of dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide from Daqin Group. It thought that it would no longer be constrained by the Chinese resources and go all out to dominate the new permanent magnet material market.
You can make back your losses. But if the concept of cerium-based materials really comes out, it will be enough to push Chunshan Company into the abyss.
Cerium is the cheapest of all rare earth elements. Even before Qin Hai comprehensively raised the price of heavy rare earths, the price difference between cerium and dysprosium in the international market was more than 50 times. After that, the prices of the two were even more similar.
There is one in the sky and one in the ground. Currently, the price of one kilogram of dysprosium oxide on the market can almost buy several tons of cerium oxide.
If permanent magnet materials can be made using cerium, even if the performance is worse than that of neodymium iron boron and dysprosium terbium iron alloy, its absolute price advantage will put the latter two materials at risk.
"When was this article published? Who is the author?" Hirano Sadao asked loudly. He was completely confused at this time. He even looked down at the magazine issue and forgot the author's name.
"This is a magazine that just came out. The author of this article is... Sun Yuzhi." Nakagawa Motojiu said with a bitter face.
"Sun Yuzhi..." Hirano Sadao was stunned, "Isn't he studying dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy? How could he..."
At this point, a very scary conjecture emerged in his mind. He did not continue, but hurriedly flipped through the article. From the clear analysis and sufficient data proof, he confirmed his conjecture.
My guess is that the Chinese have mastered this technology for a long time. This is not an article introducing a new discovery, but an article that fully explains the material properties and material preparation methods.
"Have you ever inquired about the patent application status of cerium-based materials?" Hirano Sadao asked Nakagawa Motohisa.
"Yes." Nakagawa Motohisa and Hirano Sadao have also worked together for many years. They can understand each other's thoughts with just one sentence. He nodded and said: "After I saw this article, I called and asked immediately.
The Japan Patent Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office both said they have received Chinese patent applications for cerium-based permanent magnet materials, and China Daqin Group submitted 25 patent applications at one time."
"I understand, I understand everything." Hirano Sadao felt dizzy, and the joy he had just felt in the venue suddenly disappeared. Daqin Group is so short-sighted that it is the reason why they do not invest in dysprosium and terbium ferroalloys.
, because they have already mastered alternative technology. As soon as this technology came out, dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy was completely swept into the trash can of history. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!