Although there are still differences in the city on the planning of the large iron and steel industrial park, there has been a consensus on the planning of the first phase of the Tianjiang iron and steel industrial base, and the relevant work has been advancing.

The first batch of funds was quickly disbursed, and the first phase of the base was built according to the plan, including electricity, water and roads, etc., and the first phase of the Xinpu Steel Long Process Steelmaking Project, ThyssenKrupp's galvanized sheet project, Pohang's stainless steel project, and Abed's seamless steel pipe project also started the construction of the plant at the same time.

In addition to these basic construction projects, one of the key projects of the park is the iron ore terminal supporting the new Pugang Steel.

When choosing the location of the park, the need for iron ore transportation was taken into account, so Shabang Town was chosen. There is a fishing port in Shabang, also known as Shabang Port, the bay where the fishing port is located is called Shabang Bay, the conditions of the Tianjiang channel on the outer edge of Shabang Bay are not bad, because it is located at the mouth of the Tianjiang River, the conditions of the main channel are actually better than the conditions of Gaoqiao Port, with the channel conditions of 15 meters of water depth, but the shoreline conditions are similar to those of Gaoqiao Port, there is more sediment accumulation near the shore, the water depth of 100 meters offshore is only about 10 meters, and the water depth of about 1,000 meters offshore barely reaches the water depth of 15 meters, and the area suitable for building a port is not very large, so when the port was first considered, Shabang Bay was not included in the scope of consideration。

The shoreline conditions of Shabang Town obviously cannot meet the direct berthing of large ore ships, and there are two plans for the construction of ore terminals, one is through other ports for transit, such as the construction of special iron ore wharves in the outlying islands for transit, Bao Feiyang remembers that the later generations of Pudong Iron and Steel did just that, they built a special iron ore port in Majishan, specializing in the transit of iron ore, with an annual throughput of 50 million tons, more than many large ports.

Another option is to dredge the channel and the port area, because it is not far from the main channel with a water depth of more than 15 meters, and it is not difficult to reach the maximum water depth of 15 meters in the near-shore port area after dredging. Of course, in order to prevent sediment accumulation in the future, regular dredging will also be required in the future, but this is not a big problem.

The reason why Shabang failed to become an alternative to the new port area of Pujiang Port is mainly because it is located at the mouth of the Tianjiang River, the wind and waves are relatively large, unlike the inland port, as long as there is a shoreline, berths can be built, and Shabang Port is closer to the requirements of the harbor, that is, to avoid wind and waves, there is a sandbar on the outside of the shoreline of Shabang Port, forming a natural anti-wave and harbor, which is suitable for building a port, and outside Shabang Bay, there are no such good conditions.

It is difficult to build a large port in Shabang Bay, but it is not a problem to meet the logistics distribution of the steel park, and the entire Shabang Bay is comprehensively and reasonably developed, and it is not a problem for the bulk cargo throughput to exceed 100 million tons in the future.

After all, the construction of a port is not enough to have a wharf berth, but also to have a supporting railway, highway system, port yard, In contrast, although the channel conditions of the new Gaoqiao port area are not as good as those of Shabang Bay, the shoreline conditions are much better, and the number of berths that can be built and the port coastline are several times more than that of Shabang Bay, so the previous plan of Pujiang Port has always been to build Gaoqiao New Port.

Professional things should be handed over to professional people to do, the plan of Shabang Bay Port Terminal was tendered, and finally won the bid by the Architectural Design Institute of Tongqi University, the Department of Architecture of Tongqi University is very strong, and also has rich experience in port design, Gaoqiao Port and many ports along the Tianjiang River They have been responsible for or participated in the design and construction.

"For the design and construction of the iron ore wharf in Shabang Bay, the design standard must be high......"

At the design meeting, Bao Feiyang told the design team of Tongqi University Design Institute that the design institute attaches great importance to this project and sent a vice president in charge of port architectural design to lead the team, including almost all the elites of Tongqi University Design Institute in this regard.

"As we all know, China has become the world's largest steel producer for four consecutive years, producing more than 100 million tons of crude steel every year, last year the country consumed more than 250 million tons of iron ore, and less than 200 million tons of iron ore mined in China, and imported iron ore reached more than 50 million tons that year, it is foreseeable that with the development of the domestic economy, our steel production scale will be further expanded, the future to reach one billion tons is not a problem, and our consumption of iron ore will naturally increase, although China's iron ore production will also increase, but in fact, limited by iron ore resources, the growth space of domestic iron ore production is limitedThis means that a large part of the iron ore consumed by the increase in our steel production in the future will be obtained through imports......"

The members of the design team of Tongqi University are basically elites, in addition to a deputy dean is a professor, there is an associate professor in the team, a doctoral student, and a master's student. Now the domestic steel production of 100 million tons, need to consume 250 million tons of iron ore, if the steel output really reaches 1 billion tons, then it will consume 2.5 billion tons of iron ore, oh, is to consume 2.5 billion tons of iron ore every year, if the incremental part has to rely on imports, that is 2.25 billion tons of iron ore, plus 50 million tons to be imported now, that is to say, we need to import 2.3 billion tons of iron ore every year?"

Others were also shocked, 2.3 billion tons, although the specific data is not clear, but in this era, 100 million tons of large ports are not common, 2.3 billion tons...... The total amount of goods imported each year is probably not so much!

Professor Chen Yusheng, vice president of the design institute, shook his head with a smile: "This is just an estimate, there are many uncertain factors, such as a tenfold increase in steel production, and the goal of reaching one billion tons seems to be far away, I don't say whether it can be reached, even if it is to be achieved, I am afraid it will take a long time." ”

The associate professor also smiled and said: "I also agree with the prediction of the head of Bao District on the domestic economic prospects, with the development of our economic national strength, it is not impossible to increase steel production tenfold compared with now." There is no limit to economic growth, but the steel industry may not be, just like President Chen just said, it may take a long time for simple growth, and before that, even if steel does not find a replacement, our economy may have to upgrade and no longer rely on the steel industry!"

Bao Feiyang smiled, what these two senior intellectuals said was already very face-saving for him, after all, he was the head of Huixun District, or the financier of the design institute, otherwise, Bao Feiyang really didn't know if they would point at his nose and scold him for talking nonsense, after all, the output of one billion tons of steel is really too amazing.

In fact, less than 20 years later, Huaguo has reached such a level.

"Domestic steel production reaches one billion tons, that is, more than ten years, less than twenty years!" Bao Feiyang said: "Science and technology are advancing, many uses of steel will indeed be constantly replaced, but the development of the economy and demand will only be faster, after all, there are more than 20 developed countries in the world, most of the region, the vast majority of people have not yet enjoyed the life of the developed world, so the future demand will be very amazing." ”

"However, what Liu Ziyan said just now is not right, you may not know much about the steel industry, China is a developing country, the original industrial base is relatively weak, we now have a year of steel production, equivalent to the reform and opening up, 30 years of total output, or even exceed. However, for the statistics of steel production, we usually have two data, one is crude steel production and the other is steel production, these two data are different!"

"What is the difference between crude steel output and steel production? Shouldn't crude steel be processed into steel, is there still a loss in the process of processing?" asked Liu Ziyan curiously.

Bao Feiyang shook his head: "Of course not, crude steel does have to be processed into steel, but steel is not necessarily processed from crude steel, such as our Xinpu Steel's long-process steelmaking project, why do ......you want to say that it is a long-process steelmaking project?

"Is there a difference between a long process and a short process? Is it that the technology of short-process steelmaking is more advanced?" asked Liu Ziyan, who is engaged in architectural design and really does not know much about the situation in the steel industry.

Bao Feiyang shook his head: "It's not a matter of whether the technology is advanced or not, but two different processes. Long-process steelmaking is what we do now, starting with iron ore, first iron-making, and then steel-making, while short-process steelmaking is different, short-process steelmaking does not use iron ore, they use scrap iron and scrap steel. ”

Bao Feiyang said: "Why are developed countries making more short-process steelmaking, because their steel industry has a history of hundreds of years, the United States as early as 1953, crude steel production exceeded 100 million tons, as early as the last century reached 10 million tons, and in the twenties of this century exceeded 50 million tons, you can imagine how much steel the United States has produced after a century of accumulation." And these steel used for a long time, it needs to be scrapped, so Americans prefer to use scrap steel melted and re-steel, not only environmental protection, but also the cost per ton of steel is lower, at present, in addition to the domestic, the iron-to-steel ratio is roughly about 0.6, which means that about forty percent of the steel is obtained through a short process of steelmaking, and the United States is as high as 50 percent......"