"Big brother, I know that you only have 500,000 tons of coal-to-methanol in your mind now, and I also know your thoughts, coal-to-methanol is of great significance to solve coal coking, and it also extends the industrial chain of your Huarong Group, which is also a great opportunity for Lieshan County, but ......" Lei Zhihu sighed, "The scale of investment is too large, I know the situation of your Huarong Group, the investment of 200,000 tons of coal-to-methanol is eight to one billion, and 500,000 tons is at least more than 1.5 billion, right?" Where does the investment come from, you Huarong Group can come up with 100 million yuan, and the rest relies on bank loans? Unrealistic. ”

This is also the biggest problem that plagues Lei Zhilong, although Huarong Group is a state-owned holding, but the Songzhou Municipal Government and the Lieshan County Government have made it clear that it is impossible to provide support for Huarong Group in the form of financial funds or guarantees, that is to say, Hualang Group wants to engage in this coal-to-methanol project, not to mention 500,000 tons, that is, 200,000 tons can not be started, with Huarong Group's asset loans, it is against the sky to be able to borrow 300 million to 500 million, and it will be divided into several installments, where does so much money come from? Looking for a partner, who will come?

If calculated according to the scale of 500,000 tons, Lei Zhilong estimates that he will have to invest about 1600 million, that is to say, at least 8 to 100 million yuan of investment will be absorbed before it can be done, where does the investment of 1 billion come from?

Seeing that Lei Zhilong was silent, Lei Zhihu didn't want to hit his brother too much, "Big brother, if you really want to engage in this project, I'm afraid you have to find a few more partners, I don't think you can talk about the province." Even if it is the whole country, except for those large state-owned enterprises, there are only a handful of people who can invest one billion, but you give up the initiative of the project to large state-owned enterprises, I am afraid that you are also unwilling, right? ”

"Secretary Lu helped me contact the Pumei Group, and they are still more interested, but the funds are still too far behind, even if the Pumei Group is willing to take shares, it is still far away. I have also contacted the Qingmei Group. They haven't heard back yet. Lei Zhilong sighed, "We all know that the profit of coal-to-methanol in Ludao is promising, but there are no projects of more than 500,000 tons in the country, all of them are 200,000 tons." That's it. We'll get a head start. It's this scale of investment that makes people shy away, and you have to find a financier. ”

Lei Zhihu's gaze flowed, "Brother." You didn't come to me today to beat me, did you? ”

"Hit your idea, do you have any money?" Lei Zhilong was dismissive.

"Hehe, of course I don't mean me personally, I'm wondering if you have the idea of fighting Boss Huada Steel Lei again?" Lei Zhihu seemed to be smiling.

"What's not to do? Our coal is also being sold to them, which is a cooperative relationship in itself, and it is a happy thing for everyone to be able to work more closely. Lei Zhilong crossed his arms, "As the secretary of the county party committee, what is the relationship between you and the radar?" ”

"How's the relationship? It is a normal working relationship, he is a private boss, invested in Suqiao, I am the secretary of the county party committee, serving the development of enterprises in the county, it is as simple as that, of course, a better personal relationship has been formed in the work, which is a fact. Lei Zhihu said with a smile: "But this kind of thing, I don't think my role is better than yours, and from the perspective of my duties, I can't support the enterprises in my jurisdiction to invest in your Lieshan." ”

"Are you narrow-minded to this extent? How did you become the secretary of the county party committee? Lei Zhilong disagreed, "But I don't know what the radar thinks, Huada Steel is on fire now, I'm afraid he doesn't have the interest in mixing it with coal-to-methanol." ”

"You can't say that, businessmen, in business, as long as there is enough profit, no one will refuse to send a good thing to the door." Lei Zhihu disagrees with Lei Zhilong's point of view, "The key is that you are convincing enough to convince others, and this is the key." What's more, Huada Steel is not a radar alone, he is also a few partners to get up, Shenghua Group's He Keng, is also an important partner of radar, the two have been friends for many years, both of them have enough strength in vision and capital, if you are really interested in finding them, you might as well take the initiative to make an appointment, well, as far as I know, Secretary Lu and these two have a relationship for many years, and the impact on them is also very great, before that, you might as well talk to Secretary Lu first, see his opinion. ”

Lei Zhilong hesitated, "Secretary Lu helped us coordinate and contact the Pumei Group, and did not mention Huada, do you also think it is ......?" ”

"Big brother, if even you don't have confidence in the prospects of this project, then it's really better not to do it, if you are really confident, then why don't you dare to bring it up to Secretary Lu? Are you afraid that this project will really lose in the future, and you can't live with Secretary Lu or what? Radar and He Keng They are not fools, nor will they be impulsive, let alone because they have a good relationship with Secretary Lu, they will throw real money into the water, what you propose, they also have to invite professionals to analyze and evaluate, that is an investment of hundreds of millions, it is not good to make the professional appraisal team invited by people more professional than the people invited by your Huarong Group, and the conclusions drawn are more accurate. ”

Lei Zhihu's words lifted Lei Zhilong's spirits and laughed, "That's right, even I don't have confidence in myself, how can I convince others to believe it?" Okay, that's it, I'll go to Secretary Lu to talk to him first, although he is not in our business, I think he is better than anyone else in terms of perceiving the general trend, I would like to know his views on the prospects of the coal chemical industry. ”

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Lu Weimin didn't expect that he really took on such a job.

Lu Weimin remembers that the coal-to-methanol industry will not really flourish in China until 2004, especially in Shanxi, Henan and Inner Mongolia, which are the main raw coal producing areas.

With the further increase in coal mining, but the cost of natural gas to methanol remains high, the demand for methanol is also increasing because of the increasingly strict domestic unleaded gasoline standards, the demand for methanol is also increasing, and the price of methanol is maintained at a relatively high price, and the coal-to-methanol industry is rapidly booming.

In some places, it was even clear that new coal mines must be equipped with coal-to-methanol projects, which shows the popularity of the coal-to-methanol industry at that time.

To be honest, the scale of the Lieshan Coal Mine is not large, and in the future, when the threshold for the scale of the coal mine is increasing day by day, the Lieshan Coal Mine that has completed the second phase of the transformation will only have a production capacity of 3 million tons, which is far from being comparable with the coal mines in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi Province, which will have a production capacity of 10 million tons in the future.

However, the reserves of Lieshan Coal Mine also have more than 200 million tons, and it can be regarded as a relatively large coal mine in Changjiang, which is not as good as Qingxi Coal Mine and Puming Coal Mine, but it is not inferior to Guqing Coal Mine in Fengzhou and Coal Mine in Liyang.

In fact, Changjiang's coal mines are mainly concentrated in these areas, which are not worth mentioning compared to the major coal-producing provinces in the north, but they have the great advantage of being close to the main coal-consuming areas.

Therefore, for Lieshan, the advantages of coal-to-methanol are also obvious, that is, it is close to the main consumption area, and the eastern Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Fujian regions are all energy and mineral deficiency areas, but it is the main consumption area, once the Lieshan coal-to-methanol project is completed, the advantages of its proximity to the main consumption area are quickly highlighted, whether it is railway or waterway or road transportation, it can be extremely convenient to import to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Fujian provinces and cities.

Lieshan Coal Mine has reserves of more than 200 million tons, and even if Lieshan Coal Mine continues to expand its production capacity in the future and reach an annual production capacity of Wu Baiwan or even 8 million tons, it can ensure a stable mining period of more than 20 years.

No one can say what will become of it in 20 years, but once this coal-to-methanol project is completed, the effect is obvious, especially Lei Zhilong proposed a scale of 500,000 tons instead of the current 200,000 tons.

The market situation of methanol Lu Weimin is not too worried, because unleaded gasoline clean gasoline is a general trend, no one can reverse, this alone makes a major downstream product of methanol - MTBE demand will have a long-term growth trend, and the demand for formaldehyde and dimethyl ether is also showing a growth momentum, in fact, this is a reason, a normal reaction in the state of economic prosperity.

At present, 200,000 tons of coal-to-methanol is a node, at this node, profitability should be guaranteed, the higher the up, the larger the scale, the higher the profit margin, and down, the lower the profit margin, and even the price of coal to determine whether it is profitable.

500,000 tons of coal-to-methanol can only be regarded as a medium-sized project in the world, but in the current domestic market, it is definitely a large-scale project, with an investment of more than 1 billion, Lei Zhilong's ambition surprised Lu Weimin.

Only this one project, once completed, can be so that Lieshan is now only only only five or six billion output value several times, more importantly, once the coal-to-methanol project is completed, the future methanol downstream industry projects can also be taken into account, methanol is an extremely important organic chemical raw material, its downstream products formaldehyde, acetic acid, MTBE, methylamine and dimethyl ether and so on have a wide range of uses, the market prospect is quite broad, especially with the development of real estate, building materials industry, the demand for these products is also expanding, This also provides a prospect for Lieshan to further expand the industrial chain in the future.

In view of this, Lu Weimin also has to work hard to be a good lobbyist. (To be continued......)