On this trip, because Zhong Bai did not reveal that he was seconded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences to engage in rare earth work, on the surface, it only made Geng Dali think that he was here on a business trip to do private business, so there is absolutely no problem with the authenticity of Geng Dali's words, and it is impossible to hide anything from him.

The other party's mention of "several RB companies increased their acquisitions at the end of the year" immediately made Zhong Bai vigilantly think that it may be because the concept of NdFeB permanent magnets was first proposed in RB Sumitomo Special Metals in the middle of last year, RB companies have taken action!

"Don't RB people also have to celebrate the New Year? I don't know which RB companies are okay to buy so many rare earth concentrates at the end of the year, and co-authored their factories for the New Year? Zhong Bai pretended to have no intention of complaining, but actually continued to secretly inquire about the news.

Although Geng Dali has the title of director of the office of the Industrial Bureau of the mining area, because the mining area was originally only a county-level unit, his director of the office is also a cadre at the stock level, and the gap between Zhong Bai, a serious department-level cadre, is real.

"Hehe, Section Chief Zhong, you don't know." Geng Dali took another big puff of Chinese cigarettes, deliberately lowered his voice, and said in a mysterious tone: "Since the second half of this year, several RB rare earth companies have rented some offices and are stationed in our mining area. ”

"If you want to talk about RB people, that's really dedicated! You've not been here for long, so you don't know what's going on. Our mining area is very large, large and small townships, and our local cadres rarely go through, but these RB people are stunned to conduct a comprehensive survey of one place after another, and those drawings can be professional, and the dense data is written on the drawings I am dizzy! ”

"The previous technology of those small rare earth concentrate factories was not good, and RB people helped everyone free of charge, providing mining and refining technology, and the rare earth output in our mining area has increased by at least 40% this year!"

"No, the RB people of several RB companies put forward the requirements of importing more rare earth concentrate from the mining area before New Year's Day, and the leaders of the mining area naturally attach great importance to it and issue a notice to organize everyone to produce! As one of the management units, our Industrial Bureau has also been very busy during this time. To tell you the truth, if it weren't for the early call of the comrades in the hall today, I would have gone to the countryside at this point, and I'm afraid I wouldn't have had time to help you come over and contact Lao Guo today! ”

Geng Dali said, Lao Guo also nodded in agreement: "Yes, their industrial bureau subsidizes a lot of business trips to the countryside, and Lao Geng's cigarette money usually depends on this, and today Section Chief Zhong is indeed the right time for you to come." ”

"Hehe, we are at the grassroots level, so don't compare the treatment with the section chief in the hall." Although Geng Dali said so, he was still quite proud, obviously the treatment of their unit was not bad: "If it weren't for the RB people to determine that the price of this batch of rare earth concentrate purchased a year ago would still be maintained at 20 US dollars a kilogram, those rare earth concentrate factories would not be willing to increase production, and the willingness of our industrial bureau and other relevant units to travel would not be so strong!" ”

Hearing this, although Zhong Bai still echoed the two of them on the surface, the doubts and worries in his heart became even stronger!

It is impossible for Zhong Bai to inquire about this matter like this again.

Because asking too many questions will definitely arouse suspicion on the other side - aren't you obviously asking for an international call at night because of your personal relationship? This matter has already been contacted by you, why do you keep asking?

Your Tianhe Provincial Department of Industry and our Mining Area Industrial Bureau have no relationship between superiors and subordinates, and it is naturally impossible for us to report to a section chief in every detail about what work we usually carry out, unless you are the section chief of our Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Industry Department, it is almost the same.

If you want to figure out the ins and outs of the fact that RB rare earth enterprises will increase the import of rare earth concentrate from the Baiyun Obo mining area at the end of the year, I am afraid that the only way to act alone is to find a way to act alone.

Thinking of this, Zhong Bai took the initiative to stand up, and said to Geng Dali and Lao Guo with a little apology: "Director Geng, Director Guo, I'm bothering you two today, I still have something to go back to the guest house first, what other procedures do I need to call that night?" ”

"It's simple, I'll write you a note, you can send it to the comrades in the duty room, and then go upstairs to call the special line." Lao Guo enthusiastically tore off a piece of sticky note paper, wrote a few words on it, and then took out the official seal of the liaison office and stamped it, and handed it to Zhong Bai.

Leaving the post and telecommunications office in the mining area, Zhong Bai returned to the guest house with a note.

He did not ask Lao Guo or Geng Dali to directly inquire about the specific location of the offices of those RB companies in the mining area.

This kind of thing can only be found by yourself, anyway, in the past two days, because Academician Xu was hospitalized and Deputy Director Qin Wenjiang did not cooperate, he could not carry out the next step of the test work, so it would be good to take the time to do this.

However, for Geng Dali's statement just now, Zhong Bai still has some things that he hasn't figured out.

Because in these years, although the importance of rare earths has not reached the height of the 21st century in the previous life, the country has also realized the importance of rare earths as a non-renewable strategic energy, and the export of rare earth ores is actually managed by a special unit.

They are rare earth offices at the national and provincial (municipal, autonomous region) levels, and there is also a franchise policy that stipulates that only the three major foreign trade companies in the country can operate the export of rare earth business.

The Rare Earth Office has the power to set the minimum export price, and the rare earth franchise led by the Rare Earth Office also has a coordinating role.

On the one hand, it can carry out macro control of the following rare earth concentrate production enterprises according to the trend of international rare earth prices, such as when the price falls, it will limit production and ensure prices, and let rare earth prices rise through spontaneous adjustment of the market; When the price rises, it will notify the enterprises below to increase production and earn foreign exchange for the country in a timely manner.

On the other hand, the rare earth office will regularly conduct surveys of each rare earth producing area at the grassroots level to grasp the output and production capacity of the production area in real time, so as to issue production quotas.

This is similar to the existence of a special "planning commission" in the rare earth industry, except that in addition to the national rare earth office, the establishment of rare earth offices at the provincial level is only available in those provinces that produce rare earths.

For example, in Tianhe Province, where Zhong Bai is located, because the rare earth production is 0, there is naturally no rare earth office.

Of course, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has it, and the same goes for several provinces such as Nanyun, Xichuan, and Xijiang.

Fortunately, there are rare earth offices at all levels, and now Huaguo's rare earth business is not a mess, but after all, this institution is mainly macro guidance, because of various reasons such as institutional settings and insufficient human resources, many policies and measures must be implemented by ZF and units at all levels at the grassroots level.