It's almost winter, and there have been several light snowfalls in Panshan Mountain.

In an office on the second floor of the main building of the city government, Shen Yiming had just returned from outside. The snow on the soles of his shoes turned into mud, leaving imprints on the terrazzo floor.

The snow is still falling outside.

The weeping willows in the city hall's courtyard have long since shed all their leaves, but now they are hanging.

Shen Yiming has just been promoted from director of the Municipal Economic Commission to deputy mayor, in charge of transportation, roads, port construction, production safety and environmental protection.

He just came back from Panshan Port.

In the morning, a completion acceptance meeting for the new Panshan Port project was organized. The acceptance group composed of the Provincial Planning Commission and other relevant units affirmed the results achieved during the Panshan Port infrastructure construction and trial production period, and unanimously agreed to pass the acceptance inspection.

At the same time, an acceptance team composed of Luda Customs, Luda Safety Bureau of the Ministry of Transport and other units passed the Panshan Port Class II port acceptance, indicating that foreign trade goods can be transported to major ports in the world through Panshan Port.

But during lunch, Deputy Director Ma of the Provincial Planning Commission pulled Shen Yiming aside and said:

"Xiao Shen, everyone is just going through the motions this time, hanging up signs for Panshan and boosting morale.

However, you must have an idea in your mind.

Although Panshan Port is a newly built port, its starting point is low and its investment is not high.

The current port only has two 3,000-ton berths, with an annual throughput of only 500,000 tons.

At this scale, it is definitely behind the curve in the Bohai Sea.

Moreover, I estimate that this loading and unloading capacity is not enough and cannot keep up with the development of Panshan.

I think Panshan should focus on the port economy and develop the coastal economy.

You have to find ways to work hard and quickly, continuously expand the throughput capacity, and then turn Panshan City into a port city."

Although Deputy Director Ma calls Shen Yiming Xiao Shen, he is only one year older.

It was said that he might come to Panshan to serve as mayor, so Shen Yiming took Director Ma's words to heart. After lunch, he did not rest in the afternoon, but returned to the office to plan the future prospects of the port alone.

He first looked at the map for a long time, and then rubbed the soles of his shoes on the terrazzo floor.

A long-term plan gradually took shape in his mind:

Panshan Port is on the east side of the mouth of the Liaohe River. The current port site is the beach formed by the alluvial waters of the Liaohe River. It reaches Tianzhuang Terrace in the east and Erjie Gou in the west, covering nearly 200 square kilometers of land.

The land here is sparsely populated and the terrain is flat.

There are the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta in the south. Isn’t this the triangle area of ​​Panshan City?

If possible, extend back from the port site and carve out a piece of land to further build the port's storage area, container transshipment area, industrial processing area, commodity bonded area, and living service area.

In the future, 200 square kilometers of land will be filled in to build Panshan New District.

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The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny.

The first phase of the Panshan Port project started in 1995 and has cost 92 million until now.

For this money, the city finance budget carefully allocated 10 million yuan as a start-up capital, and then successively borrowed 50 million yuan from the bank, as well as project funds advanced by the construction unit.

In the next few years, bank interest will have to be repaid, and the construction payment will need to be settled within three years.

With a handling capacity of 500,000 tons, it can only handle and unload one cargo per day. The berthing fees, unloading fees, and port miscellaneous fees collected are probably not even able to earn bank interest.

In short, the current Panshan Port is operating with debt. If the municipal finance does not provide blood transfusion, the port authority will have to close its doors.

Where else can I find money?

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Shen Yiming returned from fantasies to reality, frowning and planning a way out.

Suddenly, the mobile phone on the table rang.

Opening the cover, the number turned out to be: Chen Lidong.

The other party said that they had arrived in Panshan and were in contact with the Municipal Economic Commission to acquire the Panshan Refractory Materials Factory.

Shen Yiming's heart was in turmoil since he received the call.

Shen Yiming is very concerned about the development of Donghua in recent years. Donghua established a group last year, and the door of Panshan Electrical Machinery Factory also changed its brand, becoming the Panshan Office of Donghua Heavy Industry Mechanical and Electrical Co., Ltd.

Under Shen Yiming's care, the site of the old Panshan Electric Machinery Factory had long been adjusted to a commercial and warehousing site.

Since last year, Donghua has built a hotel here and also retained part of the warehouse. Spare parts for various motors and pumping units can be shipped from here.

The refractory material factory mentioned by Chen Lidong has been out of production for several years.

When Shen Yiming presided over the work of the Economic Committee, he wanted to sell it, but no one wanted it and he couldn't sell it.

The key is that the location of the refractory material factory is a bit remote, and the factory site is close to the labor camp.

The main task of the labor camp is to dry salt, and a by-product is magnesium hydroxide.

After magnesium hydroxide is calcined at about 800 to 1000°C, it becomes light burnt magnesium, which is then melted in an electric arc furnace to make fused magnesia, an alkaline refractory raw material.

Fused magnesia is one of the most important raw materials for refractory materials and is used to manufacture various magnesia bricks, magnesia-alumina bricks, furnace filling materials, etc.

However, the Panshan Refractory Materials Factory's technology was immature and its products had too high impurities, so it was forced to stop production after less than a year of production.

Therefore, this factory is actually idle and abandoned.

Why did Donghua acquire a refractory material factory?

These days, Chen Lidong is thinking about producing graphite electrodes.

After chatting with Tang Yuanxiang, he learned that graphite electrodes can use natural graphite, but more often petroleum coke is used as the main raw material.

After calcination, batching, mixing, roasting, graphitization, and machining, petroleum coke becomes a graphite electrode.

Petroleum coke is easy to find in several petroleum refining companies in Ji City. It was originally planned to place the graphite electrode processing plant in Ji City Economic Development Zone.

But while having dinner, Li Taishun suggested to Chen Lidong that it would be better to acquire Panshan Refractory Materials Factory and switch to producing graphite electrodes.

Li Taishun also has a hometown complex, and theoretically he is still the technical section chief of Panshan Refractory Materials Factory, although he only stayed at that factory for a few minutes.

There is a saying that if you are poor, you can take care of yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world.

Li Taishun's thoughts made Chen Lidong understand that this place was also the second hometown of his aunt and uncle, and they really needed to be taken care of.

Chen Lidong checked the map and found the location of the refractory material factory. He found that the location was along the coast and close to the river, which seemed good.

In addition, Donghua Heavy Industries Mechanical and Electrical Company has a group of old employees who are from Panshan and have returned to their hometown to start a business. It should be no problem to support them.

Therefore, there is a desire to revitalize the refractory material factory.

Before calling Chen Yiming, Chen Lidong had arrived in Panshan two days in advance.

Chen Shujian and Sun Zhenyuan were also in Panshan during this time.

Sun Zhenyuan's family has moved from Xiaowa Farm to Panshan and bought a house on Panshan Petroleum Street.

Sun Zhenyuan and Li Aiguo were traveling abroad, while Chen Shuping and Sun Chunyan stayed at home. Their main task was to take care of Li Aiguo and Sun Chunyan's two children.

Sun Zhenyuan and Chen Shuping's second daughter, Sun Chunmei, has graduated from North China Coal Medical College and is interning at the Coal Medical Affiliated Hospital in Lanshi.

After Chen Lidong arrived, he stayed in the office and visited his aunt and cousin.

When we were having dinner in the evening, we found that Chen Shujian and Sun Zhenyuan looked a little strange, and they were not in the best state of drinking.

After dinner, Chen Lidong chatted with his father, and Chen Shujian expressed his frustrations.

It turned out that Sun Zhenyuan and Chen Shujian were arguing about the trade and transportation of scrap steel and related materials.

Chen Shujian advocated setting up a branch company in Ludag Port and establishing a cargo transfer station.

Sun Zhenyuan was interested in moving to Panshan. He had a hometown complex, while Chen Shujian was more concerned about Ludagang's ability to offload.

After hearing this, Chen Lidong said: "I am here this time to acquire a refractory material factory.

If the acquisition is successful, we will consider locating related industries here. If Panshan City provides sufficient support, we will set up the transfer station here."

Chen Shujian still hesitated and asked: "What support do you want?"
Chapter completed!