Chapter 42 Coal Boss: Same Blackness, Different "Fate"

Coal is a special product of "Shanxi Geographical Indication". Since the day it was "unearthed" from the ground, its market prospects and chemical value have been closely linked to the "fortune" of its owner on the ground. From the present point of view, Shanxi's products entering the international coal market are roughly divided into steam coal, coking coal and anthracite.These different types of coal are distributed in different regions due to their different qualities: In the coal-producing cities and counties of Datong City, Shuozhou City, and Xinzhou City in the coal-producing areas of Shanxi Province, the "geographical indication specialties" unearthed are this kind of "thermal coal".In the market, this kind of "thermal coal" is commonly called "electrical coal" by the industry.As the name suggests, this kind of coal is "naturally" only suitable for power generation companies to use when producing electricity.

In Taiyuan, Luliang, Jinzhong, Linfen and other places, the "geographical indication specialty" of these places is coking coal.Due to its "high cohesiveness" and "strong coking ability", this coal has become a sought-after "special coal" for coking in the market as soon as it is launched. Jincheng and Changzhi in the south of Shanxi and Yangquan in the north produce anthracite coal, an ideal raw material for modern chemical industries. Different types of coal have different uses, and there will naturally be different "money" scenes in the deep processing and use of coal.In other words, depending on the quality and performance of coal produced in a region, its "treatment" in the market will be different.And the "owners" of these coals, that is, these Shanxi coal bosses, are mostly native-born locals, so their "life destiny" and "career future" are "safe with the 'coal'."

Let's talk about the situation of the coal industry first. At present, the country implements strict control policies on the thermal power industry. In addition, this industry is a typical "capital and technology-intensive" industry. The profits of coal trading in the market are more stable. Let's talk about the coking coal industry. The coking industry has a long history of development in China. Coking technology has been mastered by the people very early, and the investment in this industry is not large, so the "barriers to entry" are very low. In the 1980s, when the country's township and village enterprises were the most prosperous, the main coking coal production areas had already seen a grand occasion of "coking for the whole people" where "every village was ignited and every household smoked", and coking became the focus of township and village enterprises and public and private entities in this area "Main business".

Coal bosses in coking coal production areas mostly integrate coal mining and coking, gradually forming an industrial chain centered on "coal→coke→iron integration". The extension of the industrial chain not only effectively resolves the risks in the operation of enterprises, but also provides more profit channels for enterprises, making some coal bosses complete the transition from "coal bosses" to "coal kings" consciously or unconsciously . Coal, a black "natural substance".When its "physical function" evolves and derives a special "market attribute" under certain environmental conditions, its market "money" scene will be destined to be closely related to its owner's life and market creation .

In other words, the coal boss has a different "fate" in front of the same black coal.