Anticipation! Another Major Conference Coming to Shaoguan

The 2024 China Indium Industry Development Conference and the Shaoguan City Indium and Rare Metals Industry Investment Promotion Conference, co-sponsored by the People's Government of Shaoguan City and the Rare Metals Branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, will be held at the Holiday Inn in Moorcheng, Shaoguan from the morning of May 23 to the morning of 24.

The theme of the conference will be "Indium You Come to Jushao for Development", and industry experts and academicians will be invited to give keynote speeches on the development of my country's indium industry and germanium and gallium industry, and conduct in-depth discussions and analyses from aspects such as macro policies, industry operations, and market development. At the same time, this is also an industry event attended by enterprises in the entire industry chain. The conference will invite more than 150 domestic enterprises, scientific research units, business consulting companies, local associations and other upstream and downstream industries engaged in the production of rare metals and their finished products. People participate together, carry out publicity, promotion, docking and exchanges, promote industrial agglomeration, and promote high-quality economic and social development in Shaoguan.

As the "Hometown of Nonferrous Metals" in China, the national hub node of the National Integrated Computing Network, and the Heavy Industry Base in South China, Shaoguan is extremely rich in mineral resources. Developing the indium and rare metal industries has unique advantages and broad market prospects. It is understood that indium, as a precious rare and scattered metal, plays an indispensable role in modern high-tech industries, especially in the fields of information technology, renewable energy and high-end manufacturing, and is the basis for promoting technological innovation and industrial upgrading.

According to Wang Yulin, president of Shaoguan City Metal Indium and Rare Metal Industry Association and chairman of Shaoguan City Kaidi Technology Development Co., Ltd., Shaoguan has formed a pipeline consisting of Zhongjin Ling Nanfankou Lead and Zinc Mine, Zhongjin Lingnan Shaoguan Smelter, Zhongjin Lingnan Danxia Smelter and other upstream mining and smelting enterprises, Shaoguan City Kaidi Technology Development Co., Ltd., Shaoguan City Jinyuan Industrial Co., Ltd., Shaoguan City Huili Metal Materials Co., Ltd., Guangdong Mineral Application Research Institute and other upstream mining and smelting enterprises, R & D companies,Guangdong Oolai High-tech Materials Co., Ltd.(referred to as "Oolai New Materials"), Shaoguan City Lijin Metal Co., Ltd. and other downstream trading and application companies. At present, Shaoguan's refined indium production capacity is about 500 tons/year, accounting for 50% of the country's total, and is growing at an annual rate of 10%.

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"Shaoguan is a hot spot for development, with a good business environment, a good development foundation, and broad market prospects. This is the foundation of our confidence. "Mao Chunhai, chief financial officer of Oolai New Materials, told reporters that Oolai New Materials, as the first company listed on the science and technology innovation board in Shaoguan, has invested a lot of scientific research in the development of high-quality products since it settled in Shaoguan in 2010. "Next, we will focus on technical challenges in downstream application areas such as new semiconductor display products and photovoltaic heterostructure technology to break down technical barriers. It is hoped that through this conference, more upstream and downstream companies from the industry will be attracted to Shaoguan to jointly promote the vigorous development of the industry. "

Looking to the future, Wang Yulin said that Shaoguan City Metal Indium and Rare Metal Industry Association Shaoguan will play a link role in building "1 institute, 2 platforms and 2 gathering places" to promote the Indium and Rare Metal Research Institute, Indium and Rare Metal e-commerce management platform and other projects such as trading platform will be implemented in Shaoguan as soon as possible to create a distribution center and logistics distribution center for indium and rare metal products in South China, radiating to the national product trading market; Relying on Shaoguan's excellent industrial supporting facilities, Shaoguan will be built into a production gathering place for indium and rare metal materials, as well as a production gathering place for downstream applications of indium and rare metal such as semiconductor materials, targets, and optoelectronic materials, and comprehensively promote Shaoguan indium and rare metal industries. High-quality development of clusters.

Text: Shaoguan Daily all-media reporter Xiong Tian

Editor: Peng Chong proofread: Nie Zhenlan

Editor in charge: Wang Shanye

Editorial Committee: Deng Xiaomin