In the short term, rigid peak staggering is the only way out for the cement industry. We must accurately stagger the peak and stop at the same time. If it is difficult to start at the same time, we should stop at the same time first. In the long run, further improving the concentration is an effective way to reduce production capacity in the cement industry.

2024-08-23

On the 22nd, major cement enterprises in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces again notified an increase in cement prices by 50-100 yuan/ton.

2024-08-22

Conch Cement elected Zhu Shengli as the vice chairman of the ninth board of directors, and elected Zhu Shengli and Yu Shui as executive directors.

2024-08-22

According to the interim results of China Resources Building Materials Technology in 2024, as of June 30, 2024, China Resources Building Materials Technology employed 17,165 employees, all of whom were full-time employees, 359 of whom worked in Hong Kong, and the rest 16,806 were working in the Mainland (17,939, 343 and 17,596 respectively as at 31 December 2023).

2024-08-22

On the evening of August 21, Conch Cement issued a board resolution announcement to elect Mr. Zhu Shengli as the vice chairman of the ninth board of directors of the company. At the same time, another announcement of Conch Cement shows that Mr. Zhu Shengli and Mr. Yu Shui were elected and appointed as executive directors of the ninth board of directors respectively, and their terms of office shall take effect from the date of approval by the shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting to the date of expiration of the term of the ninth board of directors.

2024-08-22

In the first half of 2024, China Resources Building Materials Science and Technology focused on the management theme of "strengthening the foundation and upgrading, promoting transformation through scientific and technological innovation", focusing on the improvement of concept, ability and style, concentrating on the operation and management of basic building materials, implementing the lowest cost strategy of the system, building the cost analysis ability of the whole value chain, and reducing the production cost of the system.

2024-08-22

According to the Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Organizing the Collection of Typical Cases for the Application and Promotion of Safety Emergency Equipment in 2024 (Safety Letter [2024] No.51 of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), the list of typical cases for the application and promotion of safety emergency equipment in 2024 has been determined through enterprise declaration, recommendation by local and central enterprises, comprehensive evaluation and list publicity, and is now published.

2024-08-22

Since the middle of the year, cement transaction prices of some major manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta region have fallen by about 10-15 yuan.

2024-08-21

Recently, Jiangxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology has two pieces of public information, one is about the public announcement of Jiangxi Xianhe White Cement Co., Ltd. 'S cement clinker capacity replacement plan; the other is about the public announcement of Jiangxi Xianhe White Cement Co., Ltd.' S 100,000 tons/year cement clinker original replacement capacity withdrawal. It will be completed and put into operation in June 2019. The shutdown time is June 25, 2024, before the new line is ignited and put into operation. From the above information, we can see that the production capacity of the new line of the technical transformation project of Xianhe White Cement Production Line is composed of 80,000 tons of Xianhe White Cement + 200,000 tons of Zhonglin White Cement in Shanggao County + 100,000 tons of Zhangshu New Building Materials Co., Ltd.

2024-08-21

By the end of June 2025, 14 key industries, including coal mines, non-coal mines, dangerous chemicals, fireworks and firecrackers, construction, transportation, gas, industry and trade, and civil explosives, as well as production and operation units in some of the subdivisions, should establish and implement an incentive mechanism for internal reporting of potential accident hazards.

2024-08-21

When night falls and the lights are on, the night production of the cement plant will officially begin. Under the smooth lines, the beauty of order is shocking. In this colorful picture, Golden Carp Cement is a "bright pearl" embedded in the Xijiang Economic Corridor. Under the blue sky of Luoding, the distant mountains are like Dai. Sinoma Luoding uses blue writing style to interpret a different style, which injects vitality into the quiet night. At this time, the south of Guilin still refused to stop, persistently illuminating the way forward with the light of self-confidence. The light of the production area in the south of Guzhang at night is so beautiful that it seems to be a galaxy falling from nine days to the earth.

2024-08-21

Seeing the title, some people are sure to say: "This is not true. A few years ago, everyone in the cement industry ushered in six years of good times in the process of sharing happiness." Is this really the case? As a typical cyclical industry, the development of cement industry is full of ups and downs. From the past experience, when the industry encounters a low ebb, it is easier for enterprises to form a consensus and deal with challenges together; however, after the industry recovers, it is difficult to maintain this spirit of unity.

2024-08-20

Nuclear power cement is mainly used in the construction of nuclear island, valve base, containment and other key parts of nuclear power plants. The nuclear island, valve foundation and conventional island of nuclear power plant are large volume projects, which require high long-term safety, crack resistance and durability of concrete, so a number of special performance requirements are put forward for concrete cement, such as high compressive strength, low hydration heat, low alkali content, low chloride ion content, low dry shrinkage and other comprehensive performance indicators.

2024-08-20

Recently, Western Cement released its interim results for 2024. In the first half of 2024, the revenue of Western Cement was RMB3.702 billion, representing a year-on-year decrease of 15.8%; the gross profit was RMB985 million, representing a year-on-year decrease of 20.2%; the profit before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization was RMB1.284 billion, representing a year-on-year decrease of 15.4%; the profit attributable to owners of the Company (net profit attributable to parent company) was RMB387 million, representing a year-on-year decrease of 27.3%.

2024-08-20

Yufeng Group and Lujian Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement, which will deepen cooperation in raw material supply, market expansion and other fields, jointly promote technological innovation and industrial upgrading, and help Guangxi's economic development.

2024-08-19

It is understood that in November 2023, the Jiangxi Office of Industry and Information Technology issued the announcement on the production capacity of Fenyi Conch Cement Co., Ltd. with a daily output of 4500 tons of cement clinker, saying that Fenyi Conch Cement Co., Ltd. intends to implement the overall relocation and technical renovation project of cement clinker production line from the city to the park, and will build a 4500t/d clinker production line, which will be built in the city. Withdraw from the company's original 2500t/d and 2000t/d clinker production lines. The project is planned to be ignited in June 2025.

2024-08-19

At the beginning of this month, the Fujian market just spread the news of price increase, and since August 6, the price of all kinds of cement has been raised by about 30 yuan/ton. Only 10 days or so, Fujian cement prices fell rapidly. On the one hand, the weak demand for cement, frequent high temperature and rainy weather, and the downturn of the real estate market make it difficult to form a strong support for the demand for cement. It is understood that in the first half of 2024, the investment in real estate development in Fujian Province decreased by 15.8% year-on-year, and the sales area of new commercial housing decreased by 22.7% year-on-year.

2024-08-19

Recently, Henan Zhonglian Tongli Material Co., Ltd. was renamed Henan Tianshan Material Co., Ltd. It is understood that in January this year, Yunnan Southwest Cement Co., Ltd. was renamed Yunnan Tianshan Cement Co., Ltd. and Guizhou Southwest Cement Co., Ltd. was renamed Guizhou Tianshan Cement Co., Ltd.

2024-08-19

Jilin Provincial Building Materials Association advocates that enterprises in the industry should establish a sense of fair competition, abide by market rules, maintain good order in the industry, and resolutely resist unfair competition. At the same time, enterprises in the industry should strengthen their own construction, pay attention to technological innovation and brand building, and improve the quality of products and services, so as to improve the core competitiveness of enterprises.

2024-08-19

Yin Zhisong fully affirmed the work of Sinoma Cement in the first half of 2024, pointing out that under the complex and changeable economic environment, all the cadres and staff of Sinoma Cement have made outstanding achievements. Faced with multiple challenges such as slow recovery of domestic demand for basic building materials and complex overseas situations, Sinoma Cement has achieved remarkable results in international development, business performance, management ability and Party building. Yin Zhisong deeply analyzed the new situation and challenges of the cement industry at home and abroad. He stressed that the current economic environment is in a cyclical change. Only by constantly learning and changing, can we accurately grasp the future development situation and implement the internationalization strategy.

2024-08-19

Recently, cement prices of some enterprises in Fujian have generally fallen back to the level before August.

2024-08-19

Cement output in the first half of the year was 85047 million tons, compared with 953 million tons in the same period last year, a decrease of 103 million tons or 10.76%. Sales of China Resources Building Materials Cement fell by only 2.9%, which has outperformed the market. Not to mention the sales volume of clinker, which rose against the trend, increased by 24.7%. In the downturn of the industry as a whole, China Resources Building Materials Technology has made such a brilliant achievement, perhaps with the "grab share, keep the bottom line, optimize the structure, improve the status" set at the beginning of this year. "Related to the core market strategy.".

2024-08-19

Ma Weiping pointed out that over the years, China's per capita annual cement consumption has been around 1500 kilograms, and the current domestic actual market demand has been unable to maintain such a high cement consumption. In recent years, the demand for cement has been declining. In the next 10 years, cement demand will continue this trend. Ma Weiping said: "Referring to the per capita annual cement consumption of 400 to 500 kilograms in developed countries, we are still far away from them."

2024-08-19

Domestic construction conditions have not improved significantly, coupled with the small number of new key projects, the market demand is still relatively low, and the price of concrete has fallen more or risen less. From August 8 to August 14, the national concrete price index closed at 114.48 points, down 0.33% annually and 11.69% year-on-year.

2024-08-17

China Cement Net Market Data Center News: The price of commercial mixing in Northwest China is stable.

2024-08-16

Demand is still not ideal, and the price of concrete in southwest China is mainly weak and stable.

2024-08-16

Demand is still weak, and concrete prices begin to decline.

2024-08-16

With the improvement of construction progress in North China, the growth of market demand is still limited by the off-season.

2024-08-16

The imbalance between supply and demand in the Northeast market has increased the pressure of price decline.

2024-08-16

Driven by the rising price of raw materials, the price of concrete in the central and southern markets is stable and small..

2024-08-16

Due to the rainy weather in Zhejiang, the market demand is general, and the shipment volume is about 6-7%. In order to promote sales, some manufacturers reduce the price of cement, and try to push up the price to enhance market confidence, but the actual implementation remains to be observed. The overall market demand in Jiangsu has not improved significantly, with shipments hovering at 4-6% of normal production capacity. Manufacturers in southern Jiangsu have reduced prices for promotion, while the markets in northern and central Jiangsu are expected to face a downward trend.

2024-08-16

On August 13, Conch Cement announced that the company nominated Zhu Shengli and Yu Shui as candidates for executive directors of the ninth board of directors.

2024-08-16

On August 15, the design of safety facilities for the open-pit mining construction project of Wanbei Cement (Group) in Fangcheng County passed the national evaluation smoothly.

2024-08-16

On August 13, Sinoma Luoding Cement Co., Ltd. won the mining right of cement limestone mine in Lingjiaotang Mining Area, Pingtang Town, Luoding City, Guangdong Province for 74.782 million yuan, with a starting price of 74.782 million yuan. The project is planned to be transferred for 13 years, with a mining area of 0.256 square kilometers and a transferred resource of 37.0208 million tons (including 26.7702 million tons of limestone ore for cement and 10.2506 million tons of interlayer).

2024-08-16

Henan cement market is facing unprecedented challenges. In the first half of the year, the cement output of Henan Province decreased by 16.6% compared with the same period last year, and the demand was seriously lower than expected at the beginning of the year. In terms of production, the average number of off-peak shutdown days of 62 clinker production lines in Henan Province from January to July reached 136 days, the production time was 77 days, and the average kiln line operation rate was only 36%.

2024-08-16

According to the statistics of all compliant cement clinker production lines in the city listed in the list in 2023 (as of December 31, 2023), there are 47 production lines in 31 enterprises. After deducting the 8 production lines of 4 enterprises that have been announced to be relocated, there are 39 production lines of 27 enterprises in normal production. There are 21 production lines of 14 enterprises that have not completed the peak staggering production task in 2023. Regardless of the number of enterprises or the number of production lines, more than half of the peak staggering production tasks have not been completed in 2023.

2024-08-16

On August 10, Ningxia Building Materials announced that it would terminate the exchange of shares to absorb and merge China Construction Information and issue shares to no more than 35 specific investors, including China Building Materials, to raise matching funds. At the end of January this year, the Shanghai Stock Exchange issued an audit decision on terminating the absorption and merger of building materials in Ningxia and the sale of major assets and raising matching funds. However, Ningxia Building Materials failed to fully explain the basis for the absence of significant uncertainty in the collection of accounts receivable of China Construction Information and the related favorable impact of the transaction on the company.

2024-08-16

In order to ensure the implementation of peak staggering production in the cement industry and ensure the smooth and orderly operation of the cement industry. Recently, Yunnan Provincial Office of Industry and Information Technology organized Kunming and Yuxi Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Yunnan Cement Association and some key enterprises to hold a special research conference on peak staggering production in the cement industry. Kunming, Yuxi Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and the responsible persons of enterprises have conducted in-depth exchanges on further strengthening industry management and strictly implementing peak staggering production.

2024-08-16

This lack of demand is the general trend of the economic cycle, which is irreversible in the short term. It is determined by the economic development cycle and is a problem in the process of development and transformation. The disorderly competition among enterprises leads to the meager profits of the whole industry. Therefore, we need to take the initiative to respond, maintain strategic strength, strengthen confidence in development, advocate the concept of fair competition and win-win cooperation, and jointly promote the healthy and orderly development of the industry.

2024-08-16

The key reason is that even if companies want to shut down now, it is difficult to find buyers willing to take over. The essence of capital is the pursuit of profit, no enterprise is willing to "self-sacrifice" for no reason, they all hope to get better returns when they exit the market as far as possible.

2024-08-15

Anhui Conch Cement's Baimashan Cement Plant and Digang Conch Cement Plant each have a 2000 t/d cement clinker production line (kiln diameter Φ4 × 60m) that has been dismantled, and its capacity has been replaced by Anhui Chizhou Conch Cement Plant.

2024-08-15

From January to July 2024, the national cement output was 1.001 billion tons, an absolute decrease of 125.32 million tons or 11.12% over the same period last year.

2024-08-15

As of December 31, 2023, there are 47 cement clinker production lines in Chongqing, of which 21 production lines of 14 enterprises have not completed the task of peak staggering production.

2024-08-15

On August 13, Conch Cement announced that the Articles of Association of the Company stipulated that the board of directors shall consist of eight directors. In view of the resignation of Mr. Wang Jianchao and Mr. Zhou Xiaochuan, the board of directors of the Company currently has only six members, including three executive directors and three independent non-executive directors, and the board of directors needs to add two directors. According to the recommendation of the remuneration and nomination committee of the Board, the Board nominated Mr. Zhu Shengli and Mr. Yu Shui as candidates for executive directors of the ninth session of the Board of the Company, which will be submitted to the first extraordinary general meeting of the Company in 2024 for consideration and approval. The terms of office of Mr. Zhu Shengli and Mr. Yu Shui shall take effect from the date of approval by the shareholders' general meeting.

2024-08-15

On the 15th, leading enterprises in Beijing, Tianjin, Tangshan, Langfang, Cangzhou, Qinhuangdao and other regions notified an increase in cement prices by 30 yuan/ton.

2024-08-15

The way out for the cement industry needs to be constantly explored and summarized in practice. The market school and the synergy school have different views, but the common goal is to promote the healthy development of the cement industry. At present, the insufficient demand for cement is the general trend of the economic cycle, which is irreversible in the short term. As a participant in the development of the industry, we should not only have the keen insight of the market school, but also have the overall outlook of the synergy school, maintain strategic strength and firm confidence in development.

2024-08-15

Data show that from January to July 2023, the national cement output was 1126.77 million tons, so the absolute value of cement output from January to July this year decreased by 125.32 million tons, or 11.12%, compared with the same period last year.

2024-08-15

What is happening in the cement industry?

2024-08-15

Recently, the Chongqing Municipal Economic and Information Commission issued the Announcement on the Update of the List of Cement Clinker Production Lines in Chongqing, which verified the situation of all compliant cement clinker production lines in the city in 2023 (up to December 31, 2023). According to the public list, as of December 31, 2023, there are 47 cement clinker production lines in Chongqing, of which: 21 production lines of 14 enterprises have not completed the off-peak production task in 2023; 8 production lines have been announced to be relocated.

2024-08-14

China Cement Network Market Data Center received feedback from the market that the recent rise in raw material prices in Hunan has led to rising production costs, coupled with the general shutdown of kilns in Hunan Province in August. Affected by this, many enterprises in Hunan have been notified to raise the price of cement by 50 yuan/ton since the 12th. Like most provinces in the country, the situation of cement industry in Hunan is extremely grim this year, and some kiln line enterprises have not yet opened kilns, which not only affects the normal operation of enterprises, but also leads to serious losses.

2024-08-14