Recently, China Cement Network communicated with Dr. Ma Weiping (a former senior executive of Lafarge, Holcim, Italian Cement Western Cement and other groups). Ma Weiping pointed out that it is inevitable that the cost of cement production will continue to rise.

2024-08-13

On August 12, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province issued the Public Notice on Provincial Green Manufacturing Units in 2024, and the cement industry was selected into the list of Shandong provincial green factories: Dongying Kenli Shanshui Cement Co., Ltd., Tai'an Xintai Zhonglian Taifeng Cement Co., Ltd., and Binzhou Shandong Yongzheng Cement Co., Ltd.

2024-08-13

Market, according to the China Cement Network Market Data Center news: August 12 or so, Hunan cement enterprises generally push up the price of cement 50 yuan/ton; August 13, Shaanxi cement enterprises push up the price of cement 60 yuan/ton. Hubei market has recently spread the rumor of price increases, but whether it can take place remains to be seen.

2024-08-13

"Cement is a resource-based industry," Ma Weiping pointed out, "limestone, coal and other resources will rise in price over time." Labor cost is also a major factor leading to the rise in production and operation costs of cement enterprises, Ma Weiping said. It is understood that the salaries and operating costs of employees of major cement listed companies account for about 15%. At present, the cement industry is still inadequate in terms of employee welfare, and making up for the shortcomings in this area is also the key to achieve high-quality development of the cement industry.

2024-08-13

Those who sell below the cost price are regarded as "involution" vicious competition in the cement industry. Market stability is the prerequisite for the industry to obtain reasonable profits. Strengthen the self-discipline of the cement industry, prevent and resist "involution" disorderly competition, low-price dumping and other acts harmful to the interests of the industry, promote the smooth operation of the market, orderly development, fair competition, and create a good environment for the development of the industry.

2024-08-13

The 4628t/d new dry process cement clinker production line (with 9MW pure low-temperature waste heat power generation) project of Mile Red Lion Cement Co., Ltd. is located in Xunjiansi area of Mile Industrial Park, Yunnan Province. It adopts the new dry process pre-decomposition production process to build a 4628t/d new dry process cement clinker production line, and synchronously constructs the denitrification project. The annual output of clinker is 1.43468 million tons.

2024-08-13

In order to prevent the vicious competition of "involution", restore the fragile situation of ecological construction of cement industry in Guangdong Province, promote enterprises to regain confidence, overcome difficulties and challenges, and regain confidence in steady growth, we propose to all member enterprises to organize production activities in accordance with market demand, actively control the quantity from both ends of production and marketing, reduce the quantity with the trend, and not fight price wars. To achieve "volume reduction without profit reduction" or "volume reduction with profit increase".

2024-08-12

Due to the sharp decline in cement demand and imbalance between supply and demand, industry profits have fallen sharply, and market competition has become increasingly fierce, resulting in the survival and development of many grinding enterprises facing enormous challenges. In particular, independent grinding stations without the background of large enterprise groups are at a disadvantage in the competition for market share, vulnerable to the constraints of large enterprises, and may face the risk of shutdown at any time.

2024-08-12

Inner Mongolia Yili Jidong Cement has established the first cement clinker production line in China with 100% calcium carbide slag instead of limestone, with an annual production capacity of 750,000 tons, realizing the comprehensive utilization of 1.55 million tons of industrial solid waste annually, and coordinating the disposal of hazardous waste and sludge, effectively promoting the development of circular economy.

2024-08-12

After the judgment came into effect, Jiuquan Vientiane Building Materials Co., Ltd. failed to fulfill its obligations voluntarily, and Gansu Installation and Construction Group Co., Ltd. applied to the court for enforcement. During the execution process, after inquiry, no property available for execution was found in Jiuquan Vientiane Building Materials Co., Ltd., and the court decided to terminate the execution procedure. After inquiry, Jiuquan Vientiane Building Materials Co., Ltd. has many execution cases as the executed person in the court.

2024-08-12

On the 10th, major enterprises in Chengde, Hebei notified an increase in cement prices by 30 yuan/ton.

2024-08-12

Under the background of the decline of real estate investment and infrastructure construction investment, the domestic cement industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Data show that in the first half of this year, the national cement output dropped by 10.68% compared with the same period last year, and the whole industry suffered a loss of about 1.2 billion yuan. In such a market environment, different enterprises have adopted different market strategies, trying to find their own way to survive in the fierce competition.

2024-08-12

Since the 12th, many enterprises in Hunan have been notified to raise the price of cement by 50 yuan/ton.

2024-08-12

On the 9th, leading enterprises in eastern Guangdong notified an increase of 10 yuan/ton in the price of various types of cement and clinker.

2024-08-12

We should strengthen industry communication and enterprise dialogue, abandon the Cold War mentality, not vicious competition, not "cheap" products, not "involution" marketing, consciously resist the use of low-price dumping, loss-making sales and other improper means, jointly create a fair and stable market environment and competition order, build a good industry ecology, and reduce waste of resources and environmental pressure.

2024-08-12

Tianshan shares announced in the evening of August 9 that due to the long duration of the transaction and certain fluctuations and changes in the macro-environment and the industrial environment, the company decided to terminate the transaction of acquiring the controlling rights of the cement and other related business subsidiaries held by the related party Ningxia Building Materials and the trademarks and other assets involved in the cement and other related businesses.

2024-08-12

After reviewing 18668 industry standards for 17 industries, including chemical, petrochemical, ferrous metallurgy, non-ferrous metals, gold, building materials, rare earth, machinery, automobiles, ships, aviation, light industry, textiles, military and civilian products, packaging, e lectronics and communications, 12792 industry standards, such as the Lifting Code for Chemical Engineering Construction, continue to be valid (see annex 1). 4633 industry standards such as the Technical Specification for Online Sealing shall be revised (see Annex 2), and 1243 industry standards such as the Inspection Outline for Imported Equipment and Materials of Chemical Construction Projects shall be abolished (see Annex 3).

2024-08-12

The domestic market continued to be controlled by the hot and rainy weather, the market demand was weak, the price of concrete continued to fall steadily, and the decline in Sichuan and Chongqing was relatively large. From August 1st to August 7th, the national concrete price index closed at 114.86 points, down 0.43% from the previous month.

2024-08-09

Yang Dan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Gezhouba Cement, requested to focus on the completion of the annual objectives and tasks, highlight the market orientation, grasp the key points of marketing, and make every effort to stabilize the basic production and operation; to deepen the improvement of quality and efficiency, strengthen the management of benchmarking, strengthen policy research and tax saving and fee reduction; to vigorously promote the implementation of the strategy of "integration, internationalization and differentiation", and actively develop the new material business..

2024-08-09

The commercial mixed market in Northwest China is temporarily stable.

2024-08-09