Jiangsu Xuzhou Cement Prices Push Up, Some Cement Enterprises Confess That They Have Come to the Time of Life and Death

According to the China Cement Network Market Data Center, on November 15, some manufacturers in Xuzhou tried to push up the price of cement by 20 yuan/ton. What is the specific implementation? China Cement Network has exchanged with some local professionals.

Several cement enterprises in Xuzhou said that the cement price increase was basically in place, and there were three main reasons for the price increase.

First, Shandong Province began to carry out cement peak staggering production on November 15.

Xuzhou is located at the junction of Jiangsu and Shandong provinces. From November 15, 2023 to March 15, 2024, all clinker production lines of cement clinker enterprises in Shandong Province carried out peak-shifting production of cement, and the supply was tight, which provided momentum for the rise of cement prices.

"There are enterprises in Shandong that have risen by 50 yuan/ton." An enterprise in Xuzhou gave feedback to China Cement Network, "Our side has risen less."

Second, the cost of cement production has increased. According to the feedback from some enterprises

in Xuzhou, the price of raw materials such as coal in the upstream is higher, and the cost of cement production is increasing, which drives the price of cement to rise slightly.

Third, near the end of the year, enterprises have a strong willingness to raise prices. Since

this year, the price of cement in Jiangsu has been at a low level, and the profits of enterprises have declined seriously. Near the end of the year, the pressure of enterprise assessment is greater, and some enterprises have strong willingness to pull up. A staff member of a cement plant

in Xuzhou said frankly to China Cement Net: "Now it is time for life and death, and enterprises should be able to survive." The price of cement

in Xuzhou has risen. How about the performance of other markets in Jiangsu? According to the survey of China Cement Network, the actual transaction prices in Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Yancheng, Huaian and other places have been loosening and declining . Some cement enterprises in

Suzhou reported that the price of cement dropped by 20 yuan/ton on November 21. "Now many projects have no money." A cement enterprise in Suzhou reported to China Cement Network, "I can't catch up with the work, there is really no demand."

With the decline of cement demand and the arrival of the peak of production capacity, the market competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and a cyclical industry shuffle is inevitable. Relying on digital and intelligent technology means, realizing technology and management upgrading, continuously reducing energy consumption, pollutant emissions and carbon emissions, and enhancing the comprehensive competitiveness of enterprises are the key for cement enterprises to meet the challenges.

To this end, China Cement Network will hold the "Fifth China Cement Intelligent Summit Forum" in Hangzhou on November 29, 2023 with the theme of "Data-driven Decision-making & nbsp; Intelligence Leads the Future", inviting industry experts, scholars and representatives of relevant enterprises to discuss and promote the intelligent process of the cement industry.