According to China Cement Net Market Center, Yibin and Luzhou raised 50 yuan/ton on the 14th and 30 yuan/ton on the 16th. For this reason, China Cement Network Information Center investigated the cement market in southeastern Sichuan and inquired about the implementation of the current round of cement price increase in mid-November.
"Basically implemented" feedback from a local cement dealer in Sichuan. He also said that the current round of cement price increase was affected by the environmental protection policies in Sichuan and Chongqing. Cement enterprises need to implement the peak-staggering production plan. In November and December, the kilns were shut down for half a month. At present, the inventory of most cement enterprises has dropped below the median, and has been in the situation of limited sales.
"In fact, the current market demand is not good, and the sales volume in November is not as high as that in October," said a cement salesman in Luzhou. The downstream demand is also affected by environmental protection policies. Most of the construction sites and commercial mixing stations are in a state of shutdown, and the sales volume of cement is very limited. Enterprises maintain the operation of factories by raising the price of cement. The staff of a cement plant
in Zigong said that they were facing the same situation. The cement sales volume of the plant in November was about 600-800 tons per day, which was about 20% lower than that in October. The sales staff of a large cement clinker production base
in Neijiang said that the cement sales volume had not changed much, but he complained for the local cement enterprises: "Our big factories can barely stabilize, and the surrounding small factories are more difficult."
Generally speaking, the implementation of this round of cement price increase in southeastern Sichuan is good, but due to the impact of environmental protection policies, the market demand in November has declined compared with the previous period.
Although the market demand in November declined to different degrees, they maintained the same pessimistic view on the cement market in the latter part of this year, "December will not be better", "There is the idea of price increase, but the market demand is too poor"..
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. It has become an inevitable choice for cement enterprises to cope with challenges and move towards the future by relying on digital and intelligent technology to upgrade technology and management, continuously reduce energy consumption, pollutant emissions and carbon emissions, and enhance their comprehensive competitiveness.
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 Intelligence Leads the Future", the conference invites industry experts, scholars and representatives of relevant enterprises to discuss and promote the intelligent process of the cement industry.
The main topics include:
1. Cement industry industrial Internet platform, dual carbon platform solutions
2. Cement enterprise intelligent safety production, intelligent fire supervision solutions
3. Application
of kiln and mill expert optimization control system in cement intelligent operation 4. Cement enterprise energy management and control system solution practice
5. Digital intelligent mine scheme discussion
6. Application
of new energy mine card and unmanned driving technology in cement mine 7. Analysis of
Application Scheme of Equipment Condition Monitoring and Intelligent Diagnosis System and Equipment Life Cycle Management Platform 8. Practical Application
of Intelligent Laboratory in Cement Plant 9. Introduction
of Online Particle Size Analyzer's Support for Intelligent Operation and Guarantee of Cement Performance Quality 10. Technical solutions
for cement automatic bag insertion, automatic loading and intelligent delivery of clinker (aggregate) 11. Development and cases
of intelligent logistics system in cement industry 12. Application
of 3D scanner inventory system in cement industry 13. Case introduction
of intelligent unmanned yard system and intelligent grab bucket feeding system in cement industry 14. Development and application
of warehouse cleaning robot in cement industry 15. Application
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