According to the market data of China Cement Network, the average price of P.O42.5 bulk cement in Anhui last week was 361.52 yuan/ton, down 2.00% from the previous month. Since the second quarter of this year, the price of cement in Anhui has been lowered frequently, which is quite "gone forever".
Recently, a person in charge of a cement enterprise in Bengbu said in an exchange with China Cement Network that the poor demand for cement is the main reason for the decline in cement prices. In the
first quarter, the overall price of cement in Anhui was relatively high. On the one hand, due to the resumption of work after the Spring Festival and the relaxation of epidemic control, all projects are catching up with the construction period, and the demand is really hot. "The deeper reason is that cement manufacturers do not want the price to be too low, so they raise the price when the demand is still acceptable, but now they are unable to maintain it." The person in charge of the cement enterprise said.
It is understood that the projects carried out in Bengbu and its surrounding areas this year are basically the old projects of last year. In the second quarter, most of these projects have been completed. In addition, the lack of improvement in the real estate industry has led to no follow-up support for cement demand; In the past few years, the popularity of self-built houses in rural areas has not continued, and the demand for cement from the rural market has basically stopped.
At present, the cement price of major enterprises can still be maintained at more than 300 yuan per ton, but the person in charge of the cement enterprise believes that after the end of June, the cement price is likely to fall below the 300 mark . "Demand is so bad that the era of 400 yuan is gone forever.". Now, even if half of the cement production capacity along the Yangtze River is stopped, the rest will be more than enough to supply the demand of Anhui.
Due to serious overcapacity, cement enterprises in Bengbu and its surrounding areas have overfulfilled the task of peak staggering in the first two quarters of this year. The serious contradiction between supply and demand has led to the independent shutdown of kilns by all enterprises. "Storage expansion" is a problem faced by all enterprises.
Faced with the current difficulties, the person in charge of the cement company said: "Everyone's price can not go up, if you want to make a profit, you can only work hard on the cost.". Now the main thing is to reduce energy consumption, the energy-saving level of enterprises is almost the same, it is difficult to distinguish a "victory or defeat", but I am afraid that small enterprises will be eliminated in this "battle". "
The long-term competition of cement industry is the competition of energy consumption level, and the importance of improving energy efficiency and reducing cost pressure for cement enterprises is self-evident.".
To this end, China Cement Network will hold the "2023 China Cement Energy Conservation and New Energy Development Conference" in Chongqing on July 6-7, 2023, to jointly explore new ways of energy conservation and consumption reduction in the cement industry from the aspects of energy-saving transformation, photovoltaic, energy storage and other technology applications, green electricity, alternative fuels to replace traditional energy transformation.
After the meeting, we will visit Oriental Hope Chongqing Cement .
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