Staggered Peak Time Exceeds 150 Days, Hebei Cement Enterprises Discuss Staggered Peak Production

"Staggered production is still the most effective way to curb overcapacity," a cement company in Hebei said

recently.

According to China Cement Network, in September last year, the Hebei Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on how to do a good job of cement peak staggering production in 2022-2023. The notice shows that the implementation time of cement peak staggering in 2022-2023 is from the day when heating starts in 2022 to the day before heating starts in 2023, and the number of peak staggering days is 150 days. Among them, the heating season is 120 days and the non-heating season is 30 days. Hebei Cement Enterprises told China Cement Network that in addition to 150 days of peak staggering, some enterprises will increase the number of days of peak staggering and kiln shutdown due to their own conditions, and the actual peak staggering time is more than 150 days. As a traditional industrial province,

Hebei has always insisted on capacity reduction as a key policy to adjust and optimize the industrial structure. According to the data of China Cement Network, the total annual clinker production capacity of Hebei in 2022 is about 93.31 million tons. Compared with 2021, it decreased by 3.4617 million tons. Since 2020, there has been no new capacity in Hebei for three consecutive years.

Nevertheless, the current situation of overcapacity in the cement industry still exists. In the survey of China Cement Network, the above-mentioned person in charge believes that in addition to peak staggering production, cement enterprises should also improve their self-discipline awareness, actively control production capacity and eliminate backward production capacity. In this regard, he put forward two suggestions.

First, "survival of the fittest" . Under the condition that the total capacity scale of the region remains relatively balanced, according to the actual demand, we should give full play to high-quality capacity and eliminate low-quality capacity. Previously, Gao Changming, senior consultant of China Cement Network, said in his "the Spring Festival congratulations to all colleagues of the old, middle-aged and young generations of the national cement industry in 2023" that more than half of the existing cement production capacity in China is backward, ineff ective and excessive, and needs to be completely abolished.

2. Integrate cement enterprises and improve market concentration. According to China Cement Network, the top three enterprises with annual production capacity in Hebei in 2022 are Tangshan Jidong Cement 26.846 million tons, Beijing Jinyu Group 20.801 million tons and Hebei Quzhai Group 6.51 million tons, which account for 58% of the clinker production capacity in Hebei.

China Cement Network Cement Big Data Research Institute expects that the merger and reorganization of the cement industry will be accelerated in 2023, the market control ability of large enterprises will continue to be enhanced, and the market competition pattern is expected to be further optimized.