Recently, Shangfeng Cement answered questions about the overall operation of the company in 2022, how to anticipate the overall market situation this year, whether the production capacity will increase this year, and the progress in the field of new energy.
1. Please introduce the overall operation of the company in 2022?
Answer: In 2022, the performance of the cement building materials industry generally declined, and the overall performance of the company decreased by 52.67% to 57.72% year on year due to the combined effects of the COVID-19 epidemic, sluggish macro-economy, weak downstream demand and rising coal prices; Faced with changes in market conditions, the company actively and flexibly responded, adjusted the expansion speed of its main business in a timely manner, shifted the focus of its work to the optimization and extension of the industrial chain, and increased the proportion of high-margin products, such as the sharp increase in aggregate sales, the significant increase in the volume of co-disposal business of cement kilns, and focused on fostering and developing new photovoltaic energy sector business, such as Tongling and Taizhou. The integration project of optical storage and charging in Huaining Base is under construction, which is regarded as the key development direction of the company's transformation and upgrading.
2. How does the company anticipate the overall market situation this year?
Answer: The company's overall expectation of market recovery this year is relatively cautious and optimistic. On the policy side, the COVID-19 epidemic has ended, and with the gradual implementation of planned investment and special debt, infrastructure projects will form a physical workload; on the demand side, combined with the steady increase of the company's recent shipments in East China, the prices of cement and clinker have increased slightly, and the prosperity is gradually warming up; On the supply side, in addition to the policy of capacity reduction and replacement, the policies of energy consumption control and environmental protection emission under the background of double carbon are still being strengthened. Since last year, the implementation of peak staggering production policies in various regions has been in place.
3. Will the company's production capacity increase this year?
Answer: The company's newly-built new dry-process cement clinker production line with a daily output of 5,000 tons in Du'an, Guangxi was put into operation in the second half of last year. The new dry-process cement clinker production line with a daily output of 4,000 tons in Duyun, Guizhou is expected to be completed and put into operation in the first half of this year. The output of cement and clinker this year will increase to a certain extent compared with last year. At present, the company still exports some clinker, and continuing to optimize the product structure and solve the problems of kiln and mill matching will also be one of the company's priorities in recent years.
4. The company's progress in the field of new energy and its impact on the main business?
Answer: In the first half of last year, the company cooperated with Sunshine New Energy to set up a platform company, Shangfeng Sunshine New Energy, and set up a professional technical and operation management team, mainly for the application scenarios of cement building materials industry, to promote the integration of photovoltaic and storage projects. At present, Tongling and Taizhou photovoltaic projects have been completed grid-connected power generation, and Huaining project has started construction. The company relies on its own application scenarios as a pilot to solve some power consumption problems, but also actively develops external projects, according to the general principle of "from inside to outside, from near to far, first small and then big" to continuously train the new energy team and develop the photovoltaic new energy industry.
5. In terms of environmental protection business, the company's main ways to obtain waste, transportation costs, and how to further increase the amount of disposal in the future?
Answer: The company's environmental protection business mainly deals with hazardous waste, general solid waste and municipal solid waste. At present, hazardous waste is the main business of the company. The production capacity of the two bases in Tongling and Ningxia basically matches the disposal capacity. The follow-up company will further optimize the products with high gross profit rate, select products with high heat content and less impact on the operation of the company's kilns, expand the corresponding waste discharge customers, and enhance the company's ability to deal with hazardous waste. Increase the company's disposal volume and improve the gross profit margin of the business.
6. Current progress of the Company's equity investment project?
Answer: Since 2019, the Company has adhered to the principle of strict control of quota, strict selection and strict risk control, with an annual investment quota of no more than 500 million yuan, mainly focusing on semiconductor chips, intelligent manufacturing, photovoltaic energy storage and other fields. By the end of 2022, the total amount of new economy equity investment of the company has exceeded 1.2 billion yuan, most of which belong to relatively mature projects that enter the capital market at a relatively fast pace in the later stage. As an important wing of the company's "one main body and two wings", the company will continue to maintain an annual investment quota of no more than 500 million yuan in the future.
2023 is the key year for economic recovery. With the issuance of the Outline of the Strategic Plan for Expanding Domestic Demand (2022-2035) by the State Council and the introduction of stimulus policies in infrastructure, real estate and other fields, the market structure of the cement industry has entered a game stage. To this end, China Cement Network will hold the "2023 China Cement Industry Summit" in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province on March 15-16, 2023. ? In-depth discussion of macroeconomic trends and the development direction of the cement industry.
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