Comparison of Kiln Shutdown in the Third Quarter of China (2023 VS 2022)

2023-10-17 11:51:31

In the third quarter of 2023, the off-season of the cement industry was weaker, the price continued to fall, the inventory of manufacturers was high, and the off-peak time of many provinces was significantly extended.

Statistics on the shutdown of kilns in the third quarter of all

provinces in China (2023VS2022), more data, market analysis and research reports can be found in cement big data (https://data.ccement.com/).

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Recently, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Xinjiang issued the fourth batch of peak-shifting production time adjustment announcement: Ruoqiang Tianshan Cement applied for 7 days of kiln opening from 9/9 to 9/15 and 7 days of kiln shutdown from 10/25 to 10/31 to make up for the key projects such as TBEA Qiman Wind Power, Dongfang Electric Wind Power, Ruoqiang Pumped Storage and Luoruo Railway.

2026-09-10 16:49:58

Recently, Zhaotong Municipal Government issued the Reply of Zhaotong Bureau of Industry and Information Technology to Proposal No.0202 of the Eighth Session of the Fifth People's Congress of Zhaotong City, which mentioned that by the end of 2025, the city had built 12 cement production lines with a cement capacity of 11.75 million tons per year, 9 clinker production lines with a clinker capacity of 7.05 million tons per year.

2026-08-14 13:26:10

Admitting that the cycle is irreversible is the premise of surviving in the cycle-those enterprises that are still fantasizing that "demand will come back" and waiting for "others to fall first" will eventually be run over by the iron law of the cycle. There is only one proposition left to the industry: whether to take the initiative to seek change or to go out passively.

2026-08-10 14:11:31

"18 days" is the baseline task of guaranteeing the bottom, and "X days" will be determined by organizing a meeting in the middle and last ten days, depending on the factors such as the production and marketing inventory of enterprises in the whole province and the relationship between supply and demand in the market.

2026-07-02 13:46:35

On July 1, Sichuan Cement Association issued the Notice on Effectively Doing a Good Job in Staggered Production in July 2026, requiring that in July 2026, the number of days of kiln shutdown for each clinker production line in staggered production is "18 + X" days.

2026-07-01 15:37:40

Tianrui Cement Group takes the investigation spirit of the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee as the driving force, adheres to the green, safe and high-quality development, and strives for strength through measures such as environmental protection, safety production, quality improvement, cost reduction and efficiency enhancement.

2026-06-29 13:55:38

In order to complete the acceptance of cement ultra-low emission project on schedule, Xinjiang Qingsong Building Materials Co., Ltd. applied for changing the time of off-peak kiln opening.

2026-05-19 10:19:02

Due to ultra-low emission acceptance and inventory alert, two enterprises in Xinjiang were approved to adjust the off-peak production time from 2025 to 2026.

2026-05-18 15:33:46

The notice shows that all clinker production lines of cement clinker enterprises in Shandong Province (including special clinker production lines, excluding chemical supporting clinker production lines of Shandong Lubei Chemical Co., Ltd.) will be shut down for 20 days from 0:00 on June 1 to 24:00 on June 20.

2026-05-18 14:09:33

The plan shows that a total of 49 clinker production lines in Hubei Province will participate in peak staggering in 2026, and the total number of days of kiln shutdown is planned to be between 45 days and 150 days. In addition, the capacity of the 2500t/d clinker production line of Zhuxi Ruicheng Cement and a 2500t/d clinker production line of Huaxin Jinlong Cement (Yunxian County) has been replaced, and the production has been suspended throughout the year.

2026-04-13 14:15:16

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2026-04-08 14:55:46

In April 2026, the number of days of off-peak production and kiln shutdown for each clinker production line in Sichuan Province is "15 + X" days.

2026-03-31 13:56:27

On March 31, Sichuan Cement Association issued the Notice on Effectively Performing Peak-Staggered Production in April 2026, which requires that in April 2026, the number of days of kiln shutdown for peak-staggered production of each clinker production line in Sichuan Province is "15 + X" days. Among them, "15 days" is the baseline task, and "X days" is organized by the Provincial Cement Association in the middle and late April to determine whether additional days are needed, depending on factors such as production and marketing inventory of enterprises in the province, market supply and demand, and so on.

2026-03-31 13:03:30

How to establish a new consensus and restore the healthy ecology of the industry in the game of the stock market is the key to meet the current challenges.

2026-03-19 15:15:49

Output removal is more an expedient measure to regulate supply and ease market pressure in the short term, and has not fundamentally solved the structural contradiction of overcapacity.

2026-03-16 14:33:36

Cement industry plays an important role in the process of economic development, but the intensification of "involution" vicious competition has also brought great disaster to the industry. It is hoped that the suggestions in this paper will provide some useful ideas for the cement industry to get rid of the predicament of serious overcapacity and create a new development pattern.

2026-03-02 15:33:41

On February 28, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region issued the requirement of "Inner Mongolia continues to promote the normal peak staggering production of cement in the heating season of 2025-2026", which requires that the normal peak staggering production of cement in this heating season continue to be carried out for 5 months and 151 days, that is, from 0:00 on November 1, 2025 to 24:00 on March 31, 2026, and the normal peak staggering production of cement in this heating season. 100% of the cement clinker production lines in the whole region are required to participate in peak staggering production.

2026-02-28 16:12:03

On January 30, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region issued the Announcement on the Replacement of Peak-Staggered Production Time of Xinjiang Cement Enterprises in 2025-2026 (the second batch).

2026-02-02 10:16:23

He saw an exchange report on the cooperation project between a building materials group and a cement design Institute. One of the contents of the exchange was the work related to the Group's new production line with a daily output of 9000 tons. The two sides exchanged views on the preparation of the feasibility study plan and the progress of the project establishment.

2026-01-28 13:13:17

It is required to shut down the kiln for 151 days during the heating season. In principle, the kiln shall be shut down for 105 days in total during the non-heating season, 256 days in total and 109 days in total.

2026-01-20 11:37:52

Recently, the Department of Economy and Information Technology of Sichuan Province and the Department of Ecology and Environment of Sichuan Province jointly issued a notice on further improving the differentiated peak staggering production in the cement industry (Chuanjingxin Material [2026] 7).

2026-01-14 16:34:55

As the saying goes, "Success is also Xiao He, failure is also Xiao He". The development of things always has two sides, especially the off-peak production, which is not only the biggest reliance of the cement industry, but also the biggest risk of the cement industry.

2026-01-06 15:22:57

On December 29, Fujian Building Materials Industry Association issued a work plan for peak staggering production in the cement industry in 2026.

2025-12-30 16:30:23

In order to implement the industrial policies and relevant regulations of the cement industry, In accordance with the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Normalized Peak-Staggered Production Management of Cement Industry in Sichuan Province (CJXG [2024] No.5), the Notice on Doing Well the Peak-Staggered Production of Cement Clinker Industry in 2025 (CJXMT [2025] No.36), Notice on Staggered Peak Production and Capacity Management Assistance for Cement Brick and Tile Enterprises (Chuan Jing Xin Material Letter [2025] No.510) and Opinions on Promoting the Implementation of Ultra-low Emission in Cement Industry, Sichuan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment and Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology recently organized the development of staggered peak production in cement industry.

2025-12-29 09:38:12

Liaoning Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and the Department of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the Notice on the Arrangement of Cement Clinker Peak-Staggered Production in 2025-2026, requiring a total of 151 days of kiln shutdown during the heating season and 105 days of kiln shutdown in principle during the non-heating season, totaling 256 days of kiln shutdown and 109 days of kiln opening.

2025-12-15 10:39:09

In order to implement the relevant requirements of peak staggering production in cement industry, according to the Notice on Peak Staggering Production in Cement Clinker Industry in 2025 (Sichuan Jingxin Material No.2025) and the Notice on Peak Staggering Production and Capacity Management Assistance in Cement Brick and Tile Enterprises (Sichuan Jingxin Material Letter No.2025). The Department of Material Industry of the Department of Economy and Information Technology of Sichuan Province has recently launched a campaign to help the cement industry stagger peak production. This activity is led by Shi Zhonglin, deputy director of the Material Industry Department, and its members include Tan Rong, the first-level director of the Department, Yang Haiyang, the cadre, and the member of Sichuan Cement Association.

2025-12-11 11:31:19

Ashan Cement in Habahe County, Xinjiang failed to implement the requirements of cement peak staggering production in 2023-2024, failed to shut down the kiln within the prescribed time period as required, and produced 119,000 tons of clinker in violation of regulations. The enterprise has completed the rectification task in 2025.

2025-12-05 15:52:11

On December 4, the Administrative Office of Altay Prefecture in Xinjiang issued a public announcement on the completion of the 23rd rectification task of the first round of feedback from the supervision of ecological environment protection in the autonomous region, which lasted for 10 working days from December 4 to December 17, 2025.

2025-12-05 11:10:47

The real meaning of autonomous peak staggering is that during the heating period from December 1, 2025 to March 10, 2026, ultra-low emission enterprises can stagger the peak or not, and arrange the peak time independently. However, the time of the peak needs to be arranged independently in the 8 months of the construction (prosperous) period after the heating period, and it needs to be made up one day at a time.

2025-11-27 11:41:41

On November 25, Shaanxi Provincial Office of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on the normalization of peak staggering production in the cement industry from 2025 to 2026. All cement clinker production lines in the province are required to carry out peak staggering production from December 1, 2025 to March 10, 2026.

2025-11-26 17:26:42

On November 25, Shaanxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and Shaanxi Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment issued the "Notice on Normalized Peak Staggering Production of Cement Industry in 2025-2026".

2025-11-26 17:01:13

On November 14, Shandong Cement Industry Association issued the Implementation Plan for Peak Staggering Production of Shandong Cement Clinker Enterprises in 2025-2026 Heating Season. Staggering time of heating season: from 0:00 on November 15, 2025 to 24:00 on March 15, 2026, 121 days in total.

2025-11-14 16:25:37

On November 14, Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and Shandong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment issued a notice on organizing the normal peak staggering production of cement in 2025-2026.

2025-11-14 15:50:02

On October 6, the Ningxia Department of Industry and Information Technology and the Department of Ecology and Environment issued a notice of peak staggering production in 2025-2026. The cement industry is required to stop kilns for 216 days, including 136 days in the heating season and 80 days in the non-heating season. The scope is all cement clinker production lines in the region.

2025-11-07 10:32:44

On November 6, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region issued a notice on the normalization of peak-staggering production of cement in 2025-2026. All cement clinker production lines in the region (the peak-staggering notice of the two ministries and commissions clearly requires) will implement peak-staggering production from 0:00 on November 15, 2025 to 24:00 on March 31, 2026 during the winter and spring heating period, totaling 136 days; Staggered production in summer and autumn is tentatively set at 80 days.

2025-11-06 16:31:21

Officially entering November, the temperature in the northern region continued to fall, and the peak-staggering production in the heating season started as scheduled. At the same time, some regions started the normal peak-staggering control synchronously. In order to respond to the requirements of environmental protection and improve the inventory status, many cement enterprises have optimized the production rhythm, and a large number of clinker production lines have entered the stage of kiln shutdown.

2025-11-04 09:19:14

In November, the temperature in the northern region continued to fall, the peak-staggered production in the heating season started as scheduled, and a large number of clinker production lines entered the stage of kiln shutdown one after another.

2025-10-31 17:11:32

From 0:00 on November 1, 2025 to 24:00 on March 31, 2026, peak shifting production will be implemented for 5 months. Staggered peak shutdown is a cycle from 0 o'clock on the starting date to 24 o'clock on the ending date (including kiln drying time). According to the requirement of "promoting the normalization of national cement peak staggering production area and time", the Cement Association of the Autonomous Region should organize peak staggering production in summer and autumn in a self-disciplined way according to air quality, market supply and demand, and regional differences.

2025-10-22 15:01:29

On October 10, in order to implement the Work Program for Steady Growth of Building Materials Industry (2025-2026) issued by the six departments of the state. The Announcement of the State Development and Reform Commission and the General Administration of Market Supervision on the Control of Price Disorderly Competition and the Maintenance of Good Production Price Order, as well as the work requirements of the State and Gansu Province on the green and low-carbon development of cement enterprises, the prevention and control of air pollution, and the normalization of peak staggering production, balance the production of cement clinker, market demand, stable growth and ecological environment. Gansu Building Materials Industry Association organized a consultation meeting on peak staggering production of cement industry in 2025-2026. Regional focus of Lanzhou, Baiyin and Linxia

2025-10-14 14:34:23

Nanning Industrial Park improves the quality and efficiency of operation and creates new growth points by reducing costs and increasing efficiency, tapping potential of production capacity and expanding market.

2025-09-30 09:31:12

Wang Jianchao pointed out that the market problem has existed for a long time and cannot be solved in the short term. In the face of the current situation faced by the cement industry, peak staggering production is still the most effective way to solve the contradiction between supply and demand in the short term. We must strengthen industry self-discipline, accurately stagger the peak, rigidly shut down the kiln, enhance mutual trust and jointly safeguard the industry ecology.

2025-09-24 16:40:25

The association guides cement enterprises to formulate peak-staggering production plans and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry.

2025-09-24 10:48:38

Recently, the Cement Branch of Hebei Building Materials Industry Association held the "Hebei Cement Industry 2025-2026 Annual Peak-Staggered Production Document Publicity and Interpretation Conference". Jointly agreed on the arrangement of self-discipline kiln shutdown in the industry from September to October 2025, and determined to implement 15 consecutive days of carbon reduction, consumption reduction and peak staggering production from September 26 to October 10.

2025-09-18 11:17:25

Hebei cement industry held a peak-staggered production publicity meeting to clarify the production control policy in 2025-2026 and promote the green transformation and sustainable development of the industry.

2025-09-18 09:19:14

The cement industry is currently facing two serious problems, one is the rapid decline in demand, and the other is the serious overcapacity. In this case, the association should not only take the initiative and actively appeal to the government to bring policy dividends to the industry, but also provide value-added services for member units according to the needs of members. To strengthen the work of "anti-involution and steady growth", we need more work from associations at all levels. I have a few suggestions for your reference:

2025-09-08 09:12:37

The meeting emphasized that cement peak staggering production is an effective means to promote the structural reform of the supply side of the industry, and all enterprises should consciously implement it, with rigidity as the bottom line, integrity as the principle, and rationality as the wisdom.

2025-09-04 10:07:58

The meeting reported the implementation of peak-shifting production in the cement industry during the special protection period of air pollution prevention and control from 2024 to 2025, and interpreted the work plan of peak-shifting production in the cement industry during the special protection period of air pollution prevention and control from 2025 to 2026.

2025-08-29 16:12:25

Around August 12-15, the price of clinker in the Yangtze River Delta region of East China began to rise by 30 yuan/ton. Driven by this, coupled with the shutdown of kilns and the reduction of production, the price of cement in northern Zhejiang, central and southern Jiangsu and other markets has been raised by about 30 yuan/ton this week, and the implementation remains to be observed.

2025-08-15 16:38:54

China Cement Network Project Link shows that the Dacun-Zunyi Railway Project is being tendered recently, with a total investment of 14 billion yuan, or 2.52 million tons of cement demand, 4.9 million cubic meters of concrete demand and 22.68 million tons of sand demand.