Based on the Advantage of "Low Alkali" to Meet the Industry Reform — — Wanbei Cement's Different Development Path

Li Xinyue, chairman of Wanbei Cement (Group) Co., Ltd. in Fangcheng County,

Henan Province, has supported the prosperity of the cement industry with high investment in fixed assets in the

past few decades, and the domestic cement production once increased to 24

in 2014. Since 2022, the domestic cement industry has ushered in a cold winter due to the decline in the growth rate of real estate investment. The annual cement output was 2.13 billion tons, down 10.

demand for cement is becoming more and more specialized

. demand, the real estate industry has a huge impact, there are few new real estate projects in southern Henan, the enthusiasm of real estate enterprises for land acquisition is not high, and the demand has declined seriously." Last year, the output of cement in the region decreased by nearly 20%; in terms of the market, although the overall intensity of kiln shutdown in 2022 was better than that in previous years, and the enterprises in the industry had strong willingness to raise prices, due to the serious decline in demand, coupled with the lack of cohesion, it was difficult to raise prices, and the market showed a trend of rising and falling repeatedly. In terms of profits, except for some enterprises, the industry enterprises are basically in a loss state.

From January to April, although the impact of the epidemic is over, the recovery of market demand is not optimistic. January-April Henan

Li Xinyue also pointed out that in the first quarter of this year, Henan's GDP was 1.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 5. However, real estate investment was only 130 billion yuan, down 5.1% from the same period last year; New construction area decreased 28. Although the sales area increased by 4.2%, the area to be sold increased 10. However, Henan has the advantages of population and location, and has strong economic resilience. In the future, the construction of transportation and municipal infrastructure will still bring greater demand for cement.

Cement has always been regarded as a "homogeneous" product, but in Li Xinyue's view, this "homogenization" is relative. In the past, the market demand was large, the pace of construction was fast, and there was a difference in information between the supply and demand sides. Although some projects required the use of special cement, they could only settle for the second best and choose substitutes. Even some projects did not include special cement in the design requirements at the beginning of the design, which was not conducive to improving the quality of the project.

"In the future, with the decline of cement demand and the increasing standardization of construction, the importance of building quality issues will continue to increase, and the requirements for special cement varieties in different application scenarios will become more and more stringent," Li Xinyue said.

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Data show that up to now, in addition to low-alkali cement, Wanbei Cement has special or special cement production licenses such as low-heat cement, medium-heat cement, slow-setting cement, road cement, dam cement and so on.

Li Xinyue also said: "Since the 1950s, Wanbei Cement has a development history of 70 or 80 years. Relying on long-term accumulation, we have established a staff team with excellent skilled workers and scientific researchers as the main body, who are the cornerstone of Wanbei Cement's differentiated development path.".

TB/T 3432 — 2016, cement with stable quality and strength grade not lower than 42 should be used. The admixture in cement is limited to ground slag powder or fly ash, the alkali content should not be greater than 0.6%, and the specific surface area should be 300 ~ 350 m2/kg. The content of C3A in clinker should not be more than 8.

." Promoting low-carbon development

of cement is known as the "food" of the construction industry, and excellent product quality is the key to ensure the quality of construction and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises. While unswervingly practicing the "differentiation" development path, Wanbei Cement has put quality improvement at the core.

Li Xinyue introduced that Wanbei Cement has achieved all-round control of the whole cement production process. In terms of raw materials, Wanbei Cement has high-quality mine resources-all limestone mines of Wanbei Cement are low-alkali and low-sulfur limestone, which is the basis for the high-quality development of Wanbei Cement. In addition, in recent years, Wanbei Cement has spent a lot of money to introduce on-line neutron activation analyzer, fluorescence analyzer, calorimetric analyzer, particle size analyzer, petrographic analyzer and other equipment to ensure the quality stability of ingredients and products.

At present, the strength of" Wanbei "brand low-alkali cement is significantly higher than national standard. For example, for low-alkali 42.5 grade cement, the internal 28-day strength standard of Wanbei cement is not less than 50MPa, which is far greater than national standard 42. In addition, the quality stability and adaptability of Wanbei cement are in the leading level in the industry, which has been widely recognized by downstream construction parties. Under the same amount of cement used in commercial mix, Wanbei cement needs the least additional dose, the best flow state of concrete, easy construction, high strength of concrete in the later period, high rate of increase in the later period, and the strength of concrete continues to increase after one year.

Li Xinyue pointed out that Wanbei Cement Company is a "national green factory" enterprise recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2019. Green and low-carbon development is the only way for the cement industry. In the process of cement production, a large amount of carbon dioxide will be produced, resources will be consumed and pollutants will be discharged. Therefore, improving the service life of buildings is the biggest energy saving and carbon reduction. Wanbei Cement is determined to provide high-quality special cement to help improve the quality of the project and create more century-old projects, which is an important part of the environmental protection concept of Wanbei Cement.

Cement is a great undertaking. Without cement, there would be no modern urban civilization and no transportation network extending in all directions. As an enterprise, it continuously reduces energy and resource consumption and environmental burden. It is our responsibility and mission to provide the best cement products for economic construction.

To this end, Wanbei Cement will continue to unswervingly follow the path of differentiated development in the future, focusing on the development of cement business including low-alkali cement, medium and low-heat cement, road slow-setting cement, and continue to increase investment in technology research and development and technology upgrading, so as to provide high-quality special cement for social and economic development.

Wanbei Cement will also pay attention to the development trend of alternative fuels and select opportunities to build alternative fuel projects." Reduce carbon emissions from cement production, reduce energy consumption and pollutant emissions, and build an intelligent green environmental protection factory. At the same time, Wanbei Cement also plans to extend the industrial chain, enter the upstream aggregate and downstream commercial mixing and cement products industries, and realize the development of the whole cement industry chain. Go straight ahead,

climb the peak, spread your wings and fly into the sky. Relying on its own advantages in low-alkali cement, Wanbei Cement has found its own way in the changing tide of the times. Looking to the future, this old factory with a history of only 80 years is glowing with new vitality.

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