Cement province has limited electricity and stopped kilns for 37 days, and some areas have spread the news of price increase.

Recently, a number of cement enterprises in Sichuan have been informed by relevant departments that the steel and cement industry will implement production regulation from July 5 to August 10, reducing the power load of short-process steel by 60%, and allowing production from 23:00 to 8:00; All cement clinker production enterprises shut down the kiln, reduce 80% of the power load, and the cement mill is allowed to produce at 23: 00-8: 00. The document notification issued by the Bureau of Economy and Information Technology of a county

in Sichuan Province also shows that according to the requirements of the relevant documents of the superior departments such as the Economic and Credit Department of Sichuan Province, the work of crude steel production regulation in the iron and steel industry and peak staggering production in the cement industry will be centralized. The specific measures for the cement industry are as follows: from July 5 to August 10, the power load will be reduced by more than 80%, all enterprises will shut down the kiln, and the cement mill will produce from 23:00 on the same day to 8:00 on the next day.

However, as of press release, in addition to the above-mentioned areas, most other cement enterprises said that they had only received oral notification and had not yet seen official documents.

Sichuan cement enterprises said that if the above notice is implemented in place, it will inevitably have a more obvious impact on the cement market situation. It is reported that since this year, the cement market in Sichuan has been in a downturn, and the severe contradiction between supply and demand is the core factor.

It is worth mentioning that in recent days, some cement enterprises in Mianyang and Deyang, Sichuan, have spread the message of price increase. According to the price increase notice issued by an enterprise, in view of the market situation and the rising cost of materials, it is decided that from 8:00 on July 5, 2023, the price of all kinds of cement sold to Deyang will be increased by 30 yuan/ton on the basis of the original price, and the price of all kinds of cement sold to Mianyang will be increased by 60 yuan/ton on the basis of the original price. The specific implementation remains to be observed. According to the "2022 Top 100 List of China's Cement Clinker Production Capacity" released by

China Cement Network, Sichuan Province has a total cement clinker production capacity of 103 million tons, ranking fifth in the country.