Recently, cement enterprises in Sichuan have experienced production control measures, resulting in limited supply of cement. According to market feedback, from July 5 to August 10, the electricity load of cement enterprises in Sichuan was greatly reduced, the clinker line was shut down, and some enterprises even sold cement in limited quantities.
In order to improve profitability, from July 17 to 18, leading cement enterprises in Chengdu, Leyamei, Ganzi and Yibin announced an increase in cement prices by 30 yuan per ton. It is reported that other markets in the province also have price increase plans, and the specific implementation needs further follow-up observation. Not long
ago, many cement enterprises in Sichuan received notifications from relevant departments that the steel and cement industries will implement production control measures from July 5 to August 10. Among them, the short-process steel production will reduce 60% of the power load and allow production between 23:00 and 8:00; while the cement clinker production enterprises will shut down all kilns, reduce 80% of the power load, and only allow the production of cement mills between 23:00 and 8:00.
Industry insiders said that the important reason for this round of cement price increase is the partial easing of the contradiction between supply and demand.