Ji Youhong: How to Make Traditional Manufacturing Industry "High-end, Intelligent and Green"

2024-03-15 16:26:57

In December 2023, China Resources Cement changed its name to China Resources Building Materials Technology, and its Tianyang base was the first cement enterprise lighthouse factory certified by the World Economic Forum, and also the first lighthouse factory of global building materials enterprises. The new Tianyang Lighthouse plant has deployed more than 30 fourth industrial revolution technology use cases, improving energy, labor and equipment efficiency and quality performance through advanced analysis, automatic driving and industrial Internet of Things. The carbon emission of the base is reduced by 24%, the labor productivity is increased by 105%, the unplanned downtime of equipment is reduced by 56%, and the quality stability is improved by 25%.

In December

2023, China Resources Cement changed its name to China Resources Building Materials Technology, and its Tianyang base was the first cement enterprise lighthouse factory certified by the World Economic Forum, and also the first lighthouse factory of global building materials enterprises. The new Tianyang Lighthouse plant has deployed more than 30 fourth industrial revolution technology use cases, improving energy, labor and equipment efficiency and quality performance through advanced analysis, automatic driving and industrial Internet of Things. The carbon emission of the base is reduced by 24%, the labor productivity is increased by 105%, the unplanned downtime of equipment is reduced by 56%, and the quality stability is improved by 25%.

In this issue of "Lighthouse Enterprise High-level Interview Record", Hou Wenhao, a global managing partner of McKinsey, had an in-depth dialogue with Ji Youhong, chairman and executive director of the board of directors of Huarun Building Material Science and Technology, and reviewed and discussed the journey of the world's first building material lighthouse factory. The following is an edited transcript of the interview.

We think that we are in the leading position in the level of intelligent manufacturing in the cement industry. However, after referring to the lighthouse standard, it is found that there is still a lot of room for improvement. "

Q Hou Wenhao: First of all, I sincerely congratulate the lighthouse factory of the first cement enterprise certified by the World Economic Forum in Tianyang Base of China Resources Cement, which is also the first lighthouse factory of building materials enterprises.". You mentioned that the digital transformation of China Resources Cement needs to brave the deep water area. How do you view the leading role of Tianyang Lighthouse Factory in the digital transformation? How to continue to develop and make the traditional business more competitive? Digital transformation is an important direction of industrial transformation and upgrading. In the company's "14th Five-Year" strategic plan, we have listed "leading the transformation of digital intelligence" as the company's mission. Leading the industry to carry out digital transformation is also an important foundation for the evergreen industry. Tianyang Factory plays an important role in the construction of intelligent manufacturing of China Resources Cement, and it is our first test field.

We launched the pilot project of Tianyang Whole Process Intelligent Factory in 2018. By July 2020, the first phase of intelligent manufacturing project was successfully launched, including 12 digital use cases, and basic supporting projects such as 5G network upgrade, industrial network and information security were also officially launched. By 2022, we have launched more than 30 digital use cases, promoted organizational change through digital transformation, and greatly improved the management and operation mechanism of factories and the digital literacy of personnel.

Q Hou Wenhao: In the transformation of Tianyang Base, which moments do you have a particularly deep impression on?

In addition, in the process of promoting intelligent manufacturing, we have found some gratifying changes. The initial resistance to transformation comes from the management team and employees. Through continuous efforts, we have made continuous improvements in finance, operation, sustainability and human efficiency, so that cadres and employees can see the advanced nature of the lighthouse factory and their own changes, and ultimately let them firmly support the work of the lighthouse factory.

Q Hou Wenhao: I had the honor to visit Tianyang Base in 2016, when we discussed the application of alternative fuels. Seven years later, we have seen the large-scale application of six alternative fuels in Tianyang Base, and most of the domestic waste in Tianyang County has been "contracted" by the base. In addition, we see that the original artificial diesel mining card has been replaced by driverless electric mining card, which fully demonstrates that our digitalization and intellectualization are complementary to sustainable development. From the perspective of cement and steel energy use, low-carbon green transformation is a huge problem. In this regard, what kind of exemplary work has China Resources done? And what kind of work do you plan to continue? In order to fulfill the solemn commitment of "3060", China Resources Cement has also made a corresponding commitment to achieve the carbon peak ahead of schedule in 2025. In the process of practicing double carbon work, the most important task is to comprehensively promote the co-disposal of cement kilns. At present, China Resources Cement has three kinds of cement kiln co-disposal cases of urban and rural domestic waste, municipal sludge and industrial hazardous waste, and 10 bases carry out related disposal work, with a total disposal capacity of more than 1.7 million tons a year, including 510,000 tons of domestic waste, nearly 1 million tons of sludge and 210,000 tons of hazardous waste. In the cement industry, we are one of the enterprises with three types of solid waste disposal capacity.

In the future, we have three aspects of work to do. Firstly, the work of carbon peak and carbon neutralization should be integrated into the overall development situation, and the concept of green development should be established and implemented in enterprises. Secondly, we will continue to improve our environmental management system and continue to develop environmental protection technologies.

Secondly, China Resources Cement has creatively put forward the "3C" carbon reduction theory in the industry, that is, to carry out carbon reduction practices around low carbon at the source, carbon reduction in the process and carbon removal at the end. Source carbon reduction refers to the selection of low-carbon raw materials; process carbon reduction refers to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and energy consumption in the process by improving process technology and equipment; end carbon removal refers to the carbon sequestration products that we are developing to absorb carbon dioxide so as to re-solidify carbon dioxide. Around this goal, we have promoted the theory and practice of "3C" carbon reduction, and have achieved some results. In the past two years, our combined energy consumption has been reduced by more than 7-8 kg (standard coal consumption), and carbon dioxide intensity has been reduced by 2% compared with 2020.

Thirdly, around the field of "double carbon" and new energy materials, we will explore opportunities for the development of new materials such as low-carbon cement, thermal insulation materials, photovoltaic industry, high-purity quartz, spherical silica powder and polysilicon, and open up new tracks.

First there is unified thinking, then there is from 1 to N

. "Enterprise digital transformation is a strategic issue, not a technical issue, not dispensable, nor icing on the cake."

Q Hou Wenhao: Some traditional ideas hold that technological transformation and management can bring benefits, while digital transformation can bring limited benefits. This process needs to unify ideas and change ideas. How do you unify your thinking and remove the ideological barriers in the transformation through the construction of the lighthouse factory? Everyone can achieve the same efficiency through capital investment and technological transformation, but can not form differentiated competitiveness. The deep integration of

"digital" and "lean" creates a spiral curve of long-term benefit improvement. The benefits of digital transformation are actually a long-term spiral curve. In the process of deep integration of digitalization and management, production and operation, it is gradually released through the integration and collision of "digital" and "lean". To break the barrier of conceptual thinking, we need not only ideological unity, but also management support, but also benefit results. Unity of

thought: We need to unify an important understanding internally-the digital transformation of enterprises is a strategic issue, not a technical issue, not dispensable, nor icing on the cake, but a comprehensive improvement of enterprise management, and a way for enterprises to catch up and surpass. The digital transformation of enterprises requires a strategic determination to draw a blueprint to the end, as well as long-term strategic execution.

Management support: The drive and implementation of strategic direction need the continuous promotion of management. Firstly, establish a "holding-base" top-down two-level digital transformation promotion organization, with the holding company as the leading group and the base as the working group, to jointly promote the work; secondly, form and operate the transformation working mechanism to ensure the progress of the transformation work from the four aspects of special decision-making, progress management, benefit tracking and resource coordination; Third, improve the evaluation mechanism, guide the long-term and short-term development orientation; rely on the level evaluation and performance evaluation to track, evaluate, feedback and adjust the long-term and short-term transformation objectives, and give full play to the role of evaluation.

Benefit demonstration: with "economic benefit" as the scale and "digitization rate of key areas" as the scale, the "two scales" jointly quantify the value of intelligence. Quantify the effectiveness of digitalization from the aspects of cost reduction, efficiency improvement, quality improvement and overall improvement of environmental protection level, so that management and employees can realize the actual value and hidden value of digitalization, truly feel the benefits of digitalization, and promote the achievement of the same desire.

Q Hou Wenhao: In Tianyang Base, I was particularly impressed by a use case, "remote monitoring and diagnosis of equipment and centralized intelligent operation and maintenance". This use case has been successfully deployed from Tianyang pilot to all production bases of China Resources Cement. In your opinion, how does China Resources Cement think and plan to extend the best practice of "Tianyang Lighthouse" to other holding bases, so as to realize the large-scale expansion of the value of digital transformation from point to area and from 1 to N? Starting from a single lighthouse factory, building a "lighthouse group" is inseparable from three elements.

First, the scene is the "starting point". The selection of typical scenarios and value mining are particularly important. For example, "Equipment Intelligent Diagnosis Center" has surpassed "Financial Manpower Sharing plus" and become a new generation of operation and maintenance expert capability sharing and operation and maintenance mode transformation action, which originated from the common difficulties of the cement industry, such as difficulty in predicting equipment failures, high operation and maintenance costs, low personnel efficiency, and high requirements for staff maintenance skills. Therefore, it is the first foundation for the subsequent large-scale expansion to cut into the scene problems with industry commonality and holding commonality.

Second, the platform is "hard support". Advanced IIOT technology architecture, with industrial Internet platform to accelerate the integration of applications, is the "hard support" of the era of "scale expansion" and "comprehensive race" of intelligent manufacturing, as well as the "big killer" of accelerating the decisive battle.

Third, culture is "soft power". After the process of digital transformation from point to area and from 1 to N, the deep remodeling of culture is the most important step to maintain the transformation results and realize the transformation value. In this process

, Tianyang Factory has played a role as a source of dissemination of digital scale benefits of China Resources Cement, and has played a demonstration role.Based on advanced automation, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, 5G and other advanced technologies, 35 4IR use cases have been built and deployed to help Tianyang achieve cost reduction, per capita cement production increase, human efficiency improvement, cement quality improvement and carbon dioxide emission intensity reduction, thus forming a new competitiveness in the downward process of the industry cycle. And gradually transform to resource-saving, environment-friendly and sustainable development. At present,

our advanced application cases and reform achievements have been gradually extended to 35 cement plants of China Resources Cement, which is our comprehensive internal promotion and application. At the same time, intelligent application products based on internal experience are also extended to the two major industries of electric power and chemical materials after adaptive transformation, sharing achievements across industries and forming a mutual aid ecosystem.

Three "star" training,

"New employees, new technologies and new models" will become the "new troika"

driving the realization of the three core competitiveness in the digital age. Q Hou Wenhao: You mentioned the "Starry Sky, Spark and Starlight" plan for digital talent training, which sounds very distinctive. "Starlight" refers to the cultivation of digital literacy of management talents, "Spark" refers to the cultivation of outstanding engineers in intelligent manufacturing, and "Starlight" refers to the cultivation of digital talents at all levels. How do you see the role of capacity building in digital transformation? How to consider the training system of "Starry Sky, Spark and Starlight"?

One is to be "comprehensive". Digital literacy is an "all-staff project", and "digital employees" are indispensable. Therefore, the cultivation should cover not only the "leader" of the digital transformation, that is, the "leader" of each business unit, but also the "builder", that is, the personnel directly involved in the equipment, quality, electrical, mining and other intelligent manufacturing related positions of each unit, but also the "supporter", that is, all levels of the line of wisdom. And other professional line related talents.

The second is to "classify". The roles of "leaders", "builders" and "supporters" in promoting digital transformation are different, and the abilities needed and the ways of training are also different. As the "head goose of change", the "leader" needs digital cognition and digital leadership. On the basis of expanding the horizon, it condenses the consensus of change through benchmarking research and discussion. As the "backbone", "builders" need digital execution, on the basis of consolidating knowledge, combined with the project to enhance the ability to solve problems, in order to achieve the unity of knowledge and practice. As a "professional force", "supporters" need strong professional accomplishment and business understanding ability. In addition to the means of regular training, they also combine special lectures, on-site learning, conference group building and other ways as supplementary support.

Third, we should "focus". We should clearly understand the focus of the current digital transformation. For example, the focus of our transformation in the early and middle period of the 14th Five-Year Plan is "Intelligent Manufacturing", so the teaching of the three classes of "Star, Spark and Starlight" focuses on "Intelligent Manufacturing". This focus is not only reflected in the main courses of the three classes, but also flexibly supplemented based on the actual progress of the transformation. For example, combined with the introduction of agile working mode, the "Spark Class-Digital Translator" project has been launched to select a group of "IT & OT" (Information and Operation Integration) compound talents who can not only clarify business needs for technical personnel, but also interpret technical insights for business personnel.

Q Hou Wenhao: We are in a homogeneous competitive industry, China Resources Cement from traditional cement enterprises to modern building materials enterprises is the best choice. In this process, are we exploring the introduction of new materials, new energy and new technologies to form the second growth curve? In addition, how can we improve our core competitiveness through these methods? "New employees" refer to all "digital employees" with digital literacy; "new technology" includes both the internalized application of new technology and the creation of new technology; "new mode" refers to the decision-making mode, management mode, operation mode and business mode of applying digital technology.

Q Hou Wenhao: China has a group of diligent, reliable and intelligent manufacturers. Can you send a message or two to these people in the same way? Manufacturing industry can not stop the trend of "high-end, intelligent and green". Manufacturers are extremely firm in their pursuit of digital transformation and will do their best to achieve it.

At present, the cement industry has serious overcapacity, the impact of peak staggering production on the supply side has declined significantly, the "competition and cooperation relationship" formed over the years has broken down, and the pressure of industry operation has doubled.

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According to the information from China Cement Market Data Center, the demand in Northwest China is weak, the demand in Guanzhong of Shaanxi has reached the peak, but the enterprises have stabilized the price to support the market, and the pressure of dark drop is looming; the price depression in Ningxia continues to impact the market in Gansu and Shaanxi; the situation of maintaining stability in Xinjiang is remarkable.

2025-04-25 17:28:03

According to the data center of China Cement Market, the demand for cement in southwest China is weak, the price of cement in Chongqing is weak and stable, and the fatigue in Yunnan is pushed up.

2025-04-25 17:20:00

According to the China Cement Market Data Center, cement prices in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong continue to decline, and Guangxi is weak and stable. Cement prices in the two lakes region generally fell.

2025-04-25 17:12:37

According to the data center of China Cement Network, the price of cement in central and southern Zhejiang has dropped by about 20 yuan/ton, the scope of price reduction in the Yangtze River Delta market has expanded, and the overall market price has changed from dark to bright around the end of the month.

2025-04-25 16:53:38

According to China Cement Network Market Data Center, driven by the policy of stopping kilns in the cement market in Northeast China, cement prices in Liaoning and Jilin have risen, while in Heilongjiang, due to the small price impact in the early stage, they have not followed the rise this time.

2025-04-25 16:44:28

According to the China Cement Market Data Center news, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cement market is weakening, prices in southern Hebei are falling back; Shanxi and Inner Mongolia markets are light, and prices are temporarily stable.

2025-04-25 16:32:04

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2025-04-25 16:26:25

On April 24, Ningxia Building Materials released a report for the first quarter of 2025, which showed that the company's operating income in the first quarter was 878 million yuan, down 44.0% from the same period last year; the net profit attributable to the parent company changed from a loss of 15.47 million yuan in the same period last year to a loss of 8.41 million yuan, and the loss was reduced; The net profit after deduction of non-attributable profit was changed into a loss of RMB18.32 million from a loss of RMB37.33 million in the same period of last year, and the amount of loss decreased; the net operating cash flow was RMB-27.59 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 56.4%.

2025-04-25 15:54:27

On April 24, the Chongqing Economic and Information Commission issued the Announcement on the Calculation Days of Annual Production Capacity of Chongqing Cement Clinker Production Line and the List of Enterprises Affiliated to It. According to the announcement, among the 47 cement clinker production lines in Chongqing, the annual production capacity of 22 cement clinker lines is 300 days, and that of 25 cement clinker lines is 270 days.

2025-04-25 15:54:20

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2025-04-25 14:54:47

In 2025, the cement industry in Saudi Arabia is in good shape. Companies are optimistic that domestic demand is expected to grow, supported by the "Vision 2030" project and increased government spending. Exports are expanding rapidly, while the production side is expanding cautiously. Saudi Cement's performance in 2024 has significantly strengthened its optimistic stance, and some companies have no plans to expand in the short term. The growth of the industry is driven by government projects, housing construction and export business. The promotion of large-scale projects, the recovery of housing projects and the growth of external demand jointly promote the development of the industry.

2025-04-25 13:29:25

"Overall, the cement industry into the carbon market has more advantages than disadvantages, although it increases the investment of enterprises, but it is conducive to promoting capacity clearance and industry concentration." Conch cement related responsible person said.

2025-04-25 10:46:42

Jinyuan announced that its operating income in 2024 was 6.734 billion yuan, an increase of 136.79% over the same period last year. Net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 39.7145 million yuan, an increase of 105.85% over the previous year. Basic earnings per share is 0.05 yuan per share. The company plans not to distribute cash dividends, not to distribute bonus shares, and not to increase capital stock with reserve funds.

2025-04-25 10:42:03

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2025-04-25 10:42:01

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2025-04-25 10:36:16

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2025-04-25 10:27:53

The next five years will be a critical period for the transformation, upgrading and development of Shangfeng. Although we are facing all kinds of difficulties and challenges, as long as we continue to carry forward the spirit of perseverance and accumulation of Shangfeng people, make steady progress, unite as one, and go all the way, we will surely be able to achieve the goal of Shangfeng's vision and realize our life value!

2025-04-25 10:26:01

The average selling price of the company's cement products was higher than that of the same period last year, and the total operating income increased year on year. At the same time, through the work of "increasing income, reducing cost, controlling cost and increasing efficiency", the cost of cement manufacturing decreased by 2.16% year on year, and the comprehensive gross profit rate increased.

2025-04-25 10:14:17

As at the end of the reporting period, the total annual production capacity of cement clinker of the Company was approximately 18 million tons, the total annual production capacity of cement was approximately 20 million tons, the annual waste heat power generation capacity was approximately 86 MW, the total annual production capacity of commercial concrete was approximately 600,000 cubic meters, and the total annual production capacity of aggregate was approximately 18 million tons.

2025-04-25 10:04:31

On April 25, 2025, Shangfeng Cement (stock code: 000672), an A-share listed company, released its 2024 annual report and 2025 first quarterly report. In 2024, Shangfeng continued to demonstrate its excellent operational capability, and still achieved a revenue of 5.448 billion yuan and a net profit of 474 million yuan after deducting non-attributable profits despite cyclical fluctuations in the cement industry.

2025-04-25 10:01:50

On the evening of April 24, Shangfeng Cement released its annual report and quarterly report, while highlighting a new five-year development plan and a dividend scheme with a dividend rate of up to 7.5%. In the case that the scale of production capacity has not entered the top ten of the industry, the company's annual net return to the parent company ranks third among the listed companies in the industry, the comprehensive gross profit rate ranks first among the listed companies in the industry, and the net return to the parent company in a single quarter increases by 447.6%. While maintaining the high efficiency of the main business, the company's equity investment performance is outstanding, and a number of invested semiconductor science and technology enterprises have started to declare for listing one after another, and the newly released five-year planning report also clearly shows that the accumulation of its series of new economic equity investment will help the company to improve its quality and transformation.

2025-04-25 10:00:21

Iraq's prime minister launched a package of industrial projects on Thursday, mostly in the cement sector. Masna Province has launched six projects with a total investment of more than US $1.17 billion, including five cement projects and one chemical project. These projects help to achieve self-sufficiency in cement, reduce construction costs and create employment opportunities. Iraq's industrial development is facing many challenges. Since 2003, its industrial base has been destroyed and its economy is dependent on oil exports. However, the launch of this project is an important step to promote the strategy of economic diversification and lay the foundation for long-term development.

2025-04-25 09:53:11

The content shows that the replacement capacity of Xin'an Zhonglian Wanji Cement 4500t/d clinker production line is 1300t/d, and the capacity after replacement is 5800t/d. The transferred capacity comes from the 2500t/d clinker production line of the same company, which is used for the current capacity of 1300t/d, and the replacement ratio is 1:1.

2025-04-25 09:28:11

China Cement Network Market Data Center News, April 24, the Henan region again notified an increase in cement prices of about 20 yuan/ton. However, the current sales volume is 4-5% of the normal, and the demand is still low. After the opening of the kiln in early April, the cement clinker inventory of the enterprise has increased, and the implementation of the price increase remains to be observed.

2025-04-25 09:25:57

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2025-04-24 16:01:31

Since April 24, Henan has again notified the increase of cement price by about 20 yuan/ton, and the implementation remains to be observed..

2025-04-24 15:49:18

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2025-04-24 15:39:11

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2025-04-24 15:18:38

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2025-04-24 14:39:18

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2025-04-24 11:03:11

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2025-04-24 10:56:32

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2025-04-24 10:52:51

The existing new dry process cement clinker production line with a daily output of 2500 tons (Φ4.0 * 60m) will be merged into a new dry process cement clinker production line with a daily output of 4000 tons (Φ4.8 * 72m) (i.e. 2 # clinker line). The total capacity will remain unchanged after the merger.

2025-04-24 10:42:22

On the evening of April 23, Tianshan Stock Company issued a quarterly performance announcement, saying that the revenue in the first quarter of 2025 was about 14.947 billion yuan, a decrease of 8.64% compared with the same period last year. The net profit loss attributable to shareholders of listed companies was about 1.494 billion yuan. The basic earnings per share loss was 0.2101 yuan. The revenue in the same period last year was about 16.359 billion yuan; The net profit loss attributable to shareholders of the listed company was approximately RMB1.923 billion, and the basic earnings per share loss was RMB0.222.

2025-04-24 10:03:28

Beginning in 2024, according to the requirements of the relevant policy documents of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the cement industry began to fill the overcapacity. According to the statistics of China Cement Network, as of April 23, 57 production lines in the national cement industry had completed their production capacity, with a total of 19.45 million tons of cement clinker production capacity, and at least 41 production lines had been withdrawn, with a total capacity of 31.65 million tons.

2025-04-24 10:01:53

In 2024, the output of cement industry in the United States declined by 4.44%, and the dependence on imports increased. The decline in production was affected by factors such as factory closures, and domestic consumption was generally stable but seasonal differentiation. It imports 24 million tons of cement from many countries. Rising cement prices in the United States, the Trump administration's tariff policy brings uncertainty, if the tariff on Canada and Mexico has a significant impact, although American cement companies may benefit, there are also risks such as supply shortage, and some enterprises are more "Americanized".

2025-04-24 10:00:03

Xizang Langxian Gaozheng Building Materials Co., Ltd. intends to build a 4000t/d cement clinker production line project (hereinafter referred to as "Langxian Project") in Nyingchi City Langxian County by means of capacity replacement within the autonomous region.

2025-04-24 09:43:00

How to meet the "new deal of carbon emissions"? Li Kunming suggested that enterprises should work in a "three-pronged approach" from the production side, management side and market side to improve energy efficiency, increase investment in technology, establish professional teams, strengthen accounting and monitoring, and use financial instruments to actively participate in the market.

2025-04-24 09:24:04

Since April 23, the main cement enterprises in Liaozhong area have again notified the increase of cement price by 10 yuan/ton.

2025-04-23 17:24:32

The market price range of C30 concrete in Tianjin is between 280 yuan/m3 and 290 yuan/m3, showing some regional differences. Jinnan District has the highest price of 290 yuan per square meter, while Jizhou District and Xiqing District have the lowest price of 280 yuan per square meter.

2025-04-23 17:14:42

Recently, affected by the market situation, coupled with the poor implementation of the policy of staggering peak and stopping kilns, cement prices in Wuhan have fallen again, with a cumulative decline of about 30 yuan/ton..

2025-04-23 16:45:10

Relevant technicians of Suzhou Shijing Science and Technology Co., Ltd. pointed out that SCR is a very mature denitrification technology, which has been widely used in power and other industries. However, the cement industry still needs to focus on the catalyst, soot blower and reaction tower flow field to further optimize the three aspects.

2025-04-23 15:08:00

For a long time, cement has been the main loading and unloading cargo in Changgang Port. Faced with the continuous decline of domestic cement market demand in recent years, Changgang actively responded to the situation, actively sought change, timely adjusted the market development strategy, and took the development of foreign trade cement market as an important breakthrough in transformation and upgrading through comprehensive consideration of the domestic and foreign cement market.

2025-04-23 13:40:23

On April 21, information from the Beijing Property Exchange showed that 51% of the shares of Xin'an Zhonglian Wanji Cement Co., Ltd. held by China United Cement Group Co., Ltd. were listed for transfer at a base price of about 200 million yuan.

2025-04-23 11:50:52

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2025-04-23 10:34:13

The two sides will deepen cooperation around green building materials, new energy materials, circular economy and other fields, jointly create a new benchmark for the coordinated development of the industrial chain, and inject new momentum into the construction of "three places and one district" in Anhui.

2025-04-23 10:18:33

According to the announcement, the production capacity of Luoyang Huanghe Tongli Cement Co., Ltd. is 5000t/d after the cement clinker production line with a daily output of 4500 tons is completed. The replacement capacity for this project is 1000t/d of the 2000t/d clinker production line of Henan Tongli Cement Co., Ltd., and the replacement ratio is 2:1.

2025-04-23 10:13:11