In recent years, the cement industry is facing unprecedented challenges, and many cement enterprises, especially cement grinding enterprises, have gone bankrupt one after another. As an important part of cement ecology, the survival status of
grinding station is directly related to the stable development of the whole industry. However, due to the sharp decline in cement demand and imbalance between supply and demand, industry profits have fallen sharply, and market competition has become increasingly fierce, resulting in the survival and development of many grinding enterprises facing enormous challenges. In particular, independent grinding stations without the background of large enterprise groups are at a disadvantage in the competition for market share, vulnerable to the constraints of large enterprises, and may face the risk of shutdown at any time.
In addition, local governments are also speeding up the removal of small independent grinding stations. Taking Shandong as an example, Shandong Province has made it clear that all cement mills with a diameter of 3.2 meters or less are integrated and withdrawn.
Faced with such a severe situation, the key for grinding enterprises to maintain steady development lies in the support of cement demand in the sales area, the stable supply source of clinker and the cost control ability of enterprises. However, in the context of the increasingly complex industry situation, these factors are gradually disappearing.
Industry insiders believe that active upgrading and transformation, merger and reorganization, and withdrawal from the market are the three major outlets for grinding station enterprises. Among them, active transformation and upgrading can be carried out from the aspects of green environmental protection and technological transformation to improve the efficiency of grinding system and reduce energy consumption, so as to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises.
Whether it is active withdrawal or passive withdrawal from the market, this is the reality that the cement industry has to face after the overall downturn and the intensification of the contradiction between supply and demand. From this point of view, the bankrupt cement grinding station will not be an example, but a microcosm of the industry adjustment. The adjustment period of
cement industry is both a challenge and an opportunity. Cement grinding enterprises need to make adaptive adjustments according to their own conditions and market environment in order to achieve sustainable development.
