Comparative Analysis of Kiln Shutdown in the First Quarter of China (2024 VS 2023)

What is happening in the cement industry?

2025-06-14 07:14:13

On June 12, the Bureau of Economy and Information Technology of Mianyang City replied in the column of "Interaction between the Government and the People > Mayor's Mailbox" on the official website of Mianyang Government that cement enterprises have carried out hazardous waste co-disposal, passed the identification of differentiated peak-shifting production reduction and exemption, and enjoyed relevant preferential policies. If they want to continue to enjoy differentiated peak-shifting preferential policies in the future, whether they need to be re-identified every year.

2025-06-13 13:54:03

Only by building a strict system guarantee system to ensure that enterprises strictly follow the record capacity to organize production, can we effectively solve the development dilemma of excess capacity and imbalance between supply and demand, and ultimately achieve the coordinated progress and mutual benefit of high-quality development of cement industry and ecological environment protection.

2025-05-30 14:39:21

He Youdong also called on all enterprises to do business with friendship, both cooperation and competition, both rivals and friends, to communicate without hostility, to dialogue without confrontation. When it comes to the overall interests of the industry, such as market maintenance and peak staggering production, we should understand and tolerate each other, seize strategic opportunities and create lasting value.

2025-05-28 10:26:04

Yan Xiaofeng believes that the current domestic competition in all walks of life is very fierce, facing the same situation, in addition to the cement industry, the development of few industries still rely on enterprises to stop production and limit production to maintain. We can not use the thinking habits and behavior of planned economy to deal with the problems under the conditions of market economy for a long time, which will not be effective or lasting.

2025-05-19 14:23:09

Yan Xiaofeng believes that the future development of the cement industry needs to start from two aspects of demand and supply, of which the supply side is the focus, and the task of the supply side is to do everything possible to reduce production capacity, and put forward the general idea: three perseverances.

2025-05-15 10:23:43

The Eighth Council of China Cement Association has completed its historical mission, and the Ninth Council will usher in a more mature, more perfect and more influential leadership team.

2025-05-15 09:25:19

According to the announcement, Bazhou Qingsong Lvyuan Building Materials Co., Ltd. will open the kiln during the off-peak period from May 17 to May 31, 2025 (15 days), and stop the kiln during the non-off-peak period from September 16 to September 30, 2025 (15 days).

2025-05-13 17:00:08

Feng Cunwei, chairman of Shandong Cement Industry Association, said in the summary of the meeting: 1. Strengthen the communication and exchange mechanism of the industry, regularly organize and convene the responsible persons of the association and key enterprises, and hold the peak-staggering production work meeting and the industry ecological construction meeting; 2. Adhere to the leading role of large enterprises, and actively follow the self-discipline mechanism of many enterprises to effectively prevent the risk of involutive vicious competition; 3. Insist on daily contact and communication with the principal responsible persons of member enterprises to enhance mutual understanding and support.

2025-05-13 09:41:14

Next, Shandong Cement Industry Association will continue to firmly grasp the "bull nose" of normal peak staggering production, and make positive contributions to stabilizing market order, improving the overall efficiency of the industry, and promoting the healthy and high-quality development of the industry.

2025-05-09 11:56:35

In order to promote industrial enterprises to expand production and accelerate investment in projects, further consolidate and enhance the momentum of industrial economy, and ensure that industrial added value increased by 6.5% and industrial investment increased by 5% in the first half of the year, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region recently issued a notice on several policies and measures to promote steady growth of industrial economy in the second quarter of 2025.

2025-04-27 13:10:10

The building materials industry carries out the docking activities of green building materials supply and demand and the cooperation and docking activities of inorganic non-metallic new materials industry chain. Implement the national cement production capacity management policy, guide the cement industry to carry out differentiated peak staggering production, and promote the recovery of cement prices.

2025-04-24 11:03:11

Sichuan Lanfeng Cement Co., Ltd. and other 63 enterprises overfulfilled the off-peak production task; Jiangyou Lahao Shuangma Cement Co., Ltd. and other 23 enterprises completed the off-peak production task for the whole year according to the standard; Linshui Hongshi Cement Co., Ltd. and other 2 enterprises failed to complete the off-peak production task.

2025-04-18 11:14:33

In 2024, the peak-shifting production of cement in Sichuan Province was carried out in an orderly manner, with 88 all-round cement production enterprises and 108 clinker production lines all participating in peak-shifting production. According to the weighted average of 189 days of kiln shutdown per line, the annual peak-shifting production task of 140 days was overfulfilled. Among them, 63 enterprises including Sichuan Lanfeng Cement Co., Ltd. overfulfilled the off-peak production task; 23 enterprises including Jiangyou Lahao Shuangma Cement Co., Ltd. completed the off-peak production task for the whole year according to the standard; 2 enterprises including Linshui Hongshi Cement Co., Ltd. failed to complete the off-peak production task.

2025-04-17 13:09:10

As of March 15, 2025, the average number of kiln shutdown days of 52 production lines was 251 days, the rate of kiln opening was 31%, and the number of kiln shutdown days of off-peak production had exceeded the original target of 201 days, which achieved remarkable results in energy saving, emission reduction and environmental protection benefits through off-peak production.

2025-04-15 09:37:46

From April to May, the north entered the normal peak staggering production stage, stopping production for 10-15 days every month, and during the rainy season from June to August, precise peak staggering will be carried out to ensure the balance between supply and demand.

2025-04-08 09:55:22

On April 1, 2025, the Second Session of the Fifth Council of Sichuan Cement Association and the 2025 Working Conference were successfully held in Chengdu. The meeting was presided over by Du Yunlong, Secretary-General of Sichuan Cement Association, and invited Qing Jiasheng, Director of Material Industry Department of Sichuan Economic and Information Department, Chen Qiang, Head of Atmospheric Department of Sichuan Ecological Environment Department, Yan Songlin, a first-level researcher, to give guidance. Heads and key personnel of the Party Branch, Secretariat, Board of Supervisors, Executive Group and Supervisory Group of Sichuan Cement Association, heads of major cement enterprises in Sichuan Province and their sales leaders,

2025-04-03 15:00:52

He Kunhuang, general manager of Tapai Group, called for building consensus, maintaining ecological balance and promoting the healthy development of the industry. He Kunhuang pointed out that every enterprise should implement the policy of peak staggering production and strictly control cement production.

2025-03-20 14:48:24

Yao Chengfu believes that the efficiency of any industry is not good, the income of employees can not be guaranteed, the government has no tax revenue, the industry has no investment in technological transformation, the industry is over, reasonable profits are the key to the sound development of the industry, industry competition should be orderly.

2025-03-13 18:09:09

Kuang Hong, executive vice president and Secretary-General of Shanghai Cement Association, believes that the rigid production capacity of the industry should learn from Shandong and the staggered peak production should learn from Northeast China. According to Kuang Hong, some cement enterprises lost a lot of market share in Shanghai after the sharp adjustment of cement prices along the Yangtze River in the fourth quarter of last year. Judging from the situation in Shanghai, leading enterprises should play a leading role, while relevant enterprises should keep up with it in order to stabilize the market situation.

2025-03-13 17:12:28

Generally speaking, the shutdown time in February was extended, and the utilization rate of production capacity was at a low level.

2025-03-07 10:19:52

According to Xinhua News Agency, when referring to the in-depth promotion of the construction of a unified national market, Report on the Work of the Government said that we should speed up the establishment and improvement of basic institutional rules, break down local protection and market segmentation, break through the blockages that restrict the economic cycle in terms of market access, exit and factor allocation, and comprehensively rectify the "involution" competition.

2025-03-05 13:09:22

The content shows that the production capacity of Wuhan Yaxin Cement has been replaced and the kiln has been shut down throughout the year. The rest of the cement enterprises shut down their kilns for 41 to 119 days.

2025-02-28 09:37:40

The notice requires that all cement clinker production lines in the province should organize production and carry out peak-staggering production according to the registered production capacity, and the peak-staggering kiln shutdown time in the first and fourth quarters should not be less than 60% of the kiln shutdown time. In order to encourage the green and low-carbon development of the industry, differential management and control are implemented in peak staggering production.

2025-01-07 10:10:02

There is no doubt that the document of double control of production capacity has come into effect. The cement industry in Sichuan Province is in line with the cement industry in Chongqing, working together to stagger the peak. Starting from 2025, the peak staggering production situation will be reported quarterly, and the government departments will carry out supervision.

2024-12-23 11:31:33

Each regional branch can increase more accurate and scientific peak staggering time according to the regional market and the inventory situation of each enterprise. It is necessary to ensure that the time of peak staggering and kiln shutdown in January should not be less than 21 days, and the planned time of kiln opening should be controlled between January 1 and 10, so as to achieve accurate peak staggering, rigid kiln shutdown and monthly settlement. The number of off-peak shutdown days in March will be notified separately according to market conditions.

2024-12-19 14:07:50

Recently, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region issued the Announcement on Publishing the List of Enterprises of "Staggered Peak Replacement" in Xinjiang Cement Industry from 2024 to 2025, saying that in order to implement the Notice of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Further Perfecting the Normalized Staggered Peak Production of Cement (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology). The Department of Industry and Information Technology of the Autonomous Region, the Department of Ecological Environment of the Autonomous Region, the Bureau of Industry and Information Technology of the Corps and the Bureau of Ecological Environment of the Corps jointly issued the Notice on Issuing the Cement Peak-Staggered Production Plan from 2024 to 2025 (XGXCMB [2024] No.7

2024-12-17 14:32:16

Recently, the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology issued a public announcement on soliciting opinions on the Notice on the Steady and Orderly Development of the Cement Industry (Draft for Opinions). In order to implement the spirit of documents such as "Action Plan for Continuous Improvement of Air Quality" (Guofa [2023] 24), "Work Program for Steady Growth of Building Materials Industry" (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Lianyuan [2023] 129), and "Implementation Plan for High-quality Development of Green Building Materials Industry" (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Lianyuan [2023] 261), according to provincial Party committees and provincial governments. We will further implement the relevant work arrangements for the steady growth of the building materials industry and promote the cement industry.

2024-11-28 13:43:57

On October 28, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping, presiding over the 17th collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on building a strong cultural country, stressed that we should anchor the strategic goal of building a strong cultural country in 2035, adhere to the fundamental guiding ideology of Marxism, root in the broad and profound Chinese civilization, and conform to the trend of information technology development. The socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era with strong ideological leadership, spiritual cohesion, value appeal and international influence will constantly strengthen the people's spiritual strength and lay a solid cultural foundation for the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation. China Cement Association Corporate Culture Seminar 2024

2024-11-28 13:24:22

"Flood is not blocked by dredging", peak staggering production has helped the cement industry to create brilliance, but also delayed the window period of the industry to capacity, so that the problem of overcapacity is becoming more and more serious. At present, all kinds of disadvantages accumulated in the industry, in the final analysis, are overcapacity, it is imperative to go to capacity, and the cement industry is also the time for strong men to break their wrists.

2024-11-27 10:25:41

The summary table of peak-shifting changes of cement clinker production line of XPCC from 2024 to 2025 (the first batch) shows that the kiln opening time of Yili Qingsong Building Materials Co., Ltd. during the peak-shifting period is from November 19 to November 21, 2024 (3 days); the kiln closing time during the non-peak-shifting period is from April 16 to April 18, 2025 (3 days), and the above changes have been approved.

2024-11-18 09:52:45

Recently, the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the Notice on Normalized Peak-Staggered Production of Cement Industry in 2024-2025. All cement clinker production lines in Shaanxi Province are required to carry out peak staggering production in heating season (100 days) from December 1, 2024 to March 10, 2025; In the non-heating season, support the provincial cement association to take the lead, combine with the actual situation of market supply and demand and environmental protection in Shaanxi Province, fully consult with the clinker production enterprises, appropriately increase the number of days of peak staggering production, and ensure the smooth progress of normal peak staggering production throughout the year.

2024-11-18 09:33:42

Production lines that undertake the tasks of protecting people's livelihood, such as residential heating, co-disposal of municipal solid waste and toxic and harmful waste, can reasonably adjust the peak staggering time by means of "peak staggering replacement" and make up for the peak staggering time in the non-heating season.

2024-11-12 11:29:01

On November 1, 2024, Sichuan Cement Association held a review meeting on the Guidelines for the Identification of Differentiated Peak-Staggered Production in Sichuan Cement Industry in Chengdu. The meeting was chaired by Zhang Kui, Deputy Secretary-General of Sichuan Cement Association and Director of Technical Information Center, and attended by Du Yunlong, Secretary-General of Sichuan Cement Association, experts of Sichuan Cement Industry and relevant staff of Sichuan Cement Association.

2024-11-05 10:57:13

Based on the actual situation of the industry in Liaoning Province and the prediction of the market trend next year, and on the basis of the consensus reached by the enterprises in the industry, the production plan of the cement industry in Liaoning Province for the heating period of 2024-2025 is formulated. The peak-shifting production covers all cement clinker production lines, and the peak-shifting production will be suspended for 5 consecutive months from November 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, totaling 151 days. All groups/enterprises in the province are required to implement peak staggering production according to the notification time.

2024-11-05 10:53:06

The notice shows that according to the latest environmental performance rating results of key industries issued by the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, all cement production enterprises in the province have implemented peak staggering production from November 11, 2024 to February 28, 2025 and March 11, 2025 to March 31, 2025; Class B enterprises will implement off-peak production from November 1, 2024 to February 18, 2025 and from March 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025; other enterprises will implement off-peak production from November 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025.

2024-10-28 10:35:44

Recently, Jilin Provincial Building Materials Industry Association issued the Notice on Normalized Peak-Staggered Production of Cement Industry in the Heating Period of 2024-2025. For five consecutive months (151 days in total) from November 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, all cement clinker production lines in the province will be shut down during the heating period.

2024-10-25 10:48:48

According to statistics, in recent years, many regions have successively released plans for cement industry to stagger peak and shut down kilns from 2024 to 2025. For example, the Hebei Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and the Department of Ecology and Environment issued the Notice on Cement Peak-Staggering Production in 2024-2025. The notice requires that the implementation time of cement peak staggering production in 2024-2025 is from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025, and the heating season is from November 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025. The annual peak staggering days are 150 days, including 120 days in the heating season and 30 days in the non-heating season.

2024-10-16 09:51:02

Peak shifting range: all cement clinker production lines in Chongqing. Peak-shifting time: the peak-shifting task base of a single cement clinker production line in 2024 is 180 days, and the peak-shifting task base of a single cement clinker production line in 2025 is 190 days, of which the peak-shifting task from October 2024 to March 2025 is 110 days.

2024-09-29 10:49:56

What is happening in the cement industry?

2024-09-19 07:13:02

Recently, Sichuan Cement Association issued the Notice on Effectively Doing a Good Job in Staggered Peak Production in September 2024, which requires that the number of days of kiln shutdown for each clinker production line in September 2024 should not be less than 15 days. Carry out monthly and quarterly settlement for the statistics of completion results of peak production tasks. Check and settle according to the online detection data every month. The overfulfilled task of the current month can be used to offset the plan of the next month, and the underfulfilled plan of the current month must be made up in the next month. The off-peak production of the quarter shall be liquidated once every quarter, and the completion of the off-peak production task can span months but not seasons.

2024-09-10 10:37:18

According to the big data of China Cement Network, the price of cement in central Hebei has almost always been the highland of Hebei since this year, among which Baoding ranks first in Hebei. At the same time, the special terrain and the relatively high price make Jizhong become the coveted cement enterprises of the surrounding parties. Although there are six cement clinker enterprises in Baoding, which are mainly concentrated in three brands, it is difficult to control the price trend. Local cement enterprises in Tangshan have also said that Baoding and other Jizhong markets account for a large proportion of enterprise sales.

2024-08-29 16:09:34

Jilin Provincial Building Materials Association advocates that enterprises in the industry should establish a sense of fair competition, abide by market rules, maintain good order in the industry, and resolutely resist unfair competition. At the same time, enterprises in the industry should strengthen their own construction, pay attention to technological innovation and brand building, and improve the quality of products and services, so as to improve the core competitiveness of enterprises.

2024-08-19 15:32:16

In order to ensure the implementation of peak staggering production in the cement industry and ensure the smooth and orderly operation of the cement industry. Recently, Yunnan Provincial Office of Industry and Information Technology organized Kunming and Yuxi Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Yunnan Cement Association and some key enterprises to hold a special research conference on peak staggering production in the cement industry. Kunming, Yuxi Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and the responsible persons of enterprises have conducted in-depth exchanges on further strengthening industry management and strictly implementing peak staggering production.

2024-08-16 09:09:42

According to China Cement Net, Fujian Building Materials Industry Association issued the Notice on the Arrangement of Staggered Peak Work in August (hereinafter referred to as the Notice) on August 2, deciding that cement enterprises in Fujian Province should stagger peak for 16 days in August and need to do so on August 2.

2024-08-05 10:18:40

In the past two decades, the demand change of China's cement industry has gone through three development stages: high-speed development period (2004-2012), high-level platform period (2013-2021), and downward demand period (from 2022 to now).

2024-07-23 16:45:00

According to the announcement, Xinjiang Qingsong Building Materials Co., Ltd. will open the kiln from June 15, 2024 to June 30, 2024 (16 days in total) during the off-peak period; and stop the kiln from August 6, 2024 to August 2, 2024 during the off-peak period

2024-07-12 16:32:17

Recently, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces in Northeast China have issued a notice of peak staggering production. According to the relevant plan, from August 1 to August 16, the Northeast Cement Clinker Production Line will carry out peak staggering production and stop the kiln for 15 days.

2024-07-09 10:34:43

The price increase is mainly due to industry self-discipline and off-peak production support. It is reported that the Yangtze River Delta plans to stop production for 10 days in July and August respectively, with a reduction of about 30%.

2024-07-04 16:22:14

Shandong Province issued the Action Plan for Upgrading the Building Materials Industry (2024-2026), which aims to promote the green, low-carbon and high-quality development of the building materials industry. The action plan focuses on the cement industry and puts forward the tasks of stable growth, structural adjustment, digital transformation, green manufacturing and safety improvement.

2024-07-01 17:05:09