Cement Net Exclusive: "Fight with One Punch, Avoid a Hundred Punches"

2024, the situation of cement industry is becoming more and more serious, and most enterprises are facing losses.

Faced with this dilemma, "everyone is in a bad situation this year." A cement dealer in Zhejiang said bluntly that if the cement industry continues to follow the old road of "staggered peak production and coordinated price increase", then the industry will be incurable.

In the dealer's view, for the long-term development of the cement industry, enterprises must have the determination to break their wrists, achieve the survival of the fittest through real market competition, and achieve the goal of capacity removal. "If you open with one punch, you can avoid a hundred punches." The cement industry needs such courage and determination to cope with the current crisis and pave the way for the future.

This view also reflects the aspirations of some people in the industry. "We have not opened kilns throughout the year, clinker is allocated by subsidiaries, and only mills are produced in the valley." A person in charge of the production of a cement enterprise in Hunan mentioned that the situation of the cement industry in Hunan was extremely bad this year , and no enterprise could survive. Due to serious overcapacity, many enterprises have been forced to shut down kilns for a long time and lay off workers to cut costs. In his view, only through fierce market competition can we achieve the last elimination and promote the healthy development of the industry. The article

"Some Thoughts on How to Break the Situation in Cement Industry" also points out that it is against the law of market economy to continue to implement the policy of peak staggering production, which will hinder the development of advanced productive forces, is not conducive to the break through of the cement industry as soon as possible, and aggravates the further deterioration of the current situation. It is not conducive to promoting the economic transformation and healthy development of the industry. We must adopt the determination of strong men to break their wrists, follow the principle of survival of the fittest, adopt the means of full competition in the market economy, and let the market eliminate the excess capacity without resource advantages and market competitiveness.

The cement industry is standing at a crossroads. Perhaps, only by bravely facing the market competition and eliminating backward production capacity can we usher in new development opportunities, which is not only a test of the viability of enterprises, but also a challenge to the ability of the whole industry to adapt to market changes.