Cement Net Weekly Report: Concrete Market Lacks Incremental Orders, Prices Decline Steadily (9.2-9.6)

2024-09-06 17:22:16

Recently, the price of raw materials has shown an upward trend again, but due to the lack of new orders in the concrete market and the fierce competition among enterprises, the focus of transactions continues to decline steadily. From August 29 to September 4, the national concrete price index closed at 113.17 points, down 0.45% annually and 11.09% year-on-year.

From August 29 to September 4, the national concrete price index closed at 113.17 points, down 0.45% annually and 11.09% year-on-year. From the perspective of different regions, the price of concrete in Xinjiang and Guangdong has been reduced by 10-20 yuan/m3; the price of concrete in Gansu and Hubei has been reduced by 10-15 yuan/m3; the price of concrete in other provinces and cities in China has remained stable.

Figure 1: Trend

of Concrete Price Index in the Past Year Data Source: Cement Big Data (https://data.ccement.com/)

1. From the perspective of regional market conditions

, from August 29 to September 4, The concrete price index of Northwest China and Central South China fell by 1.47% and 1.18% respectively, while the concrete price index of other regions in China remained stable.

Table 1: Comparison

of Concrete Price Indices in Six Regions Data Source: Cement Big Data (https://data.ccement.com/)

The concrete market in different regions is as follows:

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This article is selected from Song Zhiping's book "Reform Heart Road", which describes his motivation and effect of restructuring cement in those years, and has been published by China Cement Network. Recently, there has been a call for restructuring and mergers and acquisitions in the cement industry. Reviewing this old article may have the effect of reviewing the old and learning the new, encouraging the industry to promote a new round of restructuring, and solving the persistent problems of the industry.