this year, the national cement industry has encountered a more severe situation, with both volume and price falling. It is expected that more than 90% of enterprises will be in a loss state in the first quarter, and the situation of Hubei cement industry located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is not optimistic.
"The more such a moment, the more rational we should face it." Recently, Jiang Xun, general manager of China Cement Network, and his delegation paid a special visit to Gezhouba Cement during their visit to the Hubei market. Zhou Shanjian, deputy general manager of Gezhouba Cement, stressed this.
In Zhou Shanjian's view, as a resource-intensive product, cement's consumption of natural resources and energy should be transformed into equivalent economic and social values to maximize the value of resource utilization.
However, the current reduction of cement demand is not commensurate with the reduction of industry profits. It is very important for the cement industry to maintain a reasonable profit level. Only when the industry has a reasonable profit, can it continuously drive technological innovation, upgrade environmental protection and fulfill social responsibility, and contribute to supporting the steady growth of macro-economy.
Domestic cement industry overcapacity is serious, capacity can not be achieved overnight, it takes time and space, even within 10 years to achieve the goal of capacity clearance is more difficult. In this process, it is more necessary for the leading enterprises to reach a consensus, overcome the difficulties together, curb the occurrence of disorderly competition such as low-price dumping, and prevent market disorder, so as to move forward steadily.
Zhou Shanjian appealed that, on the one hand, the relevant government departments should promulgate relevant policies on carbon emissions, capacity and output control, and energy consumption control as soon as possible, and constantly rectify and update them in the process of implementation, so as to better adapt to the development of the industry; on the other hand, the leading enterprises should face the industry situation rationally, play a leading role and work together to tide over the current difficulties.
