China Cement Network, the cement market in Shijiazhuang and its surrounding areas in Hebei Province has been gradually warming up recently. In order to improve the profitability, the regional leading enterprises have raised the cement prices in Shijiazhuang, Hengshui, Xingtai, Handan and other places by 50 yuan/ton since February 23. The price of clinker will be raised by 30 yuan/ton synchronously.
Market feedback shows that the price adjustment is mainly driven by the rising temperature and the improvement of construction conditions, but the current recovery of terminal demand is still slow, the operating rate of some mixing stations and construction sites is low, and the actual landing effect of the price increase remains to be observed.
Follow-up market supply and demand changes and price implementation need to be further tracked.
