Cement Economy 50 Forum | Wang Aizhen: The Policy of Staggered Peak Production in the Short Term Must Be Adhere to

On March 13, the "50 People Forum on Cement Economy" sponsored by China Cement Network was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Wang Aizhen, president of

Henan Building Materials Industry Association, introduced the situation of Henan cement industry. Wang Aizhen said that Henan is located in the Central Plains, with serious overcapacity. At present, there are 62 clinker production lines, with a design capacity of 92 million tons and an actual capacity of 115-120 million tons. At the peak of cement demand, the output reached 169 million tons, but after 82 million tons last year, the clinker was only 50 million tons, and the utilization rate of clinker production capacity was 43%.

Wang Aizhen said that the most serious problem facing Henan cement industry is imbalance. Over the past seven or eight years, the cement industry in Henan has been struggling to maintain itself by relying on Tianshan Cement and Tianrui Cement , but now the market demand continues to decline, and Tianshan Cement and Tianrui Cement have been unable to maintain market balance by relying on the two enterprises, while some other enterprises. We have taken a lot of advantages in the past, but now we still want to take more advantages, which has resulted in a serious imbalance.

Wang Aizhen put forward several ideas:

1. In the short term, the policy of peak staggering production must be adhered to, and it remains to be seen how much effect other policies can play.

2. The policy of peak staggering production should be refined, such as Northeast China and Xinjiang, which enterprise has a large production capacity and where the region stops for many days.

3. It is suggested that the national cement industry, for the stable development of the industry, should stagger the peak in the short term and play a chess game in the whole country. It does not necessarily mean that kilns should be shut down as much as in Henan, but the amount must be increased.

4. The building materials industry serves a lot of related industries, involving a lot of employment and families. The industry should happen together. We call on the state to attach importance to the cement industry, to develop with high quality, and to stop low-price and low-quality products from grabbing the market.