The US objection is invalid! 100 thousand tons of polysilicon project received nearly 1.8 billion yuan of financial support!

According to foreign media reports, the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank has approved a $250 million loan and investment for a polysilicon manufacturing project in Oman. According to sources, the executive directors of the United States on the board of directors of the International Finance Corporation opposed this, while the executive directors of Germany, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries chose to abstain from voting.

2025-08-11 18:01:26

Song Zhiping has been an enterprise for 40 years. During his tenure in China Building Materials Group and China Pharmaceutical Group, he has 18 years of experience as chairman of listed companies. He has turned from an "athlete" of listed companies to a "coach". He has served as chairman of China Association of Listed Companies for more than six years. He has investigated more than 500 listed companies and more than 100 non-listed companies. In recent years, he has integrated his observation and thinking of many enterprises, his experience of communicating with entrepreneurs, and his own experience of doing business, and has written the new book Hard Truth.

2025-08-05 13:03:44

Every cement enterprise should be positioned correctly to avoid disorderly competition of low quality and homogeneity. As the saying goes, "Striking iron needs to be rigid", improving the hard power of enterprises, improving the efficiency of resource utilization, improving product quality and improving service level are the absolute principles of sustainable development of enterprises, so as to truly grasp their own destiny in the changing tide of the market.

2025-07-31 10:28:18

ACWA Power has announced plans to spend billions of dollars to build a second green hydrogen plant in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. It is reported that the plant will have 4G W electrolysis capacity, using wind and solar energy to decompose water molecules, and can produce 400000 tons of green hydrogen annually. This hydrogen will then be converted into green ammonia specifically for global export.

2025-07-31 10:07:30

In the process of going to sea, domestic cement enterprises should fully recognize the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of going to sea, adjust measures to local conditions, and formulate strategic plans suitable for their own development. At the same time, enterprises need to pay close attention to the international market dynamics, strengthen risk management, and constantly enhance their core competitiveness in order to gain a firm foothold in the overseas market and achieve sustainable development.

2025-07-30 09:31:39

According to the statistics of China Cement Network Big Data Research Institute, from 2015 to 2025, eight anti-dumping cases were launched worldwide, and countries are increasingly inclined to adopt trade restrictions to protect their domestic industries from what they consider unfair competition..

2025-07-29 09:24:45

Recently, ARTEMISSIO, loaded with "Runfeng" clinker, slowly left Dongguan Port International Container Terminal and officially went to Africa, marking the successful completion of the first clinker export business of Huarun Building Material Science and Technology South China Region (hereinafter referred to as South China Region) (the same as the first clinker export business of Huarun Building Material Science and Technology). It took only 15 days from contacting customers'needs to realizing product delivery, which created the speed of Huarun Building Materials Technology for international business development.

2025-07-09 10:49:50

On June 25, the first batch of cement products traded with Russia by Jinyu Jidong Cement Shuangyashan Company completed the last quality inspection on the intelligent production line and were formally packed and delivered. As a new enterprise of Jinyu Group, this product offline not only marks the landing of the enterprise's internationalization strategy, but also injects new momentum into the cooperation between China and Russia in the Far East with the "quality of state-owned enterprises + location advantages", which has taken a solid step in the international market expansion.

2025-06-27 09:25:35

At 11:30 a.m. on June 20, with the sound of a gun salute, the P.O42.5 (ordinary Portland cement) cement products produced by the Xizang Gaozheng sailed to the China-aided Nepal Sala Highway Rehabilitation and Improvement Project. This marks that Xizang's high-contention cement business has formally entered the international market, achieved a "zero breakthrough" in export trade, and has taken a key step for the healthy and sustainable development of Xizang's high-contention.

2025-06-23 09:24:22

Spanish grid operator REE earlier this week blamed Spain's local solar company Iberdrola's Núñez de Balboa 500 MW solar power plant for causing a power outage in Spain on April 28, local media reported.

2025-06-20 15:00:10

Cement prices in Kenya have stabilized over the past six months, with about 750 shillings for 50 kg of bagged cement in Nairobi. Prices soared in April 2022 due to rising costs such as coal. Prices of major brands vary. In 2024, the import volume and value of clinker decreased significantly, the production and consumption of cement also decreased, and the growth of the construction industry contracted. Cement production in the first quarter of 2025 increased year on year. Despite price stability, the industry is still facing challenges such as raw material costs, demand changes and a slowdown in the construction industry.

2025-06-19 11:56:02

In the future, we will customize the solutions of alternative fuel coverage system for basic building materials and new material factories, accelerate the building of the group's alternative fuel industry chain platform, build an integrated business system of alternative fuel "collection, storage, manufacture, transportation and utilization", and process hazardous waste, domestic waste, waste textiles and other resources into alternative fuels for cement and other industries. To achieve resource recycling and green low-carbon development.

2025-06-17 11:05:46

Iterative update of cement equipment. With the deepening of supply-side reform in the domestic cement industry, the industry is now in a structural transformation period of improving quality and efficiency, green and intelligent. Energy-saving and consumption-reducing transformation from the stock market and low-carbon equipment renewal and replacement will occupy a larger proportion of demand. On March 26, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the latest "Work Program for the National Carbon Emission Trading Market Covering Steel, Cement and Aluminum Smelting Industries", and the incorporation of cement into the national carbon emission trading market formally entered the implementation stage, which is expected to catalyze a certain demand for cement equipment.

2025-06-17 11:00:20

In 2024, the company mistook the global market, consolidated the advantages of technical equipment, strengthened business collaboration and internal resource sharing, expanded the increment, optimized the stock, grasped the variables and strengthened the quality, vigorously promoted the global marke t expansion and business model innovation, and successfully acquired 19 overseas cement lines in 15 countries, including Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Iraq, Czech Republic and Canada. As well as new energy projects such as MASS photovoltaic power generation in Iraq, the newly signed contracts in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe account for nearly 90% of the total overseas contracts. The value of newly signed overseas contracts was 36.2 billion yuan, an increase of 9% over the same period last year; the overseas revenue was 22.3 billion yuan, an increase of 9% over the same period last year

2025-06-17 10:34:55

Cement is the basic material of the construction industry, and its trade is an important indicator of regional economic construction and industrial development. As an important economic region, the cement trade data of EU is of great significance, which can reflect the dynamic changes of internal market demand, production capacity and international trade relations. By studying the EU cement trade data, we can deeply understand the EU's economic situation, industrial development trend and trade in the international market in the field of construction.

2025-06-16 13:38:30

In 2024, the cement output of Tanzania will reach 10,929,567,600 tons, the domestic demand will be about 8.5 million tons, the surplus will be 2,429,567,600 tons, and about 22.2% of the surplus will be exported to neighboring countries. Companies such as Dangote are major players in exports, earning foreign exchange for the country and increasing its influence. The cement industry also creates 12500 jobs (including direct and indirect jobs), covering many links, providing income sources for residents, and promoting social and economic prosperity and national economic growth.

2025-06-11 11:03:01

The crisis in Bolivia's construction industry is becoming increasingly severe, mainly due to the sharp rise in the price of construction materials. This greatly increases the cost of construction and is detrimental to construction workers. Prices of important building materials have been rising in the past few months, with some tripling. The underlying reasons are closely related to the rising black market price of the US dollar and the shortage of fuel.

2025-06-04 10:56:00

Zhou Yuxian said in his speech that at present, China's cement industry is facing many challenges, such as overcapacity, insufficient demand and declining efficiency. The industry has entered a very critical stage of transformation and development. The total profit of the domestic cement industry in 2024 is less than 30 billion yuan, which is a huge gap compared with the data disclosed in the annual reports of foreign counterparts. Faced with the severe situation of the development of the industry, all members of the new Council will, in accordance with the excellent working style of the previous councils of the association, hold high the banner of the idea that the interests of the industry are higher than those of the enterprise, and that the interests of the enterprise are bred in the interests of the industry, continue to play a leading, coordinating and serving role, and unite the enterprises of the industry to take the initiative.

2025-05-14 18:49:56

In Li Kunming's view, with the strengthening of self-discipline and off-peak production of cement enterprises, it is expected that the market will return to normalization in 2025, and the fluctuation space will be narrowed, showing the operation characteristics of "rising with a top and falling with a limit".

2025-04-18 10:47:57

Facing the new development trend of the domestic cement industry, the company has accelerated the pace of structural adjustment, transformation and upgrading, and international development, and actively responded to the national "going out" call for Sinoma Cement as the company's overseas investment and operation platform. At present, it has a total cement production capacity of 2 million tons, clinker production capacity of 1.55 million tons, commercial mixing production capacity of 200,000 cubic meters, aggregate production capacity of 2 million tons and sintered brick production capacity of 60 million pieces in Zambia, Nigeria and Mongolia. In 2024, the company's international business continued to maintain a profitable trend, with increased sales and profits.

2025-04-14 16:34:32

On the basis of the sharp decline in demand in the second half of last year, the company expects that demand will continue to decline in the first half of 2025 due to insufficient rolling of stock projects and the reduction of new start-up projects. However, as the country continues to push the real estate market to stop falling and stabilize, and the capital situation is expected to improve, some infrastructure projects have been launched, and the demand decline is expected to gradually narrow in the second half of the year.

2025-04-09 10:16:20

In 2025, the overall weak pattern of the industry will continue. Under the environment of coexistence of opportunities and challenges, overseas market development will continue to be an important direction for cement enterprises in the new year.

2025-02-25 09:52:43

When the cycle goes up, we can go faster, and when the cycle goes down and the pressure is high, we should go steadily. The steady operation of an enterprise is to make as few mistakes as possible, not to make mistakes, not to be defeated first and then to win; to plant one mu of land well, and learn to create a small environment and climate suitable for the enterprise itself. "Stability" creates conditions for "progress", and "progress" contributes to the long-term "stability" of enterprises, which is a dialectical relationship.

2025-01-02 09:22:44

In this context, the 26th International Cement Technology and Equipment Exhibition will become an important platform to promote industry innovation, bringing together the world's top suppliers, displaying cutting-edge technology and equipment, and many conference activities will be carried out simultaneously during the exhibition, building a one-stop communication bridge for exhibitors and professional audiences, not only promoting domestic brands. It also helps overseas brands to enter China, thus building a more diversified and specialized global cement industry exchange platform.

2024-12-27 09:27:20

As soon as the news came out, people in the industry and the financial market reacted strongly. Such a large-scale repurchase and cancellation of shares is not common in the field of building materials and even in the whole market. What kind of signal does China's building materials release to the market? The author will focus on the following points.

2024-12-13 09:46:22

ICRA believes that due to the slowdown of construction activities during the general election in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 and the impact of strong monsoon rains in the second quarter on the growth of cement production in India, which is slower than expected, it has slightly revised its forecast for the growth of cement production in fiscal year 2025 from 7-8% released in July 2024 to 4-5%..

2024-12-09 16:01:22

According to the statistics of Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association, in October 2024, Pakistan's domestic cement sales volume was 3.276 million tons, a slight decrease of 0.49% compared with 3.292 million tons in October 2023. The slowdown of domestic private sector construction industry led to the stagnation of cement demand in Pakistan's domestic market, but the export increased by 51.29%.

2024-11-05 15:40:06

Nowadays, with the rise of local enterprises, such as Ningbo Yiyu Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. and other high-tech enterprises, relying on their professional R & D and production capacity in the field of dust removal products and pneumatic components, they provide cement plants with reliable and cost-effective localization alternatives.

2024-11-05 13:54:53

At 9:58 on November 1, a truck loaded with 53.5 tons of glue powder, with a long whistle, slowly left the north of Baicheng in the morning light and headed for Mongolia! This is the first time that Northern Cement and Changsha Mining Research Institute of China Minmetals have joined forces to produce glue powder independently and successfully with the help of the "the Belt and Road" Dongfeng, and the first order has been shipped to Mongolia. It marks that Northern Cement has thoroughly implemented the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the Twentieth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, actively practiced the "the Belt and Road" initiative, centered on the strategic goal of internationalization of China Building Material Group, vigorously exploited the international market, entered the ranks of foreign trade business, and enhanced its core competitiveness.

2024-11-05 10:58:48

What is happening in the cement industry?

2024-10-21 07:01:25

By integrating the Asment de T Témara and Grabemaro, expanding Heidelberg Materials Morocco's cement national coverage and expanding its concrete and aggregate systems, Heidelberg Materials can strengthen its position in the Moroccan market for building materials and sustainable solutions..

2024-09-24 16:33:19

On 5 September 2024, the Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) approved CRH Ukraine's acquisition of 99.9775% of Dyckerhoff Cement Ukraine. This will make CRH the largest cement producer in Ukraine.

2024-09-24 14:08:32

What is happening in the cement industry?

2024-09-15 07:02:03

With the continuous progress of national infrastructure construction, it is estimated that by 2027, the demand for clinker in Bangladesh's cement industry will soar to 25 million tons..

2024-05-21 10:02:19

On May 2, 2024, Brazilian steel company CSN signed an exclusive agreement with InterCement..

2024-05-21 09:50:39

As the export business of Yufeng Group is on the right track, the internationalization process of Yufeng Group is accelerating. The "Yufeng" brand cement will further demonstrate the hard core strength of "Made in China", provide superior cement for customers in more countries and regions, and jointly build a beautiful earth home.

2024-05-06 09:23:34

Special cement is the advantage of Yufeng Group.

2024-03-14 14:53:31

The domestic cement industry is expected to rebound in 2024 due to the government's tireless efforts to accelerate the implementation of public investment and key transport infrastructure projects, as well as the approval of many industrial and urban infrastructure projects.

2024-03-02 18:09:38

On January 29, 2024, FLSmidth, a full-process technology and service provider for the global mining and cement industry, announced that it was considering splitting the mining and cement business with the goal of maximizing the full potential of the cement business. And further strengthen the mining business's market leading position as a full-process technology and service provider for the global mining industry.

2024-03-01 09:59:33

Under the support of the "one belt and one way" initiative, Chinese enterprises are still facing great opportunities to go out.

2024-02-21 09:05:11

On January 30, 2024, Conch Group held the 2024 Working Conference and the Second Session of the Fourth Workers'Congress at its headquarters.

2024-01-31 10:30:23

Its photovoltaic storage business includes photovoltaic power generation, energy storage system, lithium battery and so on.

2023-12-28 09:13:50

Year-on-year growth of 110.86% and 146.03% respectively.

2023-12-20 09:28:24

On November 29, 2023, China Building Materials Federation held the fourth meeting of the Sixth Council.

2023-12-01 10:39:25

In November 7th, the main lithium carbonate futures contract 2401 closed down 4.33%, and the price hit a record low. The main reason for the decline is that the inventory of enterprises is cleared, the market demand is weak, and the competition in the international market is intensified. So when will lithium prices recover?

2023-11-20 10:45:36

With the development of technology iteration and vertical integration, the production capacity of photovoltaic modules in China has increased rapidly.

2023-11-08 09:30:22

In the past ten years, with the help of policy and accumulated advanced technology, capital strength and operation management experience, many domestic cement enterprises have accelerated their overseas layout, and many cement clinker projects have taken root and blossomed along the "one belt and one road".

2023-10-30 09:34:30

China's hydrogen energy enterprises have actively laid out overseas markets and signed hydrogen energy cooperation agreements with South Africa, Brazil, Australia and other countries, covering green hydrogen production, renewable energy projects and other fields.

2023-10-24 10:14:03

On the coast of North Sulawesi, a modern cement plant stands tall-this is the fourth project invested by Conch Cement in Indonesia, North Su Conch Cement Co., Ltd. and a full witness of Conch Group's implementation of the national "the Belt and Road" initiative and overseas high-quality development.

2023-10-18 17:14:01

In the next step, China Building Materials will closely adhere to the new mission and orientation of the central enterprises, focus on making good use of the "two ways", give full play to the "three roles", comprehensively enhance the value creation ability, and constantly make new achievements on the road of accelerating the construction of world-class enterprises.

2023-10-17 11:47:24