At present, the cement industry is experiencing unprecedented survival pressure.
On the one hand, coal prices are soaring. The spot price of 5500 kcal steam coal in Qinhuangdao Port in June was maintained at 863-875 yuan/ton, 254 yuan/ton higher than same period last year, an increase of more than 40%. With stricter safety supervision in Shanxi and export restrictions in Indonesia, the import of coal is expected to drop by 8% in the whole year, and the agency predicts that the peak summer thermal coal will hit 900-1000 yuan/ton.
On the other side is the collapse of cement prices . Since June, many places have failed to push up. The national cement price index published by China Cement Network has recently refreshed its ten-year low again. The ex-factory price of P.O42.5 bulk cement in some areas has fallen below 150 yuan/ton . It is a common situation for cement enterprises to sell one ton and lose one ton. Many enterprises have fallen into the predicament of "losing money in production and going out of production".
The national cement price index is reading a ten-year low
, and coal is the main component of cement production costs. The price of coal has risen by 254 yuan, the cost of cement production has risen by about 25 yuan per ton, while the price of cement has fallen below 150 yuan, and the "scissors gap" between cost and price has reached its limit.
Cost will become the key to the survival of enterprises, and the core battlefield of cost competition is energy consumption, energy consumption reduction is the key way out for cement enterprises to "survive".
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only, especially with the decline of cement market demand, the importance of cost for cement enterprises will be further highlighted .
At present, the demand for cement has not yet bottomed out, and some enterprises in the industry still hope to stabilize the situation of the industry through market synergy. Thanks to the fact that the demand for cement in China is still about 1.6 billion tons, it is possible for some regions to strengthen market synergy to resist the downward pressure of demand in the short term.
However, according to the forecast, the domestic demand for cement will be gradually reduced to less than 1 billion tons in the next few years. In view of the fact that the current domestic cement production capacity is still more than 3 billion tons, the market synergy will be completely broken in a few years, and the cement market competition will become white-hot . When it
comes to "fighting bayonets", cost control will become the key to the survival of cement enterprises.
It is in this context that, China Cement Network is scheduled to hold the 15th China Cement Energy-saving Technology Exchange Conference and the 7th Intelligent Summit Forum in Wuhu, Anhui Province on July 29-30, 2026. Focus on the most urgent survival proposition of cement enterprises: how to reduce energy consumption and cost . During
the conference, we will also organize a visit to the first AI model and digital exhibition hall in the cement industry released by Conch Group-AI is moving from concept to production line, and whoever uses it first will seize the initiative of the next round of cost competition. At the same time, the
conference gathered top energy-saving technology suppliers at home and abroad-when all cement companies are looking for answers to reduce energy consumption, your solution is what they want to see most.
Facing the increasingly fierce market competition, for cement enterprises, "living" is the biggest absolute principle at present. The key to survival is to reduce costs. The answer is not elsewhere, but in Wuhu on July 29.
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