The development pattern of the iron and steel industry in the next three years is determined: reduce production, be intelligent and go global.
Reduce production capacity with environmental protection and energy conservation
It was revealed that the "action plan" proposed to strictly control the new production capacity and optimize the industrial layout. After three years of efforts to reduce 80million tons of steel production capacity, and achieved results in mergers and acquisitions, the number of enterprises is controlled at about 300, and there are a number of international enterprises.
Capacity compression is the general direction, and Beijing Tianjin Hebei is the key area for reduction. Specifically, Hebei Province reduced 60million tons, including 40million tons in Tangshan and 10million tons in Wu'an and Handan respectively. It is reported that Tangshan will introduce a pilot plan for steel reduction, including policies such as road transportation to railway transportation, which are under consideration.
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the problem of steel overcapacity has become prominent. In 2013, China's iron and steel output reached 820million tons, and the benefits also fell to a 13 year low. Some people describe it as making money from selling a ton of steel to earn a bottle of mineral water.
We will strengthen environmental law enforcement and eliminate backward production capacity. Xinrenzhou, deputy director of the industry department of the Ministry of industry and information technology, disclosed at the meeting that it is very difficult for Hebei to eliminate and close down due to mutual guarantees, employment and other reasons. However, according to the new environmental protection law, environmental protection and energy consumption indicators must be observed. At present, it is coordinating with the environmental protection department, but the environmental emission of the steel industry must meet the standard.
Take the road of intelligent manufacturing
Last Wednesday, the State Council discussed and approved "made in China 2025". Luotiejun said that "made in China 2025" must go in the steel field. In the next three years, the level of integration of "two modernizations" of iron and steel (deep integration of informatization and industrialization) will be significantly improved, and two to three intelligent demonstration plants will be formed.
It is reported that the intelligent path of the iron and steel industry includes: to improve the "two modernizations" integration standard system; Popularize the application of intelligent system and intelligent automatic control of process; Develop e-commerce, etc.
In 2010, China has become the world's largest manufacturing country, with manufacturing output accounting for 1/5 of the world. Last year, the output of crude steel, automobiles, cement, power generation equipment, chemical fiber, mobile phones, computers and color TV sets accounted for more than half of the total output.
China's iron and steel industry has a good intelligent foundation, and the production processes of large iron and steel enterprises such as continuous casting and rolling are widely used. In addition, steel e-commerce is ahead of bulk commodity e-commerce.
Seize the opportunity of the "the Belt and Road"
"The the Belt and Road" is also a key strategy for the iron and steel industry in the future.
Lixinchuang, President of metallurgical industry planning and Research Institute, believes that the "the Belt and Road" strategy has brought new historical opportunities for iron and steel to go global.
The "the Belt and Road" has a large investment in infrastructure construction, and the manufacturing of energy, high-speed rail, nuclear power and other equipment will bring a lot of steel demand. However, the cost and scale of steel production in the major countries along the "the Belt and Road" are lower than those in China. Among the countries along the "belt and road", the net steel Importers account for more than 70%. Therefore, most of the infrastructure investment along the "the Belt and Road" is invested by China, and domestic steel will undoubtedly be a good choice.
Lixinchuang believes that with the steady progress of the "the Belt and Road" strategy, it will drive the demand for building materials of about 18million tons in neighboring countries bordering Xinjiang.
In addition, the countries along the "the Belt and Road" are rich in iron ore resources, and the "the Belt and Road" will take the transportation infrastructure as a breakthrough, which will bring opportunities for the development of iron ore resources in various countries.