Before July this year earn 1.68 yuan per ton of steel, the lower level of profitability of 50 yuan per ton of steel than the financial crisis, "Wang Qi, vice president of the China Iron and Steel Association, the recent remarks reveal the plight of the profitability of the steel industry .
Profits fall into a historical low, on the one hand will be the poor health of the steel mills eliminated, which of decompression in the overcapacity of the industry, the head of the mountain. On the other hand, with the gradual reversal of the relationship between supply and demand of iron ore pricing mechanism face and then the opportunities for change.
Ten loss company steel half steel prices in the short term is expected to continue dropping
As of August 31, Shanghai and Shenzhen more than 2,000 listed companies in the semi-annual report disclosure. In a single enterprise, the China Ocean topped 49 billion in losses. On industry, the iron and steel the real hardest hit. Angang Steel Company in the first half of a loss of 20 billion yuan, Magang loss of 1.9 billion yuan, and Shandong Iron and Steel loss of 10 billion. Former top 10 companies in which the losses in the iron and steel enterprises actually accounted for 5 seats.
As the best domestic iron and steel enterprises, Baosteel first half net profit of 9.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 89%. However, the first half of Baosteel sale of stainless steel, special steel division, and other related assets, non-recurring income of 9.09 billion yuan. Baosteel's profits in the first half, net of the factors in fact, more than a 50% decline.
Although the Government has started the "steady growth" policy from May, but could not stop the trend of decline in steel prices. According to the monitoring statistics show that, in the 31st, the domestic steel prices have fallen below 3,600 yuan / ton, compared to April, down more than $ 600, the trend to move closer to the financial crisis. The loss of the steel company to expand in August by week, He Wenbo, Baosteel chairman, admitted that the third quarter will be the most difficult period of the Iron and Steel Company during the year.
The face of sluggish demand, steel mills rely on agents order to maintain sales model is faced with severe challenges. Some private steel mills in Tangshan, Hebei Province have started to mobilize workers to make the sale. Industry researcher pointed out recently the steel market false warehouse receipts, Piandai, and other risk concentrated outbreak, market confidence in the bottom of the expected the steel prices short-term rebound basically hopeless, will continue down dip.
Steel trading business into enterprise or out turn of the steel mills in the foot '
Demand malaise and steel prices have fallen sharply from the second half of last year, some steel traders in the Yangtze River Delta "on foot" phenomenon. To judge from the current situation, this negative situation will the steel mills spread, some high debt, poor product sales, production enterprises will face death in the face.
Nanjing Iron & Steel United Co., Ltd. Chairman Yang Siming said that China's steel industry has entered a "long-term frozen period. "If you like such a delay, the next 3-5 years there will not be changes in the part of the enterprise must have fallen."
Jiang Jianping, deputy general manager of the country's largest private steel enterprises Shagang Group more bluntly: This winter, some enterprises more prepared cotton is also useless to leave or stay, should make early plans.
Companies were eliminated admittedly cruel, but it is one of the keys to recovery of China's steel industry and then meet. Wang Qi pointed out that China's crude steel production capacity of about 940 million tons, while last year's crude steel production of 680 million tons, however, capacity serious excess capacity. In the first seven months of this year, China's crude steel production of 419 million tons, a slight increase of 2.1% year-on-year. Excluding the increase in exports and inventory, actual consumption fell by 3.6%, which is over the years is rare.
Based on the fact that the absolute decline of the steel, Wang Qi that crude steel production reached 700 million tons, will enter the peak area. "Some private entrepreneurs are already considering future crude steel consumption dropped to 600 million tons or 400 million tons of how to do."
If the above-mentioned judgment, the number of iron and steel enterprises to be eliminated? The Jiangsu Zhongtian Iron and Steel Group Vice President Zhou Kwok-chuen given judgment, 20% of the steel enterprises face out of this round of winter.
Pricing mechanism and then welcome the opportunity for change steel mills to revert to the principle of large concessions
The steel enterprises into profitable trough or even bankruptcy, will inevitably reduce the consumption of raw materials. Iron ore prices have fallen below $ 100, down 50% compared with a record high. Coal prices have continued to fall in the space.
Baosteel raw material procurement, general manager Chang Tien-wave, while the decline in demand in the second half of global seaborne iron ore supply compared with the first half is expected to increase more than 50 million tons, into the relatively loose.
The face of the ever-decreasing price of iron ore, Chang Tien-wave, said the large steel mills perform quarterly index pricing like some kind of "kidnapping". On the one hand, the quarterly pricing reference index derived from the spot market, while the spot market sample areas for improvement. It is estimated that only 6% to 9% of the total sales amount of the three mines through spot tenders. That is less than 10% of the iron ore trading decisions most of the ore price agreement.
On the other hand, when the ore price falling, perform quarterly agreements steel mills lost the opportunity to participate in market transactions, can only passively accept the index price. "At present, the implementation of the agreement of any cycle mine in terms of price, there will not be advantage," said, according to industry surveys. More and more people realize that if this situation does not change, the steel mills are not as directly to the stock market go up procurement.
In the case of gradual reversal of the relationship between supply and demand of iron ore, Chang Tien-wave should be explored more reasonable pricing. He think mine need emphasis on with large concessions marketing principles to protect the interests of the protocol client. Wang Qi also said that the change of the pricing mechanism, associations and international mining has been maintained contact.
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