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China’s Building Materials Industry Report

nemo — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:30:13 +0000

In 2006, the government’s macro control, and the adjustment of industry policy produced impact on some enterprises in China’s building materials industry. However, the industry still maintained stable growth on the whole, with steady growth in the output and sales revenue. The micro-economic environment and investment environment of the industry looks rosy. Due to low industry concentration, competition is very intense in the industry. The industry structure is not really rational. The excessive production capacity of low-end products coexists with the insufficient production capacity of products with high added value.

After probing into main factors affecting the development of China’s building materials market in the next few years, the report conducts qualitative and quantitative forecast of the development trend of the industry, and presents thorough analysis of the industry’s investment value. Finally, it provides development strategy and recommendations for the government, enterprises and investors.

China’s Metallurgy Industry

nemo — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:27:17 +0000

In 2006, the government’s macro control and adjustment of industry policy produced impact on some metallurgy enterprises in China’s metallurgy industry. However, the industry remained prosperous as a whole, with steady growth in output and sales revenue. The micro-economic environment and investment environment in the industry still presented a rosy picture. Listed steel companies and non-ferrous metal companies achieved encouraging performance. Therefore, the industry is worth investing. Due to low industry concentration, competition is very intense in the industry structure is a serious problem in this sector. The excessive production capacity of some low-end products with high added value. The shift from production capacity expansion to the adjustment of industrial structure is the development direction in the future.

China’s Iron & Steel Industry Report

nemo — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:23:30 +0000

In 2004, China produced 272 79 million tons of steel and 252 85 million tons of pig iron with rises of 22.7% and 24.2% respectively last year, and produced 297 23 million tons of rolled steel (recycled steel included), with an increase of 23.29%. According to the calculation, the growth rate of apparent steel consumption dropped from 25.8% in 2003 to 10.71% in 2004. After investigation, we found that the decrease of the steel storage has decreased the rate of actual consumption to around 13%, a 12.8% decrease year-on-year. With the importation decreasing and the exportation increasing for steel and steel billets, the net volume of imported steel decreased from 36.55 million tons in 2003 to approximately 13.83 million tons in 2004, a cut by 22.72 million tons, or 62.16%, that is, 45% of the steel production increased in 2004 is for importation and exportation. This change is a significant transition: on one hand its shows that in recent years, the development of steel industry is, in general, sound, active and effective, and on the other hand it also reminds us that the room for further expanding steel production capacity becomes smaller than ever.

Chinese steel industry developed rapidly thanks to the high market demand for steel. It kept a good balance between production and sales and made substantial economic returns in the first quarter of 2005, in which China achieved the expected favorable balance for the first time. In March 2005, the international negotiation on iron ore and its increasing price became the focus of the world. There are many factors, such as national macro-control of the steel industry, the rising price of iron freight and positional steel industry. So, what can we expect of the Chinese steel industry development in the future?

As far as Chinese steel industry is concerned, the year of 2005 is very crucial for its historical transition, because in this year, the output of Chinese steel production will reach 300 million tons or even more, which will be a great leap in China’s history, and which also shows that from now on, we should carefully transfer our attention from the growth in quantity to the improvement of quality, to the optimization of structure and to a much more comprehensive, coordinative, and sustainable development. After in-depth surveys of steel manufacturers, according to years of experienced research on steel industry, using quantitative and qualitative analysis, relating the changes concerning supply and demand, we made this report, which gives an overall summary of the development of Chinese steel industry. Through accurate data and comprehensive descriptions, we present you detailed analyses on issues facing Chinese steel industry in 2006, such as market circumstances, business operations, market for steel products and sustainable development. Then, with the combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses, we predicated the development of Chinese steel industry and provided reliable analyses, for companies to build their development strategy and to seize opportunities.

China’s Cement Market Report 2005

nemo — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:38:55 +0000

The sustainable development strategy for China’s cement industry is part of the social sustainable development strategy. China is one of the main markets for the production and consumption of cement in the world. In 2005, China had a cement output of 1.064 billion ton, up 9.69% than 2004. In 2006, the Chinese cement production still stay within its contraction period and is most likely to grow slower than GDP, but is the investment is fixed assent can keep a steady growth, the demand for cement is still able to reach 1.12~1.14 billion ton. The world Bank forecasts that the growth rate of the global economy in 2006 will be higher than 2005, and the international trade will greatly increase. The International Monetary Fund forecasts that the growth rate in 2006 will be the same as 2005, which still will be 4.3% and the trade growth rate will reduce to 6.5% from 9%. China’s GDP growth rate was 9.9% in 2005. Some Chinese experts forecast that the GDP growth rate was 9.9% in 2005. Some Chinese Experts forecast that the GDP will rise by 8.7%~9.2% in 2006. The development of the global and Chinese economy will stimulate the demand of cement, the growth will maintain between 7% and 8%, and the outpup will be around 1.15 billion ton in 2006.

In 2005, the global cement output was 2.27 billion ton, and it is forecasted that the global cement sale will attain 2.23 billion ton by 2010. The U.S. will continue to play the role of bellwether till 2010. It is forecasted that the cement import will achieve 30 million ton in 2010 and in 5~6 years, the global cement industry will experience a worldwide merger and reorganization, by 2010 there will be 75% of the production capacity involving in the merger IIde, oversize multinational groups will be established. It is an opportunity and a challenge at the same time for the Chinese cement and concrete corporative groups.

We research on the Chinese cement industry’s supply and demand, development, competitive status, import and export, and its prospect etc., especially the production and sale of various cement products. It also provided an analysis on the impacts that China’s cement industry will face in the WTO era, and some good suggestions. This rep rot was given on the basis of large quantity of information published by the National Bureau of Statistics, the State Bureau of Building Material, the National Development and Reform Commission, China cement Association, the National Bulk Cement Office, various newspapers and magazines of Chinese and overseas, some cement research institutes in addition of the investigations about cement relevant enterprises made by Syntech Information Co., Ltd. This report provides access to great data about the status quo and development trend of the cement industry and offers a guide for the cement and cement relevant enterprise to make right strategies.

Analyzing China’s Ferric Oxide Development

nemo — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:52:23 +0000

It should also be noted that problems co-exist with the rapid development of China’s ferric oxide industry. On one hand, low threshold to ferric oxide industry caused mass production and long-term repeated construction, regardless of market demand; on the other hand, the primary products of China’s ferric oxide accounts for a big market share, which means the quality of ferric oxide products is still at middle-low level in international market; moreover, the value added to products is low. Restricted by the requirements of energy, resources and environment, the production of ferric oxide is under higher pressure. Export is also hindered by Euramerican economic fluctuation and trade bulwark.

In general, China’s ferric oxide industry has a good prospect. The construction of rural-urban infrastructure will stimulate the demand of ferric oxide as construction paint. Particularly, the start-up of Beijing 2008 Olympics project and Shanghai 2010 World Expo project will drive the development of ferric oxide industry. What’s more, the demand of China’s ferric oxide products in oversea market is also large. As long as China’s ferric oxide manufacturers seize this opportunity, speed up saving energy and reducing energy consumption, develop new products and improve the value added to products, more market shares can be occupied.