This year, China's steel in從劇dustry ushered in the peak year of舞朋 exports, steel e空線xports and export growth哥信 rate reached a record high. Steel ent熱也erprises to increase invest筆做ment in overseas merger說算s and acquisitions, Baosteel Group, He數答bei iron and steel group have土數 accelerated overseas investment, the e知高stablishment of 笑術industrial bases低近. In recently s習章ponsored by the Chinese Society間他 for metals 2014 (third) of the C購國hina Iron and steel technology志船 economic high-end forums, man內學y people in the industry said, mer服影ger and reorganization of the高老 industry window has been opened線兵, should accelera又亮te the establishment of a她來 fair and reasonable market mechani動嗎sm.
Export record high
This year, Europe and the Unit近坐ed States and Japan 輛要and other developed economies, the eco物森nomic recovery, the int離劇ernational steel marke山習t demand has been restored.雜著 Coupled with insuffic作有ient domestic demand, steel 裡好prices generally incre你訊ase the export intensity, both the笑山 number of exports草去 or growth rate, have reached a reco友內rd high.
Data show tha理土t 1-8 months of China's total化好 exports of 56 million 380 thousand ton個作s of steel, an incre科視ase of 34.3%; imports of 9朋西 million 640 thousand tons of ste房厭el, an increase 為窗of 4.4%; net expo吧厭rts of crude ste坐線el exports 49 million 720 thou線女sand tons, an increase海船 of 42.7%. Industry sources子花 said, this level has reached a h什房istoric high.
In terms of price, 1-8 mon農廠th average price of短城 steel exports 795.3 U.S. dollar很技s / ton, down 7廠森.5%. Steel imports ave舊車rage price of 1249.9 U.S. dol銀機lars / ton, an increase of 3.5%.慢師 "The problem of steel e輛從xports in the price change." Ch去城ina Iron and Steel Indust秒做ry Association Deputy Secr數我etary General Qu Xiuli said日就.
Due to the substan章們tial increase in steel exports, the i美頻ncrease in the relevant視科 international trade friction, many c在一ountries have adopted anti-dum計影ping, countervailing d山唱uties and other trade protection poli中她cy. Qu Xiuli is expected 愛玩in the second half w技麗ill remain growth, but it is d要飛ifficult to maintain他綠 the high growth i南舊n the first hal呢紙f, the growth rat老秒e will drop. "Iron and steel 這視enterprises to optimize 上光the structure of exp不又ort products and regional 黑愛distribution, improve the added工站 value of export prod間都ucts, reduce trade friction, to trul話小y enhance the ability to participat金購e in international market com內校petition." Qu Xiuli s外錯aid.
It is not only a substan哥看tial increase in steel exports, steel 村讀prices are also increa風日sing the intensity 化購of overseas distribution. In 路年May this year, Baosteel Group, B麗關aosteel Resources International ann小我ounced that it intends to expand thro算愛ugh the acquisition of Aq冷個uila holdings to 85%. Aquila is Austr麗河alia a mineral resources explora些輛tion and development of listed compani林地es, mainly mining 議數assets including Queensland Lanzhou路章 Bowen Basin coal, Wes自員tern Australia's Pilbara iron or校志e region and So男錯uth Africa ore and iron ore友黃 resources project assets.
"This is a step to 開嗎win." Baosteel Gro這少up Chairman Xu Lejia間拿ng described the above inves現開tment. Xu Lejiang said that after the i離路ncrease in holdings, the 器北future still needs a larger inv信樂estment. But from the 但美results of this round of喝刀 overseas invest放些ment to see, the懂人 competitiveness of the ore per ton has日慢 been comparable to FMG.
Hebei iron and Steel Group recen雪對tly announced cooperation with們理 the South African government t理志o create a resource devel城呢opment, internat醫著ional logistics, iron a兵新nd steel industry as one of the o坐廠verseas industrial bas南煙e. The next group is also preparing 他票to buy shares from 10% 現愛shares of JCDecaux,子讀 expanded to 51% stake to相腦 52%." Peng Zhaofe兵個ng, general manager of 電飛Hebei iron and Steel Group revea你一led. As the world's影唱 largest independent steel trader, 著中JCDecaux company als費了o has sales netw農技ork in South africa.
Xu Lejiang pointed音她 out that this year is 紙為the steel industry exports peak years,舊劇 the development of regions such as th裡自e Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia a森少nd Eastern Europe,一可 China's st子民eel industry will b拿輛e the future develo兵唱pment of the main ar文森eas. Although out of the face of 服見language, culture a離線nd other aspects of the risk,年街 but the Chinese ste現話el go out is the trend.
Usher in the peak 志中of mergers and acquisitions
At present, the domestic但讀 steel market is still in the d姐微oldrums, resolv開好e excess capacity, 在司promote mergers and acquisitions身物, accelerate the tr公是ansformation and upgrading, has bee放行n the development of the indu家草stry prescription". Many indus分風try insiders said that the curre腦數nt industry has us吃影hered in the merger and reorganiza費那tion of the window period, the future業自 needs to accelerate the establishment亮了 of a fair and reasonable market me玩離chanism.
"Reduction and r文多estructuring of the steel 會習industry, shutt文電ing down the low eff得讀iciency of the plant and non main in年司dustry, it is impe熱站rative." Chai校吃rman of the Chinese Society f和聽or metals, Xu said that China&數的#39;s iron and steel 了光industry in the ten years少窗 new capacity reached 呢朋7 million tons, but the investm的請ent debt make financial costs ar友妹e too high, the iron and steel industr玩自y as overcapacity in t學你he industry in the wo票如rst economic benefi錢火t of industry.
Early this year, the Stat綠放e Council issued the &qu書好ot;on the further optimization 有放of corporate mergers and ac村媽quisitions market environment opinions&弟那quot;. Secretary, Ministry o近器f industry and in日看formation technology indus玩術try policy Feng Fei熱子 said that the who市線le idea of the policy is to create a b務和etter market environment, mainly 窗有to solve in the 照時process of merger and re懂讀organization of Taxation, 秒身and financial means are not pe腦什rfect, land, personnel placement probl電路em in four aspects.
"Has entere一紙d the steel merger an呢相d reorganization of the window period,很妹 is experiencing a new round of m快林ergers and acquisitions peak.&qu服微ot; Feng Fei said that the Ministry is商內 stepping up the implementati站很on of the above documents, h工資oping to put in place the policy 草慢in place this year, to create a good m靜小arket environment for corpo件草rate mergers and acquisitions.冷冷
For the trend of industry mergers冷東 and acquisitions, many s就數teel enterprises 讀不in support of the same time also兒下 called on the government林山 to speed up the establishment of a fai從低r and reasonable market enviro事子nment. Xu Lejiang said that門見 if there is no fair market environment遠水, corporate mergers a車老nd acquisitions 下技will face a very麗道 big pressure. "At present, 舊員the state owned ente技謝rprises and private enterprises, l為話arge enterprises and small enter鄉近prises, the gap i會中s very large. Whether it is from 北西the tax or environmental point of vi他照ew, who came to law頻綠 enforcement? A都刀fter the illegal how to 金空do? These issues need to be 生吧resolved, the government sh舞聽ould play a better role." Xu 少間Lejiang bluntly.
Xu Lejiang also sai兵聽d that technological innovation is th技要e basis for the devel亮跳opment of steel price女相s, management and bus多嗎iness model innovati路下on is the guarantee of the transfor聽錢mation of steel enterprises. &雨行quot;It is now the era of big data,街藍 intelligent. Steel prices好北 not only to improve the qual林子ity, control costs, should al服習so follow the time件說s, in the data and intelligence 街風to be a breakthrough.&q市月uot;
