This year, China's steel indu議弟stry ushered in 離熱the peak year of exports, stee房筆l exports and export growth車些 rate reached a rec現外ord high. Steel enterpr相身ises to increase i討哥nvestment in overseas mergers an人票d acquisitions, Baoste們火el Group, Hebei ir畫體on and steel group have accelerated物相 overseas investment, the esta白師blishment of industrial base刀暗s. In recently sp嗎銀onsored by the Chine西新se Society for metals 2雪員014 (third) of the China Iron and ste鄉公el technology economic high-end fo生樹rums, many people in the industry sa厭湖id, merger and reorganiza海這tion of the industry window has b內影een opened, should accelerate t話化he establishment of a fair and reasonab冷物le market mechanism.
Export record high
This year, Eur國見ope and the United States 新微and Japan and other developed economies視藍, the economic recove拿們ry, the internat店電ional steel market demand has bee多近n restored. Couple要吃d with insufficient dome照坐stic demand, steel prices ge門能nerally increase the ex了店port intensity,頻能 both the number of expo水裡rts or growth rate, 會嗎have reached a reco個話rd high.
Data show that 1-8 months of訊街 China's total exports of 56 mil影短lion 380 thousand tons o為靜f steel, an increa朋見se of 34.3%; imports of 9 millio件刀n 640 thousand tons of steel, a高空n increase of 4.4%; net exports of河物 crude steel exp紙件orts 49 million 720 thousand體媽 tons, an increase友兵 of 42.7%. Industry sour西問ces said, this level has reached a 少山historic high.
In terms of price, 喝年1-8 month average price of steel 服算exports 795.3 U.S. dollars / ton, down匠低 7.5%. Steel imports average高的 price of 1249.9 U.S. do信城llars / ton, an increase做亮 of 3.5%. "T暗司he problem of steel exports in the 體微price change."間高; China Iron and Ste熱電el Industry Associatio明高n Deputy Secretary 師資General Qu Xiuli said呢為.
Due to the substantial increase in區坐 steel exports, the inc西藍rease in the releva跳電nt international trade friction, ma房通ny countries have adopted anti-dumpi她去ng, countervailing duties 小來and other trade pr秒花otection policy. Qu X坐文iuli is expected in th雜笑e second half will remain growth, b答友ut it is difficult to mainta討少in the high growth in票如 the first half, the g從從rowth rate will 可窗drop. "Iron and steel e制女nterprises to optimi窗弟ze the structure of export products an離在d regional distribution, improve the一現 added value of劇熱 export products, reduce trade fr知也iction, to truly enhance 什身the ability to participate in int他妹ernational market competition." 快店Qu Xiuli said.
It is not only a su技紙bstantial increase in steel exports, 哥火steel prices are also increasing the in服這tensity of oversea說店s distribution. In May 中金this year, Baosteel雪我 Group, Baosteel Resources Internat吧嗎ional announced that it intends to e公間xpand through the ac綠高quisition of Aquila holdings to 8船數5%. Aquila is Australi作船a a mineral resources exp服笑loration and deve司下lopment of listed companies, mainly mi朋廠ning assets including Queensland Lanzho爸月u Bowen Basin coal, Western紙紅 Australia's Pilbara iron o時黑re region and South Afr著中ica ore and iron ore resources如大 project assets.
"This is a ste刀務p to win." Baosteel Group Chair很短man Xu Lejiang describ船錯ed the above investm女站ent. Xu Lejiang said that after the 鐘弟increase in holdings, the fu了地ture still needs a larger investme了湖nt. But from the results of章站 this round of overseas inves來不tment to see, the competitiveness of t刀風he ore per ton has been 鐵化comparable to FMG.
Hebei iron an鄉月d Steel Group recentl要公y announced cooperation with 議男the South African go鐵地vernment to create a re新那source developm門銀ent, international logistics, iron唱好 and steel industry as one of the o雪體verseas industrial的市 base. The next用多 group is also prep市小aring to buy sha對數res from 10% shares of JCDe科舊caux, expanded to 51% stake to 52%.業生" Peng Zhaofeng, general弟聽 manager of Hebei iron and Steel就公 Group revealed. As the w關的orld's largest 從黃independent steel tr鄉紙ader, JCDecaux company also has sa一外les network in South afri綠子ca.
Xu Lejiang pointed out that this yea技土r is the steel industry訊慢 exports peak years, the development 腦報of regions such as the Middle East,身我 Africa, Southeast Asi自人a and Eastern Europe,冷劇 China's steel indu廠愛stry will be the future d拿兒evelopment of the main areas. 鐵化Although out of the face o時山f language, culture and other視從 aspects of the risk, but the Chine事中se steel go out is the 請我trend.
Usher in the peak of mergers a車刀nd acquisitions
At present, the domestic steel 公很market is still對村 in the doldrums, resolve exces話制s capacity, promote mergers謝拍 and acquisitions, accelerate the低房 transformation and upgra影了ding, has been the d資睡evelopment of the industry街什 prescription". Many industry in煙上siders said that 報算the current industry has us來報hered in the merger and reorgan慢吃ization of the window period, the樹亮 future needs to accelerate the技下 establishment of a fair and reaso店動nable market mechanism.
"Reduction and re熱綠structuring of the steel indu事計stry, shutting down the low efficie靜鐵ncy of the plant 事業and non main industry, it is im慢麗perative." Chairman of the C紅暗hinese Society for metals, Xu內照 said that China's 得家iron and steel industry in the ten資嗎 years new capacity rea又見ched 7 million tons, but the inves門白tment debt make financial 子火costs are too high, the i喝一ron and steel industry as overcapacit厭子y in the industry in 飛山the worst economic 地業benefit of indust拿章ry.
Early this year, the St近鐘ate Council issued the "電歌;on the further optimiz要呢ation of corporate mergers a看睡nd acquisitions market environment 煙西opinions". Secretary, 弟跳Ministry of industry and information te懂件chnology industry polic志員y Feng Fei said 聽了that the whole ide山西a of the policy is to create a來從 better market enviro林風nment, mainly to solve in the process o雪亮f merger and reorganization of Taxatio分關n, and financial means are not 呢劇perfect, land, personnel pl亮志acement problem in four aspects劇我.
"Has ent空友ered the steel merger and reor城農ganization of the window peri相些od, is experiencing a new round o問城f mergers and a森冷cquisitions peak." Feng F請美ei said that the Ministry is ste很子pping up the imp到金lementation of the above docu你離ments, hoping to put in place the媽男 policy in place this year, to cre吧山ate a good market environme答近nt for corporate mergers a校知nd acquisitions.
For the trend of industry merge科自rs and acquisitions, many嗎快 steel enterprise報頻s in support of the 雨嗎same time also called on th長不e government to speed up the est農紙ablishment of a fair and r地東easonable market environment. X黃吧u Lejiang said that i綠民f there is no fair market e城訊nvironment, corporat呢做e mergers and acquisitions will f玩器ace a very big pressure. "At pre習子sent, the state owned enterprises an腦喝d private enterpr微見ises, large enterprises an答票d small enterprises, the gap is very l船白arge. Whether it i離房s from the tax or雨錯 environmental 煙暗point of view, wh空制o came to law enforce暗看ment? After the illegal how 黑服to do? These issues need to 多務be resolved, th可如e government shou林器ld play a better role.放舊" Xu Lejian嗎作g bluntly.
Xu Lejiang also said that technolog信劇ical innovation is 們動the basis for th鐘國e development of steel prices, manag話兒ement and business mo知答del innovation is t近去he guarantee of t好議he transformation of steel enterprises.區做 "It is now the era of 呢畫big data, intelligent. 市中Steel prices not鐘又 only to improve the quality, control湖市 costs, should al劇作so follow the times, in the data and in雪暗telligence to be a breakthrough.&quo美人t;
