This year, China's steel industry南公 ushered in the peak year of 紅裡exports, steel exports and export grow鐘慢th rate reached a rec民南ord high. Steel enterp請河rises to increase investme花通nt in overseas mergers 要冷and acquisitions, Baosteel 來刀Group, Hebei iron and ste不路el group have accelerated 關空overseas investment, the establishment 離弟of industrial bases. In recentl錢兒y sponsored by the Chin西女ese Society for metals 20路歌14 (third) of the土城 China Iron and steel technology我對 economic high-end科科 forums, many people林你 in the industry said, merger and reorg呢地anization of the industry window has新國 been opened, s女微hould accelerate the establishment of 土吃a fair and reasonable market m靜愛echanism.
Export record high
This year, Europe and the United Sta來高tes and Japan and other d水草eveloped economies, the economic化花 recovery, the interna要暗tional steel market demand has be子如en restored. Coupled with insuff場唱icient domestic demand, st紙火eel prices generally inc雨門rease the export in愛坐tensity, both the空對 number of exports or拿議 growth rate, have reache劇店d a record high.
Data show that 1-8 months 從你of China's t他一otal exports of 5船們6 million 380 thousand tons of steel,線場 an increase of 草姐34.3%; imports of 9 millio議路n 640 thousand tons of stee外西l, an increase of 4.4%;場劇 net exports of c的照rude steel exports 49 million 7店事20 thousand tons, an inc嗎們rease of 42.7%. Industry sources sai上媽d, this level has reached a h近章istoric high.
In terms of price, 呢雨1-8 month average price of steel exp匠哥orts 795.3 U.S. dollar讀機s / ton, down 7.5%. S在市teel imports average price of 1249.9 讀西U.S. dollars / ton, an increase of 3.5%短唱. "The problem of st在年eel exports in t訊秒he price change." China Ir錢學on and Steel Industry Associa用店tion Deputy Secretary Gener腦綠al Qu Xiuli said.
Due to the substantial increase in動還 steel exports, the increa遠購se in the relevant international tr信月ade friction, many cou信科ntries have ado訊理pted anti-dumping, countervailing會靜 duties and other trade protection po車謝licy. Qu Xiuli is expe冷校cted in the second h看湖alf will remain growth, but it is房個 difficult to maintain the hi費中gh growth in the first half, the gro身銀wth rate will dro木術p. "Iron and stee街得l enterprises to校拿 optimize the structure of export p議人roducts and regional distrib音歌ution, improve the added value of ex件從port products, reduce trade fricti美玩on, to truly enhance the abil線你ity to participa站事te in international ma湖師rket competition." Qu Xi信工uli said.
It is not only a 討裡substantial increase i體舞n steel exports, steel p黃去rices are also increasing t他笑he intensity of overseas distrib暗還ution. In May this用照 year, Baosteel Group, Baosteel Reso動門urces International an弟文nounced that it intends to ex慢公pand through the acquisiti醫西on of Aquila holdings to 85%. Aquila i劇遠s Australia a mineral reso藍嗎urces exploration就木 and development of li地東sted companies, mainly mining asse北和ts including Queensland Lanzhou Bowen姐她 Basin coal, Western Australia's Pi現你lbara iron ore re吃來gion and South Afr但錢ica ore and iron ore r畫國esources project assets.
"This is a step to win些嗎." Baosteel Group Chairman又物 Xu Lejiang described th現這e above investment. Xu Leji輛輛ang said that after the increase in hol匠那dings, the future still needs a large秒會r investment. But from the results of能秒 this round of overseas investment to國短 see, the competitiveness of the男數 ore per ton has been comparable友購 to FMG.
Hebei iron and Steel Group recent北跳ly announced cooperation with 頻照the South African government to cr區大eate a resource development, inte訊吧rnational logistics, iron an什舊d steel industry as one of日慢 the overseas industrial base. The 作的next group is also preparing to buy sha山姐res from 10% shares of JC會白Decaux, expanded to 51% stake 刀畫to 52%." Pen聽輛g Zhaofeng, general manager of Hebe黑爸i iron and Steel Group r得農evealed. As the world'錯農s largest independent steel t關海rader, JCDecaux company also has s聽睡ales network in South africa.
Xu Lejiang pointed o離兵ut that this year is the steel indust店多ry exports peak years, the de靜新velopment of regions such as the 在學Middle East, Africa, Southea小舊st Asia and Eastern Europe, China錢和9;s steel industry will be the 近有future development of the m站視ain areas. Althou去錢gh out of the face of language但姐, culture and other aspec匠國ts of the risk,區慢 but the Chinese steel靜場 go out is the trend.
Usher in the peak of mergers an畫湖d acquisitions
At present, the domestic steel marke時議t is still in the doldrums, resolve 是綠excess capacity, promote merger鄉還s and acquisitions, accelerate the木可 transformation and upgrading, has 朋森been the development of the industry p河美rescription". Many去人 industry insiders said tha工有t the current industry has u歌歌shered in the merger and reorgani務什zation of the window period, the fu事報ture needs to accelerat腦長e the establishment of a fa資他ir and reasonable market mechanism.
"Reduction and restru聽街cturing of the 話房steel industry, shutting do木女wn the low efficiency of the plant and 新山non main industry, it is imperative.&q數女uot; Chairman of the Chinese 資司Society for metals, Xu said 還車that China's iron and steel industr少廠y in the ten years舊你 new capacity reached 7 million tons, b樹年ut the investment debt make fina習農ncial costs are too high,東小 the iron and stee站懂l industry as overcapacity in the indus聽務try in the worst economic benefit 少劇of industry.
Early this ye鐘呢ar, the State Council issu畫好ed the "on t志離he further optimization of corporate 黃得mergers and acqu事媽isitions market env爸通ironment opinions". Secretary, Mi吃們nistry of industry and inf問你ormation technology industry policy Fe年老ng Fei said that the whole話些 idea of the policy is to create a bett睡謝er market environment, mainly 朋吃to solve in the process of merger an暗做d reorganization of Taxati是山on, and financial mean她區s are not perfect, 個空land, personnel placement problem長哥 in four aspects.間資
"Has entered the stee工自l merger and reorganization我厭 of the window period, is expe樹上riencing a new round of mergers and a什話cquisitions peak." Fe答空ng Fei said that the M愛通inistry is stepping up the 樂銀implementation of t場志he above documents, hoping to put 家吧in place the policy in place this靜森 year, to create a good market enviro姐煙nment for corpora刀厭te mergers and acquisitions.
For the trend of industry merge睡化rs and acquisiti到如ons, many steel 南水enterprises in support of the sa議海me time also called on the governm房些ent to speed up the estab少市lishment of a fair and reasonable m筆國arket environment. Xu Lejiang雪刀 said that if there is no fair m爸做arket environment, corporate merg綠視ers and acquisi女能tions will face a very big p門訊ressure. "At present, the state這體 owned enterprises and priva愛外te enterprises, large e鐵快nterprises and small enterprises, the快站 gap is very large. Whethe花紅r it is from the tax or envi睡弟ronmental point of view, who cam些煙e to law enforcement? After the ill師但egal how to do? These is睡車sues need to be resolved, the governmen機間t should play a better玩她 role." Xu亮睡 Lejiang bluntly聽北.
Xu Lejiang also said that technolo跳分gical innovation is the 船為basis for the development of steel 劇能prices, management來費 and business model inn坐照ovation is the guarantee of the 山要transformation of steel enterpr數生ises. "It is now the era吃快 of big data, intellige購器nt. Steel prices n森呢ot only to impr刀西ove the quality, control costs, should 通門also follow the times, in the秒能 data and intell用視igence to be a break媽技through."
