This year, China's ste聽熱el industry ushered in the peak yea國電r of exports, steel e美做xports and export growth rate reached 劇學a record high. Steel enterprises to 花鐵increase investment in oversea會店s mergers and acquisitions, Baoste店錢el Group, Hebei iron a信志nd steel group have accelerated overse得船as investment, the establishment of in是友dustrial bases. In recently sponsored 個黃by the Chinese Society for姐大 metals 2014 (third) of員不 the China Iron and steel technol著事ogy economic high-end forums, 動個many people in the indu紙綠stry said, merger and reorganizati費明on of the industry windo雜區w has been opened, should accelerate th西友e establishment of a fai的低r and reasonable market mechanism.
Export record hig到做h
This year, Europe and t長少he United States and 快刀Japan and other 分在developed economies, the economi睡為c recovery, the international短上 steel market deman嗎快d has been restored. Coupled 話土with insufficient domestic請高 demand, steel prices generally increa線月se the export intensity, both the 黑行number of exports or growth rate,動城 have reached a record high.
Data show that 1-8 month身媽s of China's total exports of 56 你子million 380 thousand tons of s大綠teel, an increase of 34.3%; import影聽s of 9 million 路厭640 thousand tons of steel, an 跳去increase of 4.4%; 笑從net exports of crude steel expo了算rts 49 million 720 thous飛玩and tons, an inc但城rease of 42.7%. Industry s說化ources said, this l大哥evel has reached a historic high.
In terms of pri技件ce, 1-8 month average price o的自f steel exports 795.3 U.S. dollars /船紙 ton, down 7.5%. Stee離美l imports average price of錢高 1249.9 U.S. dollars / ton, an i紅短ncrease of 3.5%. "The problem物民 of steel exports in the price 還嗎change." C快他hina Iron and Steel Industry Assoc裡都iation Deputy Secretary General時金 Qu Xiuli said.
Due to the substantial i美視ncrease in steel exports, the incr理能ease in the relevant inter關資national trade friction, ma什男ny countries hav妹子e adopted anti-dumping, co章暗untervailing duties and other trad校年e protection policy. Qu Xiuli is expec議理ted in the second hal話紙f will remain growth, b小來ut it is difficult t的電o maintain the hig數雪h growth in the first ha在習lf, the growth rate will drop. &qu知地ot;Iron and steel enterprises to 制劇optimize the stru為玩cture of export products and身裡 regional distribution, 得商improve the added value of export pr慢如oducts, reduce trade friction, to 那電truly enhance the ability又理 to participate in intern聽那ational market competition.&qu從校ot; Qu Xiuli said.
It is not only a substantial increase關做 in steel exports,冷小 steel prices are車厭 also increasing the inten工分sity of overseas distribution. In M資都ay this year, Baosteel Group, Baosteel 內通Resources International announced 光樂that it intends to expand thr市術ough the acquisition of Aquila holding算她s to 85%. Aquila is Australia a m醫那ineral resources explor站會ation and development 冷藍of listed companies, mainly mining as我微sets including Queensla算讀nd Lanzhou Bowen Basin 區靜coal, Western Australi海如a's Pilbara iron ore 木要region and South Africa ore and森員 iron ore resources project日人 assets.
"This is a ste到樹p to win." Baosteel Group Chai匠有rman Xu Lejiang described the ab友美ove investment. Xu Lejiang我有 said that after the子年 increase in holdings, the好我 future still needs a larger investmen黃金t. But from the results of t但司his round of overseas investme書會nt to see, the competitiveness 快個of the ore per ton 些西has been compara愛頻ble to FMG.
Hebei iron and Steel Group re司吃cently announced co下草operation with the 森村South African government to cr吃靜eate a resource development, inte雪內rnational logistics, iron and steel ind林畫ustry as one of the overseas industrial子新 base. The next group 人鐘is also preparing to buy sh好玩ares from 10% sh的笑ares of JCDecau子內x, expanded to 51% stake to 52%.麗看" Peng Zhaofeng, general mana年術ger of Hebei iron and Steel Group reve音物aled. As the world's 長和largest independent steel trader, JCDec資作aux company also has sales netwo玩南rk in South africa.
Xu Lejiang pointed out that this yea懂時r is the steel industry exports peak 但技years, the development of 機議regions such as the Middle E很空ast, Africa, Southeast Asia and Easte雪志rn Europe, China's steel i動校ndustry will be t生知he future development of the main are唱道as. Although out of the跳綠 face of language, culture and ot為書her aspects of the risk, but t話黑he Chinese steel go out is th門東e trend.
Usher in the peak of mergers and a工電cquisitions
At present, the domestic steel黃農 market is still in the doldrums, r高吧esolve excess capacity, p店章romote mergers and acqui村商sitions, acceler大能ate the transformation and up可一grading, has been the development請歌 of the industry prescription". 資低Many industry insiders 近新said that the current in一術dustry has ushered in 明高the merger and reorganization of the 務笑window period, the future needs to ac年好celerate the establishment of a f懂呢air and reasonable market me他飛chanism.
"Reduction and restructuring of很厭 the steel industry, 靜影shutting down the low efficiency of線服 the plant and non main industr了那y, it is imperativ分作e." Chairman of the Chinese 很雜Society for metals, Xu sa藍雪id that China's iron and st通家eel industry in th商自e ten years new capacity reac他師hed 7 million tons, but the inve照也stment debt make fi習見nancial costs are too high, the iron an員間d steel industry as over兵計capacity in the industry 們討in the worst economic benefit of indust藍窗ry.
Early this year, the State Counci西如l issued the "on the fur跳聽ther optimization of corpo呢雨rate mergers and acqu有文isitions market environment opinions&錢草quot;. Secretary, Ministry o視不f industry and information te術好chnology industry policy Feng 日資Fei said that the whole idea o呢物f the policy is to create a better什新 market environment, mainly to sol月很ve in the process of merger 林南and reorganization of Taxation,林到 and financial means are not perfect, 下明land, personnel placement problem in fo區聽ur aspects.
"Has ent輛工ered the steel merger and reor就是ganization of the window pe做信riod, is experiencing a new round o什草f mergers and acquisitions peak.&qu知機ot; Feng Fei said村農 that the Minis妹是try is stepping up the implementatio內店n of the above documents, hoping t長靜o put in place th我舊e policy in place this year, to create 喝從a good market environment for co西相rporate mergers and acquisiti亮煙ons.
For the trend of industry 身匠mergers and acquisitio藍雜ns, many steel enterprises in support慢如 of the same time不微 also called on the器議 government to sp錯放eed up the establishment of a畫上 fair and reasonable market envir媽短onment. Xu Lejiang said that i制影f there is no fair market environme腦明nt, corporate mergers a討通nd acquisitions will f哥拿ace a very big pressure. "At p離小resent, the state owned enterprises and好了 private enterprises, large enterpri輛子ses and small enterprises,和微 the gap is very 銀技large. Whether it is from the tax樂中 or environmental point of view, wh高對o came to law enforcement? After th街輛e illegal how to do? These issues need 章知to be resolved, the government should很件 play a better role." Xu Lejiang b的靜luntly.
Xu Lejiang also said 看冷that technological innovation is the b風村asis for the development of steel price放厭s, management and busi動紅ness model innovation is房可 the guarantee of the transforma我你tion of steel enterprises. "It is 匠暗now the era of big data, intelligent. 靜子Steel prices not only to improv慢車e the quality, control costs, shoul事那d also follow the times, in the data看能 and intelligence to be a breakthrou術銀gh."
