This year, China's steel industr畫爸y ushered in the peak year of expor機睡ts, steel exports and export gro熱件wth rate reached a record high.愛校 Steel enterprises to increase i低林nvestment in over樹爸seas mergers and a又資cquisitions, Baosteel Group,影市 Hebei iron and steel 還錢group have accelerated overseas i問但nvestment, the establishment of in女輛dustrial bases. In recently spo跳飛nsored by the Chinese Society 子街for metals 2014 (thi喝業rd) of the China Iron and steel techno城了logy economic h見鄉igh-end forums, many people in t弟北he industry said, merg資煙er and reorganization of the industr去樂y window has been opened, shou秒吃ld accelerate the establishment of a 唱雪fair and reasonable market mechani店媽sm.
Export record high
This year, Europe and th算數e United States and Japan and other de事得veloped economies, the econom新公ic recovery, the inter遠下national steel m少窗arket demand has been resto請森red. Coupled with insufficient dom低習estic demand, s民紅teel prices generally 服報increase the export在志 intensity, both the num舊開ber of exports or growth rate, have rea去匠ched a record high.
Data show that 1-8 months of Chin白都a's total exports of 懂習56 million 380 thousand tons of stee間但l, an increase of 34.3%; imports o對身f 9 million 640 t我物housand tons of steel, an increa們拍se of 4.4%; net exports of crude st空空eel exports 49 million 720 t答身housand tons, an 河大increase of 42.7%. Industr老站y sources said, this level has reached 玩秒a historic high.
In terms of price, 1-8 month aver資飛age price of steel鐵地 exports 795.3 U.S. dollars / t到校on, down 7.5%. Steel im會窗ports average pric如村e of 1249.9 U.S. dollars /筆東 ton, an increase of 3.5那我%. "The pro能他blem of steel expo說上rts in the price兒放 change." China Iron and電歌 Steel Industry Association Dep去技uty Secretary General Qu Xiuli s她們aid.
Due to the substantial increa化資se in steel exports, the 分光increase in the 家看relevant international trade friction, 人要many countries have adopted anti-du視喝mping, countervailing duties明資 and other trade protection policy. Qu 那麗Xiuli is expecte什歌d in the second half will remain gr一那owth, but it is difficult to maintain t務好he high growth in the first hal術舊f, the growth rate will drop了市. "Iron and steel ent但司erprises to optimize the str樹如ucture of export pro兒煙ducts and regional distribution,草體 improve the added value of exp銀校ort products, reduce t路物rade friction, to truly e藍術nhance the ability t離見o participate in inte章頻rnational market competition." 數章Qu Xiuli said.
It is not only a substantial inc上用rease in steel exports, steel 畫熱prices are also in雪東creasing the intensity of ov劇用erseas distribution小算. In May this yea林少r, Baosteel Group, Baosteel Resour如議ces International announced that it int子鄉ends to expand through 金鐵the acquisition of Aq不樹uila holdings to 85%. Aquil遠鄉a is Australia a mineral resour美聽ces exploration老裡 and development o在務f listed companies, mainly mining歌空 assets including Queensla男長nd Lanzhou Bowen Basin coal, West睡說ern Australia's Pilbara iron ore r土有egion and South Afr公師ica ore and iron ore resources projec通照t assets.
"This is a st門這ep to win." Baosteel Gr但們oup Chairman Xu Lejiang describ鐘有ed the above investment. Xu Lejiang sa費街id that after the incre道問ase in holdings, the藍東 future still need下秒s a larger investment. But fro子路m the results of this round of over有男seas investment to see, the compe錯又titiveness of the ore 民作per ton has been co制現mparable to FMG.
Hebei iron and Steel Group 北山recently announced cooperation wi現市th the South Afric科公an government to crea妹醫te a resource developm去大ent, international logistics, iron an身亮d steel industry as one of 明很the overseas industrial base. The 資村next group is als坐近o preparing to buy sha金業res from 10% shares of JCDecaux, exp制明anded to 51% stake to 52%.&q體謝uot; Peng Zhaofeng, general manager個區 of Hebei iron and Steel Group 人校revealed. As the world&線習#39;s largest independent steel tr哥到ader, JCDecaux company also ha又分s sales network in South a畫下frica.
Xu Lejiang pointed out that this yea內可r is the steel indus化對try exports peak years, the development就區 of regions such as the Mid劇公dle East, Africa, 紅雜Southeast Asia and Eastern Eu業都rope, China's慢內 steel industry will be the future 會數development of the m海會ain areas. Although out of t樹身he face of language, cu聽笑lture and other aspects of t務視he risk, but the Ch線車inese steel go out is the tre西火nd.
Usher in the pea子購k of mergers and acquisitions
At present, the do樹東mestic steel marke分跳t is still in the 工聽doldrums, resolve excess capacity, prom不業ote mergers and acquisiti討紙ons, accelerate the是了 transformation and upgrading南很, has been the developmen窗但t of the industry prescripti他工on". Many 不新industry insiders s報飛aid that the current industr影志y has ushered in the merge煙上r and reorganization 有裡of the window period, the future need線白s to accelerate the estab分商lishment of a fair and reasonable理風 market mechanism.
"Reduction and re體高structuring of the steel 廠快industry, shutting down the民有 low efficiency of the plant and no有風n main industry, it is imperative."睡到; Chairman of the C做會hinese Society for 校書metals, Xu said that Chi煙慢na's iron and steel industry從月 in the ten years new capac商聽ity reached 7 million to什光ns, but the investment debt make f去西inancial costs are too 就民high, the iron and steel ind得河ustry as overcapacity in the industry i還個n the worst economic bene愛友fit of industry.
Early this year, the State Coun弟可cil issued the "讀子;on the further op為火timization of c們做orporate mergers a房區nd acquisitions market environmen制校t opinions". Secretary, Ministry件東 of industry and informa些靜tion technology indust空少ry policy Feng Fei said 海他that the whole idea of the policy is t北樂o create a better m媽門arket environment, mainly to solve美唱 in the process of merger遠長 and reorganization of Taxation, and f內中inancial means are not perfect, land,可信 personnel placement pr著生oblem in four aspects.
"Has entered t是生he steel merger and reorganizati筆村on of the window per就和iod, is experiencing a new 少友round of mergers and acquisi熱城tions peak." Feng刀兵 Fei said that the Ministry我明 is stepping up the implement高錢ation of the above documents, ho快錢ping to put in place the policy in plac鄉照e this year, to create a good ma吃銀rket environment for corporate mer書對gers and acquisitio短哥ns.
For the trend of industry merger視輛s and acquisitions, many ste師那el enterprises in support 家到of the same time also cal遠電led on the government to spe會見ed up the establishment of a城北 fair and reasonable mar男舞ket environment. Xu Lejia技分ng said that if there is n吧關o fair market en有友vironment, corpo行到rate mergers and acquisition和習s will face a very b弟書ig pressure. &quo不說t;At present, the stat開空e owned enterpri理站ses and private enterprises, la通物rge enterprises and small enterprise請銀s, the gap is very large. 術見Whether it is from the tax or env有身ironmental point of view, who cam森理e to law enforcement? After the il什村legal how to do? These issues need to b自草e resolved, the government司長 should play a better role.&qu文美ot; Xu Lejiang bluntly.
Xu Lejiang als小少o said that technological火森 innovation is the basis for the de低校velopment of steel prices, manage公章ment and business model 輛南innovation is the guarantee of the兵上 transformation of steel ente好美rprises. "It is 火雨now the era of big data, int影物elligent. Steel prices not only to impr雪務ove the quality, co樂路ntrol costs, should 科路also follow the times, in the dat不鐘a and intellige好大nce to be a breakth行校rough."
