Recently, Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi and other northern provinces and cities have issued relevant plans, requiring local key industries to take turns to suspend production, limit production and reduce emissions. According to the control list released by Jincheng, Shanxi Province, only 3 of the 21 local pottery enterprises have implemented independent emission reduction, and the remaining 18 need to suspend production for at least 50 days, of which 183 days have been suspended. In addition to the northern region, many provinces and cities in the south also have corresponding plans, Hunan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou and other cities have introduced plans to reduce production and reduce emissions, and the number of days of kiln shutdown has increased compared with last year. In addition to the "policy" production restriction and shutdown, there are also pottery enterprises that stop kilns in advance because of insufficient orders. At the beginning of November, a ceramic enterprise in Guangdong issued a holiday notice, and the kilns of its production bases were successively shut down for upgrading from November 15, 2023 to December 2023. According to the practice of previous years, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other production areas will also enter the kiln shutdown period after mid-December. In recent years, the contradiction of overcapacity of architectural ceramics has become increasingly prominent. According to the data released by the China Building and Sanitary Ceramics Association, in the first six months of this year, the cumulative output of ceramic bricks in the country fell by 15 year-on-year10%。In the context of the decline in costs and orders, the suspension of production and production reduction have also become the choice of ceramic enterprises to digest inventory and reduce pressure. At the same time, many ceramic enterprises plan to upgrade the production line to save energy and reduce consumption during the kiln maintenance and inspection period to enhance competitiveness. Production will be discontinued for up to half a year
Pottery enterprises in many places in the north have entered a period of suspension and limited production
With the arrival of the northern heating season, the winter staggered production of the ceramic industry has also kicked off. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment recently adopted the "Action Plan for Comprehensive Control of Air Pollution in the Autumn and Winter of 2023-2024 in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Surrounding Areas and the Fenwei Plain", which will limit production and stop production of chemical enterprises in dozens of cities such as Shandong, Henan, Hebei and Shanxi, and require all localities to study and revise the emergency plan for heavy pollution weather and optimize the starting standard for early warning of heavy pollution weather.
Jincheng City, Shanxi Province also issued a notice on differentiated emergency control measures for enterprises in key industries in the autumn and winter of 2023-2024, involving ceramics, coal chemicals, steel, cement and other industries. According to the differentiated control list released by the local government, a total of 21 local ceramic enterprises have been included in the differentiated control. Among the 3 ceramic enterprises that can reduce emissions independently and need to be stopped, the earliest shutdown time is October 1 this year, and the latest shutdown time is January 4, 2024;The earliest time to resume production is February 16, 2024, and the latest is April 1, 2024One of the pottery companies that has been under control for the longest time will have to stop production for 183 days (October 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024).
In addition to the "policy" production restriction and shutdown, there are also pottery enterprises that stop kilns in advance because of insufficient orders. Due to the cost of production, Shandong enterprises ushered in an intensive price adjustment period, some industry insiders said that compared with the upstream production costs, the pressure brought by the lack of downstream orders is greater, "individual enterprises have stopped production, and some companies that are still stable production, some may not wait for the price of natural gas to rise." ”
Some pottery enterprises have stopped kilns in mid-November
Jiangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and other countries ushered in the kiln shutdown period in mid-December
In addition to the northern region, many provinces and cities in the south also have corresponding plans, Hunan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou and other cities have introduced plans to reduce production and reduce emissions, and the number of days of kiln shutdown has increased compared with last year.
Recently, Xiangtan, Hunan Province has issued the "2023-2024 Xiangtan City Air Pollution Prevention and Control Special Protection Period Emission Reduction Implementation Plan", which clarifies that the "special protection period" will increase the peak productivity of the building materials industry, and encourage key gas-related enterprises such as ceramics (excluding natural gas as fuel) to take measures such as peak production, production limit, and shutdown maintenance. At the beginning of November, a ceramic enterprise in Guangdong issued a holiday notice, and the kilns of its production bases were successively shut down for upgrading from November 15, 2023 to December 2023. According to the practice of previous years, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other production areas will also enter the kiln shutdown period after mid-December.
Previously, Ning An'an, secretary general of the Western Porcelain Capital Ceramics Association, said that it is expected that the production area will usher in a wave of shutdown peaks after early or mid-December. According to the practice of the past two years, the peak period of kiln opening in the Panjiajiang production area is after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. However, he also said that the resumption of production of ceramic enterprises next year is not easy to predict, depending on the recovery of the market. No emission reduction measures are implemented
or ordered to "stop production for rectification".
In order to strengthen supervision, many localities have issued relevant regulations and achieved full coverage of the management of pollution discharge permits for fixed pollution sources, and included fixed pollution sources in the management of pollution discharge permits. This also means that enterprises that are included in the management of pollutant discharge permits will be listed as illegal if they do not respond to early warnings and do not implement emergency emission reduction measures for heavily polluted weather, and the ecological and environmental management department can order corrections or restrict production, suspend production for rectification, and impose fines.
Recently, the Department of Ecology and Environment of many places has carried out law enforcement assistance work on the emergency response to heavily polluted weather in key cities, and disclosed typical cases of failure to implement emergency response measures for heavily polluted weather.
According to the data released by the China Building and Sanitary Ceramics Association, in the first six months of this year, the cumulative output of ceramic bricks in the country fell by 15 year-on-year10%, and, as of the end of June, the kiln opening rate of the national ceramic production line is actually less than 60%. For many ceramic enterprises, in the context of rising costs and declining orders, the choice to stop production and reduce production is also the choice of ceramic enterprises to digest inventory and reduce pressure. At the same time, many ceramic enterprises plan to upgrade the production line to save energy and reduce consumption during the kiln maintenance and inspection period to enhance competitiveness.