Is the price of cement going up today?
According to Tejarat News, the price of each pack of cement today, January 11, 1400, was below 25,000 Tomans. According to Abdolreza Sheikhan, secretary of the Cement Industry Association, the cement market is regulated and there is stability and balance in the market. The balance that has been struck after a long period and the worries of upsetting it have increased.
The price of cement had many ups and downs in these two years. The story began when the Ministry of Silence issued a license in July 1999 for a 20% increase in the price of this product. After that, cement became more expensive once in October and once again in winter.
What was the reason for the high price of cement?
The repeated story of power outages and gas quotas for the steel and cement industries was the main reason for the high price of cement. This summer, on the other hand, due to the lack of electricity, the electricity of these factories was quotas. On the other hand, the gas of cement and steel units was rationed. The Ministries of Oil and Energy had to cut off electricity and gas to power the domestic sector, and then cut quotas.
Even now, despite the fact that the spokesman of the electricity industry has denied the electricity quotas of the industries, the secretary of the Cement Industry Association informed Tejarat-e-News about the gas quotas of his units.
Sheikhan, secretary of the Cement Association, said the Ministry of Energy had imposed restrictions on the cement industry from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. They supply 50% of the electricity to cement producers. According to Sheikhan, the electricity rationing of cement units has been completed without prior notice.
Is cement getting expensive again?
Cement electrical scheduling leads to an increase in cement prices; As Sheikhan had previously told Tejarat News: If the power outage continues in the winter and restrictions increase, the price of cement in the market will double.
Today, January 11, 2014, the price of each 50 kg bag of cement in the factory is 25,000 Tomans.
Electricity quotas for cement units are taking place while the gas quotas for these industries have already been cut; The Cement Association reported that fuel oil was provided to cement units every 15 days and that it was refilled after the fuel oil was depleted.
The use of fuel oil instead of the main feed of the factory is another reason for the increase in cement prices. Despite the government’s promise to deliver fuel oil to industry owners, the cost of transporting fuel oil now falls on the producers themselves. According to cement activists, the price of fuel oil is higher than the price of fuel oil and greatly increases production costs.
Concerns about a resurgence in cement prices have now risen sharply, given the electricity and gas quotas of the cement industry.