The need to produce 7.2 million tons of cement per month/monthly delivery of 2 million tons of cement to the national housing project
According to Tejarat News, Ali Akbar Alwandian, the Secretary of the Cement Industry Employers’ Association, said in a press conference today that we have a surplus in cement production and stated: During the first half of this year, 39 million tons of clinker and 35.6 million tons of cement were produced, which in total Production has grown by 11.5 to 12 percent compared to last year. In summer, electricity supply increased by 10%, which increased cement production.
Referring to the increase in the demand for cement purchase, he added: We also delivered 35.5 million tons of cement during this period, which shows a 12% increase compared to last year.
Alvandian stated: In the first half of this year, we exported 4.1 million tons of clinker and 2.5 million tons of cement, although the export of clinker has decreased by 20% and the export of cement has increased by 20%. The reason for the decrease in clinker exports is the increase in duties, the lack of priority for ships to dock in ports, etc.
Cement production capacity in Iran
He said: We have a nominal production capacity of 88 million tons of cement, which is 7.5 million tons per month.
This union official stated: Cement is under the mandatory standard and has high quality and supply and competes at the global level. The reason for this is that when the production is done in competition, the producer has to increase the quality to keep his customers.
We have to deliver 2 million tons of cement per month to the national housing project
Referring to the national housing construction project, Alvandian said: The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development sent us a table as the national housing needs through the Ministry of Health, which according to this table should amount to 2.2 to 2.5 million tons of cement per month. to deliver; That is, in addition to the monthly supply of 5 million tons of cement in the stock market, we must allocate this 2.2 million tons to the national housing project, which in total must produce and supply 7.2 million tons of cement per month.
He added: The point is that currently the fuel supply conditions (diesel and gas) are very strict. This situation is so complicated that some companies are unable to complete the tanks.
The Secretary of the Cement Industry Employers Association stated: In the budget law, it is stated that when the industrial gas is cut off, they will give the alternative fuel equal to the price of the gas delivered to the industries, but in practice, this does not happen, because firstly, the fuel oil reaches the producer from distant sources, for example, fuel oil from They send from Tehran to Khorasan, in which case the company has to pay more for the purchase of fuel oil than for gas, which causes the company to be out of profit. Our request is to supply at least fuel oil from the nearest warehouse and refinery of the companies. These issues have caused the tanks of 30 cement companies not to be filled.
Fines for cement factories due to fuel consumption
Alvandian stated that according to the resolution of the Board of Ministers in 1406, the refining and distribution company must produce standard fuel oil, and continued: Another problem of this industry is the low quality of fuel oil. If the diesel fuel is standard, there will be no air pollution. However, due to the lack of proper diesel fuel quality, we are witnessing an increase in fuel consumption, and as a result, fines will be issued to cement production companies. As an example, one company was fined 80 billion tomans for 3 months of fuel consumption. These crimes are deposited into the account of the National Broadcasting Company.
He continued: In fact, they collect bank checks and bank guarantees from the companies to withdraw the money from the companies’ accounts, and also take a notarized commitment so that there is no possibility of a complaint.
Stating that they are spending money on production and the risk of production has increased, Alvandian said: 6 cement production companies have been banned from using fuel oil. These companies invested in storage tanks, but due to being located in the city limits, they are prohibited from using diesel fuel, and now the National Broadcasting Company says they have to pay for the difference in the diesel price.
He added: “Now we are facing a high demand for cement, and the supply of fuel oil has become extremely strict.” Finally, we didn’t understand how much fuel costs per liter for cement producers?
The Secretary of the Cement Industry Employers Association continued: Our request is that first of all, they remove the guarantee of revocation of follow-up from the judicial authorities, and secondly, they give fuel oil like gas to the companies so that they can fill the tanks and continue production.
He said: “The consumption of fuel oil will start in the next few days, and we are faced with this amount of problem in supplying fuel oil.”
Source: Mehr