The overall quality of China's engineering machinery steel is not high, only about 30% of the product's physical quality has reached the international advanced level. The direct consequence of this phenomenon is that the gap between durability and reliability of our country's engineering machinery products is still relatively large compared with similar foreign products.

At present, China has become the world's largest construction machinery market. Steel, as the most important raw material for construction machinery, not only determines the product price, but also determines the product's performance and reliability. It is understood that the self-sufficiency rate of most types of steel used in construction machinery in China has reached 100%, and the production of key steel materials such as high-strength steel plates for construction, high-strength steel bars for seismic construction, alloy materials for spacecraft, and high-performance pipeline steel have made considerable progress.

However, at the same time, the steel market for construction machinery in China has not yet been fully developed, and some high-end steel products need to be imported. In general, at present, the overall quality of China's engineering machinery steel is not high, and only about 30% of the product's physical quality has reached the international advanced level. The direct consequence of this phenomenon is that the gap between durability and reliability of our country's engineering machinery products is still relatively large compared with similar foreign products.

The quality of backward technology is not high

Construction machinery as a steel consumption industry, annual consumption of more than 1.2 million tons of steel, of which, about 600,000 tons of plate consumption; pipe (including seamless steel pipe and thick tubes) about 120,000 tons, accounting for about 10%; Annual consumption of 150,000 tons of wood, accounting for 13%; hot rolled sheet and cold rolled sheet 250,000 tons, accounting for about 21%; Other steel accounted for about 7%.

Although the engineering machinery has absorbed many steel production capacity every year, it is not completely developed by the steel market for construction machinery due to the technical constraints of the domestic steel industry, and some high-end steel products need to rely on imports. For example, 60 to 100 kilograms of construction machinery boards, although China has achieved mass production, but the high-strength engineering machinery board still has a low pass rate, the surface quality is not high. Wear plate can also basically meet the needs of construction machinery, but the high-end products still rely on imports. Although high-quality bars are fully capable of supplying the domestic market, they are still not widely used because of their stability and steel varieties.

In general, at present, the overall quality level is not high and the stability is lacking. The downstream industry has not yet been able to use steel products efficiently and scientifically, and has not yet formed a service system that provides complete material solutions for the downstream industries, which has become a constraint on China's construction machinery steel market. The biggest problem. After nearly a decade of development, although this problem has eased, it still cannot meet the needs of China's construction machinery for high-quality steel.

The use of rising prices or selling

Li Xinchuang, executive deputy secretary-general of the China Iron and Steel Association, stated that according to the overall development trend of the machinery industry in 2013, considering the role of farm machinery, electrical appliances, petrochemical general machinery and other industries in stimulating consumption, it is expected that steel consumption in the machinery industry will maintain a low growth rate in 2013. The annual steel consumption is expected to reach 131 million tons, an increase of 4.8% year-on-year.

The construction machinery industry is one of the largest steel consumption sub-sectors in the machinery industry. Last year, it consumed 15.2 million tons of steel, which accounted for 12.2% of the steel consumption of the machinery industry and accounted for 2.3% of the total steel consumption. The steel used in the construction machinery industry is characterized by a wide variety of products and a wide range of specifications. The consumption products are mainly plate and plate, high-quality bars and profiles.

Construction machinery industry accounted for 63.1% of medium-thick plate consumption, followed by bar materials, accounting for 20.0%; profiles accounted for 8.1%; other steel products accounted for 8.8%. Construction machinery board 60~100kg class construction machinery board has achieved mass production in China; Baosteel, Anshan Iron and Steel and other large steel companies have developed 100kg class high-strength engineering machinery board; but high-strength engineering machinery board still has low pass rate and low quality The problem is a flawed price control.

In terms of statistics on the changes in the sales margin of iron and steel enterprises from 2001 to 2012, we maintained a high level of profitability before 2007. In 2004, the highest value in recent years was 8.0%. Since 2008, the profitability of Chinese steel companies has decreased significantly. The profit rate has dropped sharply and the steel industry has been in a difficult business.

Li Xinchuang stated that in 2012, China's steel prices have been at a low level in recent years, and it is expected that the steel price level will be higher than last year. However, since deep-seated problems such as overcapacity and homogenous competition cannot be resolved in a short time, steel prices are hard to compare. Last year rose sharply. From a year-round perspective, China's steel prices are expected to have an overall trend of low, high, and upward volatility.

Strengthen cooperation and seek a win-win situation

Construction machinery industry leading products include concrete machinery, road construction machinery, mining machinery, piling machinery, lifting machinery and wind power equipment and a full range of products. Many products in this industry require large quantities of high-quality steel as raw material for support.

Li Xinchuang stated that the steel industry is a major raw material supplier for construction machinery products such as excavators, road rollers, rotary drilling rigs, loaders, truck cranes, and concrete pump trucks, and it is necessary to strengthen cooperation among industries and promote the healthy development of the two industries. In order to achieve a win-win situation. On the one hand, the construction machinery industry can help the steel industry to absorb excess production capacity. On the other hand, due to the high quality requirements of construction machinery for steel products, it can promote the technological innovation of steel enterprises and improve the quality of steel products, thus promoting the sound development of the industry.

In this regard, he made several suggestions: First, establish an information exchange platform to strengthen industry-to-industry exchanges. To form a seamless connection between steel production development and construction machinery industry steel demand information; establish regular inter-industry discussions and consultation mechanisms, carry out special research on major issues, and jointly study and solve problems that restrict industry development.

The second is to strengthen industry research and provide valuable consulting services for enterprises. The integration of relevant information of the two industries, including changes in the steel market and the demand for steel in the construction machinery industry, provides information services for construction machinery companies and steel companies.

The third is to guide the iron and steel enterprises and construction machinery companies to strengthen cooperation, establish a substantial strategic partnership, and share capital with each other in steel preprocessing, processing and distribution, and form a true strategic alliance. Joint R&D and design, regular visits, and timely notification of engineering machinery companies' demand for steel products and steel product quality, so as to achieve mutual support and coordinated development. For example, on May 13, 2011, Jinan Iron & Steel and Sany Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. signed a contract to jointly establish a steel research institute for construction machinery. The two sides agreed to further strengthen cooperation in meeting the upgrade requirements of Sanyuki Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd., and joint R&D of new products. .

Fourth, we must step up and go out and work together to develop overseas markets. The steel industry can go abroad to drive construction machinery to further develop overseas markets.