Although the prosperity of coal machinery equipment industry continues, there are still pressures to adjust and upgrade.

According to the incomplete statistics of 67 coal-fired machinery enterprises recently conducted by the China Coal Machinery Industry Association, in the first half of this year, China's coal machinery industry achieved an industrial output value of 23.33 billion yuan, an increase of 8.16% over the same period of last year; and coal machinery sales revenue reached 22.91 billion yuan. This was a 14.2% increase over the same period last year.

“From the perspective of the development characteristics of coal machine manufacturing enterprises in the first half of the year, the ability of independent innovation of enterprises has been strengthened, the pace of structural adjustment has been accelerated, the degree of industrial concentration has been further improved, and the overall development quality of the industry has been further enhanced.” The relevant person in charge of the China Coal Machinery Industry Association believes that . However, while the overall quality of the coal machinery industry has increased, coal-fired machine companies are also facing a series of problems such as rising raw material costs and weak basic areas.

The increase in costs brought about some pressure In the first half of this year, domestic steel production showed a high growth trend and a large fluctuation. In July, the price of steel products was also interpreted as a drastic change from the general decline to the surge. The unpredictability of steel prices will have a direct impact on the coal machinery manufacturing industry. However, various coal-fired machine companies have different reactions to the rise in steel prices.

A person from Zhangjiakou Coal Mining Company disclosed to the “China Energy News” reporter that the ex-factory price of steel has increased substantially, which has directly increased the production cost of coal-fired machine manufacturing enterprises, but coal-fired machine products cannot increase sales due to the increase in production costs in the short term. Prices, corporate profits will therefore be affected. A person in charge of the Zhengzhou Coal Machinery Company also told the “China Energy News” reporter that the current coal market competition is very fierce, and companies try to ease the pressure of rising costs through internal digestion, and they will not be forced to increase coal prices.

Different from Zhengzhou Coal Machinery Co., Ltd. and Zhangjiakou Coal Machinery Co., Ltd. etc., an Anhui company that has been involved in coal machine manufacturing for a short period of time stated that due to the lack of economies of scale in the company's coal machinery manufacturing, weak anti-risk capability, raw material costs for steel products, etc. The pressure caused by the increase is not small.

In addition, some coal-manufacturing companies also stated that in the short term, the increase in steel prices has little effect on the coal-fired machine market, but if the price of steel products rises for a long time, it may push up coal-fired machine prices.
The demand for the market is still strong in the next few years. The rise in raw material costs is a concern, but the continued growth in the coal market has turned coal-fired machine companies into worry. “Although this year's peak coal consumption season is approaching and domestic coal prices are facing adjustments, coal production faces many uncertainties. However, in the next few years, demand in the coal mining machine market will remain strong.” Xie Hua, Research Fellow, Beijing Tianhua Consulting Machinery Industry, “China Energy News reporter said.

According to analysis, at present, the output of small coal mines in China accounts for about one-third of the total coal output in the country, and production methods such as shot mining are often adopted. The demand for coal machines is very low. The integration of coal mines starting from the second half of last year will objectively promote the construction of large-scale modern coal mines, promote large-scale production and technological modernization, which will provide a larger industrial platform for the development and application of large-scale coal machinery, and will certainly produce a large number of fully-mechanized coal mining facilities. The demand for complete sets of equipment.

In addition, from the perspective of safeguarding coal mine safety, reducing mortality, and increasing mining efficiency, the increase in the mechanized coal mining rate is a better solution and is also the correct direction of development. At present, the average coal mining mechanization degree in the country is only about 50%, which is quite different from the degree of mechanization of 95% in the developed countries. There is still much room for the improvement of China's coal mining mechanization rate. The potential demand for coal mining machines cannot be ignored.

Xie Hua also told reporters that the economic life of coal machines is about 8 years. Since the beginning of 2000, the sales volume of China's coal machinery has increased rapidly. It is just in the replacement period and the demand for updating will increase year by year.

However, Haitong Securities analysts believe that in the long term, China's coal production growth rate will tend to decline, therefore, the growth rate of coal machine demand will also be gradually reduced. At present, the growth rate of investment in fixed assets in the coal industry has experienced a slowdown after a rapid growth. Combining various factors, Haitong Securities predicts that the coal market in China will maintain a growth rate of around 15% in the next few years.

The statistical data on deep-going problems in the industry shows that in the first half of this year, China's coal machinery industry realized a profit of 13.42 billion yuan, an increase of 47.9% over the same period of last year. A total of 176 shearers were produced, an increase of 2.3% over the same period of last year; 221 roadheaders were produced, a decrease of 11.6% over the same period of last year; 671 sets of scraper conveyors were up 25% over the same period of last year; and 18,920 hydraulic supports were produced, compared with last year. The growth rate was 35.12% over the same period; 290 belt conveyors were produced, an increase of 23.93% over the same period of last year. But beautiful data can hardly conceal the deep problems in the industry.

Xu Yaxiong, chairman of the China Coal Machinery Industry Association, said that in recent years, China's coal machinery manufacturing enterprises have accelerated their structural adjustment and their capacity for independent innovation has been significantly improved. Innovation results have been successfully applied to production practices. The level of corporate management has been continuously improved and coal machinery manufacturing has been achieved. Great progress has been made, and the gap with foreign coal machinery manufacturing is gradually narrowing. However, there are still some problems, mainly as follows: the lack of localization of key equipment; product design concepts, design methods behind; lack of product manufacturing process, inspection and inspection methods; the core technology of the main products is not yet fully understood; product life, reliability is poor Wait.

An expert in the machinery industry told the “China Energy News” reporter that the lack of localization of key equipment and the large gap in high-end coal-fired machine products is an important reason that China’s coal-fired equipment is relatively backward in detecting experimental methods and processing equipment. Especially in the areas of basic machining such as machining, casting, heat treatment, and welding, it is difficult to meet design requirements. The weakness of the basic field has obviously constrained the improvement of the entire industry of coal machinery equipment.

Xu Yaxiong believes that for the coal machinery industry to achieve great development, the first is to intensify economic restructuring. Adhere to the market-oriented, large-scale enterprises as the core, and actively promote the concentration of coal machinery equipment to dominant enterprises. The second is to increase the capacity for independent innovation and accelerate the improvement of independent innovation and research and development capabilities of enterprises. The third is to intensify efforts to implement the talent strategy and create a strong reserve force for the long-term development of the equipment manufacturing industry. The fourth is to improve the relevant policies for equipment manufacturing and provide the necessary policy guarantees for the development of equipment manufacturing industry.