Good industry in-depth article, research on high-quality development strategies of my country's copper processing industry
Copper, because of its excellent electrical and thermal conductivity and ductility, is widely used in the electronics industry, electrical appliance industry, construction industry, transportation, machinery manufacturing and other fields. The electronic and electrical appliance industry accounts for the largest copper consumption high. The stage of national economic development is closely related to the demand and structure of copper materials. Over the past 100 years, with the deepening of industrialization and the advent of electrification, the demand for copper has also continued to increase. In recent years, with the complexity and electronicization of products, the demand for copper, especially copper foil, has continued to increase. Global copper consumption is mainly concentrated in fields such as power equipment, construction, transportation, and household appliances. In terms of consumption structure, power equipment accounts for 31%, construction and real estate account for 30%, infrastructure accounts for 15%, and transportation and other industrial needs both account for 12%.
Since entering the new century, my country's copper processing materials industry has undergone earth-shaking changes and has gradually completed the transformation into modern copper processing materials. At present, there are about 250 kinds of alloys and nearly a thousand product varieties for copper processing materials in my country, making it one of the countries with the richest products in the world. The main copper products include copper rods and wires, copper tubes, copper plates and strips, copper rods and copper foil. From the proportion of processed materials, copper rods and wires account for the largest proportion, about 53%; copper tubes, copper plates and strips, copper The proportion of rods is relatively consistent, about 12%-13%; the proportion of copper foil is the smallest, only 2%. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that in 2020, domestic copper production was 20.455 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.7%. Among them, the top ten provinces are Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Anhui, Shandong, Gansu, Henan, Hunan and Hubei. The copper output of the ten provinces totals 18.399 million tons, accounting for 89.9% of the total output. Among them, the ranking Jiangxi Province's copper output was 3.848 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%.
Problems existing in my country's copper processing industry
The innovation ability is not strong and the enterprise's competitiveness is poor.
Many copper processing enterprises in our country have low technical equipment levels, small output scale, and low-tech products. Compared with the current development trend of large-scale, precise and automated control of copper production in the world, there is still a big gap between my country's copper production enterprises and developed countries. This is particularly evident in aspects such as insufficient investment in R&D funds, weak overall innovation capabilities, and insufficient research and development of core technologies with independent intellectual property rights. Compared with the international advanced level, my country's copper production technology such as casting and rolling is still relatively backward. There is almost no advanced technology and equipment and it is unable to cope with the increasingly fierce international competition. The copper processing industry is a technology-intensive industry. With years of technology accumulation and a professional talent team, the copper powerhouse can achieve globalization, large-scale, and automated production, so that copper production can not only strive for excellence but also Mass production. However, compared with the copper-powerful countries, our country does not have an innovative technological atmosphere, let alone achieve globalization and large-scale production, and the products it produces do not have strong international competitiveness.
In short, the overall strength of my country's copper processing industry is still far behind the international advanced level, and the competitiveness of my country's copper processing industry needs to be continuously improved.
Suggestions on high-quality development strategies for my country's copper processing industry
Deeply tap the potential of copper resources and strengthen international prospecting cooperation
The "China Mineral Resources Report 2021" released by the Ministry of Natural Resources shows that the identified resource reserves of copper mines in the country in 2020 are 27.013 million tons, of which the top five are Tibet 7.360 million tons, Jiangxi 6.251 million tons, Yunnan 3.6136 million tons, and Gansu 2.026 million tons and Xinjiang 1.569 million tons. Compared with global copper resources, my country's copper resources are relatively scarce and currently cannot fully meet the needs of domestic economic development. First of all, it is necessary to survey vast areas to find copper resources, gradually increase the development of domestic copper resources, continuously tap the potential of domestic copper resources, and achieve stable development of the domestic copper processing industry. Secondly, it is necessary to strengthen international cooperation in mine exploration and mine development, broaden foreign horizons, and actively seek external copper resources. Strengthen the development of copper mines in western my country and further search for new copper resources. The western region of my country contains rich copper resources, which are in urgent need of mining workers. Implement the "going out" strategy for copper resources and strengthen foreign prospecting and exploration work. Domestic copper resources need to be further explored, while overseas copper resources must also be vigorously developed and utilized. For example, you can organize a multinational group or invest in a stable and well-operated mining factory abroad. For example, you can invest in and build factories in countries with rich copper resources in Africa, such as Zambia and South Africa, to carry out copper mining, smelting, and mineral processing. ; Actively cooperate with countries around the world to strengthen trade exchanges and establish trade relations, change the original situation of single import of copper ore, continuously expand the sources of copper ore import, and import copper products in various forms. It not only reduces the dependence on copper imports from a single country, but also helps meet my country's growing demand for copper resources and solve the problem of my country's shortage of copper resources.
Implement groupization and famous brand strategies
Practice in developed countries abroad shows that establishing large-scale enterprise groups has many advantages, such as conducive to the research and development of new technologies and new products, conducive to reducing the production costs of enterprises, conducive to the rational allocation of resources and talents, and especially conducive to market development and competition. . At present, there are more than 1,400 copper production enterprises in our country, and the copper production volume ranks second in the world. However, our country's copper processing industry is only in a large but not strong situation. In market competition, there is only competition, no alliance, and no guarantee. The sustainable and healthy development of the copper processing industry. In the face of the continuous expansion of the scale of copper companies in copper-powerful countries and the increasing trend of high concentration and modernization of production, large or extra-large enterprise groups and multinational companies have been formed through mergers, reorganizations, acquisitions, investments, and strategic alliances. Group, and have entered the Chinese market one after another to compete with my country's copper processing industry. We must clearly realize that the establishment of large-scale enterprise groups is a key step to change the current situation and become large and strong, and it is also the basic trend in the development of modern industry. The establishment of large-scale copper processing groups through restructuring, transformation, reorganization, and alliance is the only way for the development of my country's copper processing enterprises. Brand strategy is a key factor to ensure success in market competition. Especially when the overall competitiveness of my country's copper processing industry is weaker than that of copper strong countries, it is particularly important to cultivate famous brand products, improve product quality, give full play to the advantages of human resources, and compete in domestic and foreign markets with low-cost and high-quality brand-name products. Therefore, vigorously implementing groupization and famous brand strategies is an important development trend in the world's copper processing industry. Our country must quickly adapt to the development of modern industry, cultivate its own brand, and build its own brand awareness in order to gain a foothold in the international market.
Enlargement and optimization of production scale
The enlargement and scale of enterprise production can improve production efficiency and generate economies of scale. Most foreign copper companies have achieved large-scale production. The scale of newly-built copper plate and strip processing companies is about 200,000-500,000 tons, and the large ones are about 700,000-800,000 tons. However, most enterprises in our country are small in scale, and the annual output of large enterprises is only about 100,000 tons. There is a big gap between the output and foreign copper companies, and it is difficult to compete with foreign companies. Therefore, in order to enhance the competitiveness of my country's copper companies, we must develop towards large-scale production in the future. In addition, the production and processing of copper materials is a technology-intensive industry, and the quality of the products is closely related to the technology and equipment used. Globalized production can allow companies to concentrate on improving the quality of copper materials, which will provide a basis for expansion. The scale of production uses advanced and applicable technologies to improve product quality and stability and effectively reduce costs.
In order for enterprises to better concentrate financial, material and human resources, optimize their products, equipment, resources, talents and capital to a greater extent, form local advantages in high-end products, and improve their technical and economic indicators and Competitiveness has been significantly improved, requiring optimized production. At the same time, global market competition forces companies to continuously innovate and continuously produce products of high quality, low price, and various varieties and specifications, which can only be achieved by globalized production. At present, because my country's copper companies generally pursue large-scale but incomplete development, there are not many high-level companies that are truly globalized. This is one of the reasons why it is difficult for my country's copper companies to compete with advanced foreign companies. Therefore, in the future, the production of my country's copper companies must develop toward globalization, create company production characteristics, and change the current situation of single and similar production, so that the development of my country's copper companies can enter a virtuous cycle.
Expand product variety and improve quality to increase effective supply
As the main supporting material necessary for pillar industries, the development of copper materials should be compatible with the development of my country's pillar industries and high-tech industries. At present, my country's copper processing industry mainly produces low-grade copper materials. The current technology is not yet able to produce many high-performance and high-precision copper materials. Therefore, my country's high-quality copper materials are mainly imported. Modern industry has put forward higher requirements for copper materials. Countries are increasingly demanding high-precision, high-performance, and high-reliability copper materials.
In order to meet the requirements and face the increasingly fierce international market, my country's copper processing industry will focus on expanding product varieties and improving product quality in the future, providing high-precision and high-performance copper materials to the electronics, communications, automobile and other industries, focusing on the development of water tank copper strips, Major products such as transformer copper strips, electrolytic copper foil, and extra-long condenser tubes, especially electrolytic copper foil and transformer copper strips, are in short supply domestically, and the contradiction between supply and demand is large. In addition, the ultra-thin water tank copper strips required by the automotive industry, the high heat dissipation performance air conditioning tubes required by the air conditioning industry, and the ultra-long condenser tubes required by the power industry are also in short supply and have potential for further development. my country's copper processing industry should accelerate technological innovation and continuously adjust the industrial structure. In addition to maintaining stable development in traditional fields, it must also actively cooperate with new energy industries, new materials industries and other fields to develop emerging copper materials and continuously increase the added value of products. Seize the high-end copper market. Therefore, my country's copper processing industry must make breakthroughs at the technical level, increase investment in scientific research, conduct scientific research and technology research, overcome technical problems, introduce foreign advanced production and processing lathes and processes, improve product quality, increase product varieties, and produce more High-precision new copper materials to meet domestic and international demand for high-quality copper materials.
Optimize the industrial structure and expand the copper industry chain
Our country should strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the world's copper-powerful countries, learn from and learn from international advanced experience and technology, in order to enhance the scientific and technological level of our country's copper processing industry. In terms of processing technology, the original backward production methods should be changed, the technical content and added value of copper materials should be improved, the development of copper materials towards the high-precision end should be promoted, and the copper industry chain should be continuously expanded. Our country should also focus on research and development of high-end composite materials, information and communication materials, hydraulic sensing materials, aerospace materials and other equipment needed for economic development, constantly improve and optimize the copper industry structure, and effectively improve the international competitiveness of the copper processing industry. In addition, the copper industry chain should be broadened through horizontal integration of the industry chain, reducing the number of enterprises of the same type in the industry chain, and keeping various types of enterprises within a reasonable range according to actual conditions, so as to increase industrial concentration. . Through the horizontal integration of the industrial chain, resources can be better allocated, market share can be expanded, corporate competitiveness can be improved, and more profits can be obtained. There are still a large number of small copper companies in our country, and small companies should develop in the direction of globalization. What is more important is to build leading copper companies in the industrial chain through mergers and acquisitions, joint investments, etc., focus on building large copper companies or groups, and continuously increase the share and profitability of copper companies. Small enterprises in the upstream and downstream of the copper processing industry chain must adapt to local conditions, adapt to the development of the international situation, change the original large and comprehensive development model, and develop in the direction of small and refined globalization. Small enterprises may form strategic alliances through mergers and reorganizations and implement intensive operations, thereby changing the current situation of single industrial product varieties, excessive and even vicious competition within the industry, and enabling my country's copper processing industry to form a sound development situation.
