2004 National Coal ordering meeting ends: tight supply and rising price

Introduction: the national coal ordering meeting, which opened in Fuzhou on December 25 last year, ends at 6:00 this afternoon Although the price of coal has increased, the 450 million ton coal contract has been basically signed HTY has learned that there are 280 million tons of coal for power generation contracts to be signed at this ordering meeting By this afternoon, 250 million tons have been signed In addition, 150 million tons of coal for metallurgy and chemical industry have been successfully completed The reason why the order will attract the attention of all sectors of the society is that the annual "rations" of the backbone electric power, metallurgy and chemical enterprises in China should be obtained here, and those who get less will be hungry at the end of the year, which will also affect the development of the whole national economy Second, last year, due to the price gap between coal and electricity, 50% of the contracts were not signed, which also increased the power shortage in a large area of the country at the end of the year Peng Jianxun, chairman of HTY Datong Coal Mine Group: I feel that this coal ordering meeting is very supportive for our coal mine Considering the difficulties of coal enterprises, we are very happy that the price of coal has been raised HtY In order to ensure the smooth signing of this year's coal contract, the national development and Reform Commission coordinated the coal and electricity parties for many times before the meeting, and issued the policy of coal and electricity price linkage for the first time according to the economic law, allowing the price of coal for power generation to rise by no more than 12 yuan per ton, and allowing the price of electricity for power plants to rise by 7% per kilowatt on the grid, reducing the cost increase of power plants due to the rise of coal price The burden of HTY Zhang Guobao: the mode of coal ordering meeting will be reformed next year It has been 20 years since HTY held the national coal ordering meeting This is the only remaining ordering mode under the planned economy Its disconnection and inadaptability with the market are increasingly exposed Zhang Guobao, deputy director of the national development and Reform Commission, said the national coal ordering conference will face reform next year HtY Zhang Guobao, deputy director of the national development and Reform Commission: I've been in charge of the ordering work of this coal and the production of the coal industry for the fifth year From the first year's ordering meeting, I cried out loudly that we should reform the current ordering system of this kind of (coal), but there are certain difficulties in the reform We have been brewing for many years After the price of this coal is liberalized, we hope that Through users and suppliers, they determine such a supply relationship through market negotiation We also hope that the way of this order meeting can come to a place through some modern commercial means, and establish a coal trading center similar to the grain trading center Then, the coal trading center can be composed of major coal suppliers, namely large coal mines, large coal groups and major users, such as power generation companies, steel companies and other large coal users In addition, railway, highway and sea transportation departments can also be absorbed to make joint investment, and become a joint-stock coal trading center Through online trading, the supply and demand sides can be determined I hope that from next year, we can use other methods to replace this coal ordering meeting Experts of HTY: this year, the coal supply is tight and the price is rising In 2003, the national coal output reached 1.65 billion tons, with the total amount and growth rate reaching the highest record in history However, relevant experts said recently that the coal market supply situation this year is not optimistic Pu Hongjiu, vice president of HTY China Coal Industry Association: in 2004, it should be said that it is still a rapid period of national economic development in our country, so in terms of demand, it may reach more than 1.65 billion tons, so how about the coal production capacity, it should be said that it is still relatively tense According to the forecast of the authoritative department, the demand for coal in the whole country will increase by 150-200 million tons this year It is mainly concentrated in the power and metallurgical industries, accounting for 80% of the newly increased demand, of which the demand for coal for power generation will increase by 90 million tons At present, many of the key mines in China have been produced beyond the design capacity In the next two years, no large mines will be put into operation, and the coal supply is significantly lower than the demand Pu Hongjiu, vice president of HTY China Coal Industry Association: now the international energy price is rising, the oil price is rising and the coal price is also rising In this way, with the demand of the supply-demand relationship, I think the coal price may still need to be adjusted According to HTY statistics, in 2003, the price of coal rose by 5% to 7%, with an average increase of more than 30 yuan per ton Experts predict that as railway, sea and road freight rates will rise this year, the increase in coal prices will not be lower than last year HtY