SiC Conference of Four Provinces and Regions in Western China

June 24-25, 2021, a two-day conference on silicon carbide in the four western provinces and regions was held in Lanzhou, Gansu Province West Lake Yinfeng Hotel.To attend the meeting personnel have tianzhu county, tianzhu county wide ditch management committee secretary of the ministry, four western provinces and autonomous regions of silicon carbide, director of the secretariat secretary-general Ma Aiqing and metallurgical industry association secretariat, tianzhu county of gansu province, ningxia association for silicon carbide and ningxia, gansu, qinghai, Inner Mongolia and other four provinces of silicon carbide enterprises on behalf of a total of 48.

 The meeting is chaired by Ma Aiqing, secretary general of the secretariat of the four western provinces of silicon carbide. The main topics of the meeting are as follows: First, the impact of the shortage of raw materials on the industry and countermeasures;Second, analysis of rising costs and exchange of industry conditions in various provinces and regions;Third, the future industry innovation development discussion.

Representatives of silicon carbide enterprises from four provinces and autonomous regions exchanged and spoke on the topic of this meeting:

We have carried on the analysis to the production cost, the main reasons are as follows: First, the price of raw materials has risen and remained high, resulting in the rise of production cost.Second, we will increase investment in facilities to transform environmental protection from unorganized to organized emission facilities.Third, Gansu faces a shortage of electricity in summer, and will limit electricity by 30%. In addition, direct electricity purchase must be completed by quota, otherwise it will face a high fine.In addition to the impact of raw materials, the dual control of energy consumption has a greater impact on enterprises in Ningxia, and enterprises will also face a 10-40% limit in production, especially in Shizuishan and Zhongwei areas, resulting in rising costs.

Everybody at the meeting agreed that for anthracite coal shortage, to change ideas, from the long-term development of the silicon carbide industry into consideration, to solve problems, raw materials must be institutes and university joint, carbonaceous material experiment was carried out, the development of suitable raw material proportioning or looking for a suitable alternative, can ensure that in the case of anthracite coal shortage of production with good quality.At the same time, we must make scientific and technological innovation in production technology, process, energy saving and other aspects, increase the investment in science and technology, and improve the application of automation and intelligence.Enterprises in the same industry should closely unite, stick together for warmth, not compete with each other, be the same in quality and price, and achieve win-win cooperation.Silicon carbide products to the direction of trading development, into the futures market, in order to solve the problem of tight liquidity.

In view of the problem of the conflict between ration and direct power purchase quota assessment of silicon carbide enterprises in Gansu Province, it is suggested that enterprises respond to this problem, explain the situation and strive for policy support to the local development and reform department, industry and information technology department and power supply department.

Ma Secretary General finally made a summary, emphasizing that silicon carbide enterprises must strengthen themselves, must form an industrial chain, not only to do granulated sand, micro powder, the industrial chain to the downstream products to extend, to improve the added value of products.The exchanges between provinces and regions should be continued, and they should be united to form a cohesive force. Moreover, the contents of future discussions should be broader and deeper, and the resolutions adopted must be implemented