Since October, various regions across the country have successively released environmental policies and taken relevant measures such as plans for the prevention and control of air pollution in autumn and winter, emergency plans for heavy pollution weather, etc. As a key industry for air pollution control, the ceramic industry has been greatly affected. So far, many key production areas such as Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong, and Hebei have been ordered to limit or suspend production.
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Many places have introduced plans, and ceramic companies are facing a crisis of production suspension
On September 28 and October 12, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the "Action Plan for Comprehensive Air Pollution Control in the Autumn and Winter of 2020-2021 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Surrounding Areas and the Fenwei Plain (Draft for Comments)" and the "Long-term Comprehensive Air Pollution Control Action Plan" respectively. The Action Plan for Comprehensive Air Pollution Control in the Autumn and Winter of 2020-2021 in the Triangle Region (Draft for Comments)" clearly requires all localities to comprehensively strengthen 39 key areas such as ceramics and brick kilns The industry's unorganized emission control, ultra-low emission transformation, obsolete production capacity such as brick and tile wheel kilns are eliminated in accordance with the law, and measures are taken to suspend production or restrict production at the most severe level during the emergency response to heavy pollution weather.
In response to the requirements of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong Zibo, Hebei, Henan (Zhengzhou, Nanyang), Dongguan and other provinces and cities have successively introduced comprehensive air pollution control plans for autumn and winter and adopted production restriction and suspension measures. Many enterprises in the ceramic industry , many key production areas have been ordered to limit or suspend production.
On September 14, the Dongguan Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau released the "Dongguan Municipal Heavy Pollution Weather Emergency Plan (Revised Draft)": cement, steel, cement, steel, ">Ceramics, Bricks, non-ferrous metals, glass and other key industries involving industrial furnaces Implement differentiated production adjustments.
On October 15, the Zibo Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau issued the "Zibo City 2020-2021 Heavy Pollution Weather Emergency Emission Reduction List": From December 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, A single ceramic kiln in the Zibo production area must be suspended for 45 consecutive days, and two or more ceramic kilns must be suspended in rotation. During this period, enterprises can declare themselves according to the order production situation. Kiln shutdown time period for maintenance.
On October 16, the Offices of the Leading Group for Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control in Zhengzhou City and Nanyang City, Henan Province respectively issued notices on the implementation of moderate pollution emission reduction measures: Pressure Reduce the production capacity of steel, ceramics, refractory materials and other enterprises, reduce the total emissions of air pollutants, and reduce emissions by more than 30% based on the total emissions of pollutants on September 25. Brick and Tile Kiln Enterprises Starting from 10:00 on October 16, new bricks are prohibited from entering the kiln or squatting to protect the kiln, crushing, forming, etc. The process of emitting particulate matter has been suspended. The production shutdown must be in place from 0:00 on October 19 to 24:00 on October 20.
On October 21, Liu Dashan, deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, introduced at the provincial government press conference that from November 1 to March 31, 2021, the provincial government will implement a comprehensive plan for the province's steel and non-ferrous metals industries. , coking, chemicals, building materials (bricks, refractory, ceramics< /strong>, lime, cement clinker and grinding stations), casting and other key gas-related industry enterprises (or processes), adopt production control measures through , implement peak-shifting production.
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Enforcement is strict, and ceramic companies have been fined for not suspending production in accordance with regulations.
A reporter from China Ceramics Network learned from the Quanzhou Evening News that in September, two ceramic companies, Jinjiang Huajin Jianhua Ceramics Co., Ltd. and Jinjiang Hexing Ceramics Co., Ltd., published a public apology for environmental protection in the media. These two companies failed to stop using drying towers in accordance with the requirements of the emergency plan after the city's emergency response to mildly polluted weather was launched, causing a serious impact on the air. The quality had a certain impact, and was ordered by the Jinjiang Ecological Environment Department to make a public apology to the society through the media.
Also in May, Four ceramic companies in Lichuan County Ceramics Industrial Park were put on record for environmental violations of excessive discharge of water pollutants.< /strong>Two of the companies were fined 250,000 yuan and ordered to make rectifications within a time limit.
The "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" is coming to an end. All parts of the country have attached unprecedented importance to environmental pollution control. They have not only introduced relevant regulations to limit emissions and production, but also launched special actions for atmospheric environmental law enforcement, and even encouraged rewards for reporting environmental violations. Behavior.
On October 26, Hebei News Network reported: The Ecological Environment Department of Handan City recently organized the first round of special atmospheric environmental law enforcement operations for half a month in the autumn and winter of 2020 to 2021. This action focuses on large polluters, especially steel, coking, cement and other industries and key enterprises such as brick and tile kilns. For various illegal activities discovered, we will investigate and deal with them in accordance with the law by comprehensively using daily continuous penalties, seizures and seizures, production restrictions and suspensions, or transfer them to the public security organs for compulsory measures to deal with them. Typical major environmental violations will be publicly exposed after being submitted for review according to procedures, and high-standard rectifications will be required.
On October 31, Jining Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau and Jining Municipal Finance Bureau jointly issued the "Jining Municipal Interim Regulations on Rewards for Reporting Environmental Violations": The scope of reporting rewards covers wastewater, waste gas, soil pollution, radioactive materials, and non-road movement In terms of machinery, "loose and polluting" enterprises, etc., the focus is on illegal acts suspected of environmental pollution crimes, subject to administrative penalties, or causing large environmental pollution damage.
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The environmental protection revolution in the ceramic industry, corporate survival is in crisis
In recent years, with the strengthening of national environmental governance and the improvement of industry environmental protection awareness, the ceramic industry has experienced an unprecedented "environmental protection revolution."
The "White Paper on Pollution Control in the Building and Sanitary Ceramics Industry" compiled by the China Building and Sanitary Ceramics Association and the Ceramic Industry Development Fund mentioned that judging from the changing trends of environmental protection policies, the environmental protection management of the ceramic industry is gradually moving from northern ceramic production areas to Promoted by southern ceramic producing areas. In 2010, the Ministry of Environmental Protection promulgated the "Pollutant Emission Standard for the Ceramic Industry (GB25464-2010)"; at the beginning of 2016, the Zibo production area began to experience the "most stringent" environmental protection rectification in history; in 2017, the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued "About Beijing and Tianjin" "Announcement on the Implementation of Special Emission Limits of Air Pollutants in Hebei and Surrounding Areas (Draft for Comments)", more stringent environmental protection requirements have gradually spread from Shandong Linyi and Zibo to Fujian, Jiangxi Gao'an, Sichuan Jiajiang, Shenyang Faku and other ceramic industries district.
Affected by environmental protection regulations, the ceramic industry began to accelerate its reshuffle in 2017, with more than a hundred ceramic companies being closed down and shut down every year. The production capacity of construction ceramics in Zibo, Shandong has been reduced from more than 700 million square meters to less than 300 million square meters; Gaoyi, Hebei was criticized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and ceramic companies in Gaoyi and Zanhuang illegally discharged sewage and suspended production for rectification; Anyang, Henan The Ministry of Environmental Protection named the air pollution problem as serious, and 14 ceramic factories in Neihuang were restricted in production one after another. All Hebi ceramic companies were required to suspend production for rectification; the ceramic factory in Minqing production area in Fujian stopped production, and 8 ceramic factories in Zhangzhou were ordered to rectify within a time limit; Guangdong implemented the " "Guangdong Province Air Pollution Prevention and Control Strengthening Measures and Division of Labor Plan", five ceramic companies in Zhaoqing had environmental protection problems, and 28 production lines in Enping were sealed and dismantled...
In 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment revised and completed the "Technical Guidelines for Emergency Emission Reduction in Key Industries During Heavy Pollution Weather (2020 Revised Edition)". This revision expanded the scope of performance-graded industries, with the number of industries involved increasing from 31 last year to 39 this year, and improved relevant indicators and emission reduction measures based on last year's document. Among them, the construction ceramics and sanitary ceramics industries divide enterprises into four levels: A, B, C, and D, leading enterprises and non-leading enterprises based on differentiated indicators such as equipment level, energy type, pollution control technology, and emission limits. Hierarchical control. This year nationwideThe production restriction measures for the ceramic and brick kiln industries in most regions are also based on this performance classification.
Although many places clearly prohibit "one size fits all" and "stop now" in their environmental protection policies, this year's kiln production time has been shortened due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, and at the same time, it has also experienced large-scale "coal to gas" For ceramic enterprises, the "production restriction order" in the autumn and winter of 2020 is still a huge survival challenge.
Author: Sitao
