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Study On Development Stratege Of Steel Industry In Northwest China

Posted on:2012-11-18Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:H Y YuFull Text:PDF
GTID:1109330467981128Subject:Materials science
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Northwest China has a vast territory but less population and weak economy base, which is an underdeveloped region owing to the historical and environmental factors. In recent years, there has been a rapid economic growth with the implementation of the western development strategy. The steel industry in the northwestern region, although it started relatively late, has occupied a prominent position in the regional economic aggregate. In this connetion, it is essential and imperative to perform studies on the development strategy of the regional steel industry, such as how to exploit effectively the northwestern region’s advantage in resource and energy, and develop recycle economy to promote sustainable development of the steel industry. In view of the requirements for the structural adjustment in industrial planning and the economy and society development of the northwestern region, the present author has conducted a strategy study on the sustainable development of the steel industry in the northwestern region, using a large integrated iron and steel enterprise-Jiuquan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.(thereinafter as Jiu Steel)-as a model example. The main contents of this thesis are as follows:(1) Based upon a comprehensive survey of the development history, production characteristics and developing prospects of the domestic and international steel industry, the current situation of production, existent problems and furture prospects of the northwestern region’s steel industry were analyzed. Through summarizing the utilization of geological resources, technology and facility of mineral processing, iron and steel making, steel rolling, production situation, comprehensive energy consumption, environment protection and clean producing, the advantages and challenges towards sustainable development for Jiu Steel were pointed out.(2) From the viewpoint of developing recycle economy, the necessity, instancy and feasibility of medium and long term development plan were demonstrated for Jiu Steel by following the principle of "Reducing, Reuse and Recycle". Through reducing, recycling and reutilizing the material flow, energy flow and water resource flow, it may lead to the reduced consumption of resource and energy, improved quality and grade of products, decreased pollutant and carbon emissions. With the increase of economic efficiency and enhancement of competitive power, it would promote Jiu Steel to go into the beneficial cycle of "increasing efficiency-reducing energy consumption-improving environment-reducing cost enhancing competitive power"(3) In view of the present situations of equipment, production, energy and resource, together with the development targets of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Jiu Steel, the strategies of low cost, high benefit, all-round and integrated development were proposed, which could guarantee the competitiveness of Jiu Steel. Taking the cases of iron making, steel making, steel rolling and correlative industry, some key issues about low-cost sustainable development in Jiu Steel were discussed, and the feasibility of developing low-carbon economy in Jiu Steel were demonstrated. Moreover, some concrete measures for prompting the recycle economy development in the regional steel industry were put forward.(4) According to the characteristics of the northwestern region and the requirements of economic development, some problems about the structure of steel products in Jiu Steel were analyzed. Since Jiu Steel had gone through twice adjustments of product variety, i.e. from the rod and wire to flat steel products and from the plain carbon steel to stainless steel, further adjustment should be made to improve the product quality and increase the utilization efficiency of resource, paying more attention to economic benefits rather than quantitative growth and scale expansion barely. The main tasks are to form some leading products of plain carbon steel, increase the amount of high value-added products, and expand the variety, production capacity and yield of stainless steel.(5) For the future development of the steel industry in the northwestern region, the strategy of "relying on science and technology, running innovation and focusing on talents" must be carried out. Through perfecting the system of the science and technology management, building the platform of scientific research and development, assembling the team of multi hierarchy professional talents and creating an atmosphere of encouraging innovation, there will be a rapid development of science and technology, which provides technical and intelligent support for the sustainable development of the regional steel industry.This thesis is completed at the time when the national "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" is to be launched instantly and the "Western Development Program" will enter a new and key stage. The present analyses and suggestions on the steel industry in Northwest China are expected to provide some useful references for studies on the regional economic development strategy.
Keywords/Search Tags:Northwestern China, Steel industry, Recycle economy, Sustainable development, Strategy
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