Takaitawa:Libo Fang, wanda aka nada sabon shugaban Kungiyar Tarin China a watan Yuni 2025, yana jaddada muhimman abubuwan da ke faruwa a cikin masana'antar: motsi mai dorewa zuwa kayan nika da tacewa na babba, juyawa daga babbar masana'anta zuwa layukan samarwa masu matsakaici zuwa babba saboda rashin manyan ma'adinai da yawa, da ci gaba da girma a girma, keɓancewa, lantarki, da sarrafa injin lodin da sufuri.

China’s aggregates industry has spent the last decade transitioning to a greener, more technologically minded approach to business. However, a myriad of factors have been reducing product demand in recent years. Aggregates Business spoke to Hu Youyi, a 15-year president now honorary president of China Aggregates Association, and his recent successor, newly appointed president of the 8th council of the China Aggregates Association, Libo Fang, CEO of SBM Group, one of China’s major crushing and screening plant manufacturers, to learn more about the changing make-up of the world’s biggest national aggregates market.

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Quoting the latest data from the China Aggregates Industry Operation Report published by the China Aggregates Association (CAA), Hu Youyi notes that China’s aggregates production was 15.2 billion tonnes in 2024 and 7.3 billion tonnes in the first half of 2025. The numbers, explains Hu, represent year-on-year declines of 9.4% and 4%, respectively, reflecting a phase of cyclical adjustment in market demand.

“Current aggregate production has dropped by approximately 24% compared to five years ago, primarily due to reduced investment in property development and slower growth in infrastructure investment,” says Hu.

Ya kara da: “Gwamnatin Sin ta kawo sabbin manufofi don hanzarta sabon tsarin bunƙasa kadarorin ƙasa. Wadannan matakan sun haɗa da haɓaka ginin gidaje masu lafiya, jin daɗi, kore, da ‘gidajen inganci masu fasaha’, ci gaba da tsare-tsaren sabunta birane, da sauƙaƙa gyaran garuruwan birane da gine-ginen da suka rushe. Wannan kunshin manufofi yana taimakawa wajen sabunta kasuwar kadarorin ƙasa yayin da yake ƙirƙirar sabon buƙata ga samfuran haɗe-haɗe a China.

“A gaba, buƙatar ƙarin haɗe-haɗe na gargajiya za ta ragu a hankali, yayin da sababbin kasuwannin gini—wani motsi daga sabunta birane, shirye-shiryen ingantaccen, mai sauƙin samun gida, da canjin unguwannin shanty—za su haifar da ƙarin buƙata.”

Asked about the biggest challenges facing Chinese aggregate producers and how the CAA is helping its members address them, Hu says: “While China’s push for high-quality development is accelerating investment in quality and affordable housing, urbanisation, urban renewal, and infrastructure like water conservancy and hydropower, it places higher demands on both the quality of aggregates and the service provided by producers. Consequently, energy-efficient aggregate equipment holds greater development potential.

“In wannan yanayin masana'antu, kungiyar Aggregates ta China ta gabatar da sabbin ra'ayoyi da samfuran ci gaba da suka dace da fifikon ƙasa na gine-gine da ababen more rayuwa. Wannan yana nufin karkatar da masana'antar zuwa ci gaba mai ƙyaƙƙyawan fata, ƙarancin carbon, da dorewa.

“CAA kuma tana aikatawa wajen isar da bukatun masana'antu ga hukumomin gwamnati da suka dace don inganta manufofin goyon baya, tana shirya tarukan fasaha da tarukan ƙasa da ƙasa don haɓaka musayar kamfanoni, haɗin gwiwa, da raba mafi kyawun ayyuka, da kuma kawo sabbin ra'ayoyi a cikin samar da aggregates da ƙera kayan aiki don inganta ingancin samfur da ƙa'idodin fasaha. Kungiyar tana kuma hanzarta tsara da gyara ƙa'idodi masu dacewa don amsa sabbin buƙatu da gudanar da horon ma'aikata na musamman. A ƙarshe, CAA tana gudanar da binciken kamfanoni mai zurfi da bayar da sabis na shawara ta fuskar fasaha.”

Asked whether US President Donald Trump’s global trade tariffs have impacted the Chinese aggregate industry, Hu replies: “China’s aggregate imports and exports volume remains minimal. Consequently, recent U.S. tariff adjustments will have a minimal effect on Chinese aggregate products.

“However, exports of Chinese crushing and screening equipment to the US face a significant impact. These equipment exports have grown substantially in recent years, driven by their compelling value proposition and growing global appeal.

“Duk da haka, wannan kalubale yana gabatar da dama: Zai haɓaka ci gaban fasaha da canjin kore a cikin bangaren haɗakar ƙasa na China. Bugu da ƙari, yana aiki a matsayin katala, yana ja hankalin masu kera kayan aiki su inganta ƙasar da suke a duniya da kuma haɓaka ayyukan kasashen waje.”

Yayin da yake bayyana muhimman dabi'u a cikin masana'antar haɗakar ƙasa ta China, Libo Fang, wanda ya zama shugabancin CAA a watan Yuni 2025, ya ce: “Dab'i na zuwa ga kayan aikin ƙara girma da tacewa ba ta sauya ba. Duk da haka, yayin da kasuwar ke ganin ƙananan manyan masaku na haɗakar ƙasa a hankali, layukan ƙera za su canza daga masu girma matuƙa zuwa matsakaici-zuwa-manyan masu girma. A lokaci guda, kayan aikin ɗora da sufuri zasu ci gaba da yanayin zuwa girma mafi girma yayin da kuma suke ci gaba a cikin keɓancewa, lantarki, da ayyukan ma'adinai marasa mai guda.”

“Duk da cewa ba a sami wani babban karuwa ba a cikin sanya na'urorin rarraba manyan masu hanzari da na'urar tacewa a wuraren samar da tarin abubuwa a China, motsi shine hanyar da zata kasance a nan gaba.”

Tambayar abin da ya ke nufi zama shugaban CAA, Libo ya amsa: “Wannan kyakkyawan ne da kuma tabbatar da aikina na shekaru goma sha biyar a wannan masana'antar, amma mafi mahimmanci, babban nauyi ne ga ci gaban nan gaba na wannan sashen.

“A wannan lokacin canjin [masana'antar tarin abubuwa] mai wahala, za mu yi amfani da manufofin masana'antu na kasa da na gida da ci gaban fasahohin kore da dijital/mai hankali don tura ci gaban masana'antu mai dorewa da inganci.”

Libo yana cewa, ta hanyar dandamalin shugabancinsa na CAA, SBM — babban mai bayar da kayan aiki na hakar ma'adanai da kayan aikin kammalawa tare da wuraren hakar da kansa da abokan ciniki a fiye da kasashen 180 — zai raba kwarewarsa ta tabbata a cikin kayan aiki, sarrafawa, gudanar da wuraren hakar ma'adanai da ma'adanai, da kuma harkokin kasa da kasa. “Wannan zai inganta hadin gwiwa a cikin tsarin samar da kayayyaki da abokan hulda na duniya a cikin wannan fanni,” ya jaddada.

Mai da hankali kan kyakkyawar tafiyar dorewar masana'antar tarin kaya ta China a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata da yadda take shirin ci gaba da karfafa wannan muhimmin yanki na aikinta, Hu ya ce: “A cikin 2019, Ra'ayin Jagoranci kan Inganta Ci gaban Inganci na Masana'antar Tarin Kayan Masana'antu wanda aka fitar tare da sassa goma, gami da Ma'aikatar Masana'antu da Fasahar Bayani (MIIT), ya bayyana kira ga hadin gwiwa da aka tsara bisa ga yanayin gida don inganta yanayin da ya dace da ci gaban lafiya da dorewar masana'antar.”

“Dukkan Shirin Shekara guda 13 na Masana'antar Tarin Kashi ta China da kuma Tsarin Aiwatar da Shekara guda 14 sun bayyana ci gaban dorewa a matsayin muhimmin aiki da buri.

“Don inganta ci gaban dorewa, CAA ta gudanar da ƙoƙari mai yawa. An dogara da falsafar samun amfani daga albarkatu da tabbatar da cewa hakar ma'anar tana amfani ga al'ummomin yankin, na gabatar da ‘Tsarin China’ don ci gaban tarin kashi mai dorewa, wanda ya haɗa da masana'antu na farko, na biyu, da na uku.

“Bayan an gudanar da shi ta hanyoyin gwamnatocin Sin da dama, wannan tsarin ya cimma ingantaccen amfani da albarkatun, ya karawa yawan shayar da carbon, ribar muhalli, da kuma manyan nasarori na tattalin arziki.”

Hu ya ce ta hanyar taron Ƙasa da Ƙasa na Tarin Kashi na China na shekara-shekara da faɗaɗawar duniya na masana'antun tarin kashi da kayan aikin Sin, ‘Tsarin China’ ya karɓi karɓuwa ta ƙasa da ƙasa da yabo mai yawa.

Ya ci gaba da cewa: “A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, masana'antar hadin gwiwar kasar Sin ta yi kyawawan ci gaba wajen ci gaban dorewa: samar da hadin gwiwa da kera kayan aiki sun rungumi sabbin tsare-tsare masu dorewa; ginin ma'adinan kore yanzu yana zama al'ada a tsakanin kamfanoni; kayan aiki masu inganci da amfani kadan suna ci gaba da bayyana kuma suna yaduwa; kuma kamfanoni da yawa suna amfani da hanyoyin sabuntawa kamar iska da hasken rana.”

Hu kuma ya nuna cewa kasar Sin ta kirkiro kwarewa mai gasar duniya a cikin wasu fannonin sake amfani da sharar ginin danyen ruwa. Hakanan ya lura cewa kasar Sin na yin gagarumar ci gaba a binciken da aikace-aikacen sake amfani da sharar ginin danyen ruwa, tare da wasu hanyoyi suna kusan daidaitawa da matakan ci gaba na duniya. Hu ya ce 'yan kasuwa da dama na kasar Sin suna da takardar shaidar Ma'adinan Kore na Kasa, sama da goma an ware su a matsayin ‘Masana’antar Kore ta Kasa’, kuma 'yan kasuwa da yawa sun sami lambar yabo na masana'antar Ginin Kore da Ma'aikatar Kore.

Masana'antar tarin sinadarai ta Sin, in ji Hu, ta tashi daga zama gida ga kamfanoni 60,000 na hakar dutse a 2012 zuwa kamfanoni 10,000 na hakar dutse a yanzu, tare da masana'antun na'urorin hakar dutsen guda 3,000. Kasuwa ma ta sake tsarawa, tare da raguwar sarrafa yashi na halitta da ya jawo fiye da 90% na fitarwa na masana'antu yanzu yana kasancewa dutsen da aka narke da yashi da aka kera.

A cikin wannan lokacin na hade-haden masana'antu da kasuwa, Hu ya ce masana'antar tarin sinadarai ta Sin ta amfana daga dijitalizashan da karuwar aikin kai tsaye a cikin samarwa. “Tare da tallafin shugaban hukuma da kuma goyon baya mai karfi, tare da haɗin gwiwar masana'antu, sashen tarin Sin ya sauya a cikin shekarun da suka gabata ta hanyar ci gaban gaggawa. Masana'antar ta tabbatar da kanta a kan hanyar gudanarwa mai dorewa, ta atomatik, da kuma a tsarin girma.

“Kirkirar yaduwar haɗin kai na atomatik da fasahohin dijital a fannin hakar ma'adanai da sarrafa su ya kawo manyan fa'ida: yana ƙara ƙarfi wajen ingancin samarwa, yana ƙara ingancin samfur, da rage farashi. Wadannan fasahohin sun kuma rage wahalar ma'aikata da inganta yanayin aiki. Abin lura sosai, tsarin sa ido na hankali suna sake fasalin hanyoyin aikace-aikace na gargajiya, suna canza wuraren da ke cinye albarkatu zuwa manyan masana’antu masu ingancin muhalli waɗanda ke aiki a cikin sararin samaniya mai kyau.”

Looking back on his time as CAA president, Hu is proud of his central role in the evolution of the Chinese aggregates industry. “The greatest breakthrough was shattering the ‘aggregate industry destiny mindset’. Historically labelled as ‘high-pollution, low-tech’, many firms once believed aggregate mining must remain primitive and crude. Yet over the past 15 years, CAA has spearheaded the sector’s transformation through policy advocacy, thought leadership, standardised practices, technological innovation, and self-regulation.

“Yau masana'antar tana aiki tare da tsarin muhallin kore, na atomatik, da masu girma. Manyan kamfanoni yanzu suna haɓaka huddodin ƙera-rukuni masu haɗaka da suka shafi dukkan sarkar ƙima - daga hakar dutse da sarrafa haɗin gwiwa har zuwa tashoshin niƙa, haɗa siminti mai shiryi, ƙera siminti, da gyara muhalli. Wannan yana nuna nasarar sabuntawar masana'antu na ƙasar Sin.”

Wani ɓangare na gado na Hu a matsayin shugaban CAA shine taka rawa mai mahimmanci a cikin kafuwar Ƙungiyar da ci gaba da gudanar da Taron Ƙungiyar Haɗin Gwiwar Sin, wanda ke jujjuya birnin da za a gudanar. “Daga 'yan takara masu ƙanƙanta guda ɗari a taron farko zuwa fiye da ɗari dubu guda a taron shekara ta 9 da ta gabata, wannan gagarumar ci gaba yana nuna ƙoƙarin hadin gwiwar masana'antar haɗin gwiwar Sin. Muna matuƙar jin daɗin daukar hankalin duniya da samun goyon baya daga ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwar da ƙungiyoyi masu alaƙa a fadin duniya, kuma muna maraba da masu halarta daga ko'ina cikin duniya. CAA yana ci gaba da niyyar yin haɗin gwiwa tare da duk masu ruwa da tsaki don haɓaka ci gaban kore, ƙarancin carbon, da na dorewa a duk fannin haɗin gwiwar duniya.

“Aggregates production is inherently localised. Success requires development models tailored to each region’s specific resources and advantages. Should assistance be needed in this process, CAA is eager to share China’s industry experience and provide advisory support.”

yaya Hu ke ganin masana'antar aggregates ta China a cikin shekaru goma? “Masana'antar aggregates ta China za ta sauya sosai ta hanyar hanyoyin tsarin gwamnati, sabbin fasahohi, da karfin kasuwa, tana canzawa zuwa ayyuka masu kyau, masu wayo, da kuma haɗe haɗe. Abubuwan kore da na ƙarancin carbon za su bayyana asalin gasa, yayin da fasahohin basira ke juyawa cikin kayan masana'antu. Hadewar da aka ƙara za ta kasance bisa jagorancin tsarin gwamnati da gasa kasuwa, kuma sake sarrafa sharar gini da rushewa, tailings, da sauran hanyoyin shara za su bayyana a matsayin babbar injin ci gaba.”

Original article link: https://www.aggbusiness.com/china-weaker-demand-amid-welcome-industry-evolution/