Guangsteel Gas expects increased revenue but not profit in 2024 while actively expanding the international Business of helium.
① The decline in profits is mainly attributed to fluctuations in the helium market, resulting in a year-on-year decrease in the company's helium Business sales revenue and gross profit; ② On the same day, Guanggang Gas announced that Hong Kong Guanggang is procuring helium from Qatar Energy, and several of the company's businesses are making progress in 2024, with industry expectations indicating that the overall helium market price is expected to remain stable in 2025.
Affected by the slowdown in Global market demand, Youyan Silicon's revenue will increase in 2024, but profit will not.
① Yuyuan Silicon stated that during the reporting period, the competition in the domestic market of the Semiconductors Industry intensified, and the recovery expectations for the export market are uncertain due to geopolitical influences; ② A representative from the board secretary's office of Yuyuan Silicon indicated that one of the significant factors affecting the company's product exports is the restrictions from the USA's import and export trade policies. It is still uncertain when the related policy restrictions will be lifted.
Despite the drop in Anode Material prices, Hunan Zhongke Electric is growing against the trend, expecting net profits to increase by more than five times in 2024 | Interpretations
① Hunan Zhongke Electric announced that the expected net income for 2024 is between 0.288 billion to -0.325 billion yuan, an increase of 590%-680% compared to the previous year; ② In 2024, the price of Anode Material is still expected to decline and linger at low levels, in 2023 Hunan Zhongke Electric's performance fell to the lowest in nearly five years, with a profit of only 41.7062 million yuan, and the performance in 2024 can be described as a 'comeback'.
Shanghai is making moderate advancements in the layout of hydrogen-based energy, and policies are expected to promote a double increase in both supply and demand in the hydrogen energy market.
① The General Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government issued the "Work Plan for Innovative Development Led by New Energy Storage Demonstration in Shanghai (2025-2030)", focusing on green alcohol and green ammonia, with a long-term goal of forming four hydrogen-based Energy bases in the Lingang New Area, Jiading District, Chemical Zone, and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Group. ② Zhang Jin from Huabao Securities believes that with the implementation of related policies, the supply and demand in the "production, storage, transportation, and use" segments of the hydrogen energy market are expected to see a double increase.
Microsoft announced the use of green hydrogen to power Datacenters. Institutions recommend paying attention to the upstream hydrogen production segment.
①Microsoft announced that it has reached an agreement with ESB, where the power control and management building of the datacenter located in Dublin will be powered by zero-emission green hydrogen energy. ②Caitong stated that the green hydrogen sector has attributes of high growth and significant potential, and that the large-scale development of domestic and international green hydrogen projects will allow the electrolysis and compressor segments to fully benefit from the growth.
Youyan Silicon: This year, the production capacity of 8-inch wafers will reach 0.25 million pieces per month, with future plans aimed at the construction of new 12-inch wafer production capacity | Highlights from the Shareholder meeting.
① A representative from the company's board secretary office stated that there is still a strong demand for 8-inch silicon wafers, and in the short term, there won't be a situation where 12-inch silicon wafers replace 8-inch silicon wafers; ② Regarding the progress of the 8-inch silicon wafer fundraising project, the company expects that by the end of 2025, the production capacity of 8-inch silicon wafers will achieve a breakthrough of about 0.25 million wafers per month.