Many construction sand mines in Nghe An are in a slump, with large volumes remaining.
(Baonghean.vn) - At this time, construction sand in Nghe An province is in an unprecedented slump. Many sand mines have large quantities of sand left behind, and it is unknown when it will be sold.
Go along Lam River through Thanh Ngoc and Ngoc Son communes (Thanh Chuong), there are quite a few "mountains" of unsold sand. A sand dock owner in Ngoc Son commune shared: "Sand has never been as sluggish and difficult to sell as this year. From around August 2023, the construction sand market suddenly became very difficult to sell. During peak periods, the sand dock sold 80-100 m3/day with price from 100,000 VND/m3, but now only sell 15-20m3, there are days when we can't even sell a truck of sand. Currently, the wharf has over 1,000 tons of sand in stock. We are so impatient that we have to reduce the price from 80,000 VND to 60,000 VND/m3sand but still no one buys".
Mr. Nguyen The Cuong - Head of the Economic - Infrastructure Department of Thanh Chuong district said: "Thanh Chuong district has 17 sand wharves in operation. Due to difficulties in output, most of the sand wharves have a large backlog, about 15,000m3sand. Currently, sand mines in Thanh Chuong are operating at a low level, forcing many sand mining workers to temporarily stop working and wait for the goods to "escape" before they can continue mining.
Also in the same situation, Do Luong district has many sand ports that are still unsold. The owner of a sand port in Luu Son commune said: "Currently, there are over 2,000m of sand ports left.3, machinery and workers have had to temporarily stop working these days. We have to deal with all this backlog of sand before we dare to continue mining."
According to observations, there are also many mountains of "sand" along the construction material gathering points in Yen Thanh district. Mr. Phan Ba Hai - a material gathering station owner in Nam Thanh commune said: For a long time, we have been buying sand from mines in Do Luong, Tan Ky, Thanh Chuong to gather and sell to local people quite conveniently, but for the past few months it has been very difficult to sell, currently there is over 2,500m of sand left.3sand. We have to use trucks to transport it to northern provinces such as Ninh Binh, Ha Nam...
It is known that the sand market is sluggish partly because this year there are few construction projects for the State and people, the North-South Expressway project and some sections of the coastal road project have been completed, so the demand for construction materials has decreased. Sand dock owners hope that from now until Tet, construction demand will increase again so that sand can be consumed better.
