An object of the present invention is to make it possible, in order to form the fine powder of the water-absorbent resin into a water-absorbing material having particle diameters favorable for practical use, that a water-absorbing material which has high agglomeration strength and is excellent in the quality performances is obtained at a low cost with good efficiency without causing the problems of the adhesion to such as treatment apparatus. As a means of achieving this object, a process according to the present invention for production of a water-absorbing material is a process for production of a water-absorbing material from a fine powder of a water-absorbent resin wherein the water-absorbing material is a particulate water-absorbing material having particle diameters larger than the fine powder, with the process comprising: a step (a) of adding an aqueous liquid to the fine powder of the water-absorbent resin with such as a high-speed stirring type continuous extrusion mixer 50 so that the overall average water content will be in the range of 20 to 60 weight %, whereby particles of the fine powder are agglomerated to thus obtain a particulate hydrous material 70 of the water-absorbent resin; and a step (b) of applying a mechanical compression force to the particulate hydrous material 70 and, at the same time, knead-pulverizing it, with such as a meat chopper apparatus 30, thereby obtaining particulate agglomerates 40 of the water-absorbing material.