Recently, the domestic chemical market trend has risen frequently, and the profit of most products has once again floated red. In the inorganic filler market, since January 1, 2018, different companies and products have also experienced price increases. The increase is basically at RMB 30/year. Between RMB-300/tonne. In 2017, China’s strict environmental protection policy limited the capacity and production of calcium carbonate, while China’s raw materials, packaging, freight forwarding, and high labor costs, 2018 China’s calcium carbonate, talcum powder It is also reasonable for the filler industry to increase its price. In view of the current situation, the state environmental protection supervision has not diminished. In 2018, the filler market will maintain its upward trend.
Fillers (extender pigments) in paints, usually white or slightly colored, with a refractive index of less than 1.7. They have the basic physical and chemical properties of pigments used in paints, but due to the similar refractive index to the filming material, It is transparent in paint, does not have the coloring power and hiding power of coloring pigments, and is an indispensable pigment in the coating. Because most of the fillers come from natural ore processing products, they are chemically stable, wear-resistant, and have good water resistance. , And the price is low, plays a role in the coating structure. Through the increase in the thickness of the coating film, improve the mechanical properties of the coating film, and can play a long-term, anti-corrosion, heat insulation, extinction and other effects. On the other hand, it is used as a paint reduction The cost of a way, use its cheap, the price is far lower than the color pigments, in the premise of satisfying the hiding power of the film, appropriate to add the organic pigment to complement the color paint in the paint should have the volume.
The commonly used fillers in paints are calcium carbonate (heavily calcium, light calcium), barite powder (barium sulfate), talc, kaolin (porcelain land), porous silica (silica), white carbon black, precipitated barium sulfate, Mica powder, wollastonite, bentonite, etc.
From the filler market, calcium carbonate, talc is a commonly used product, used in coatings, plastics, paper and other industries.
Convergence of multiple factors caused the price of fillers to increase
In 2018, national environmental protection inspections directly affected the development of the calcium carbonate industry. Although most calcium carbonate manufacturers lowered the quotation at the end of last year, they still did not reach the increase in raw materials and labor costs, so that many calcium carbonate companies are still experiencing tremendous Cost pressure. At present, the contradiction between the supply and demand of raw materials for products has increased, coupled with environmental protection and energy issues, which have caused most of the calcium carbonate companies to start raising prices by 'rising pawns'.
Yufeng powder calcium carbonate prices
The domestic calcium carbonate company Guangdong Yufeng Powder Material Co., Ltd. initiated a price increase notification at the end of March, and decided that the price of its calcium carbonate products should be raised by 20-30 yuan per ton. The effective time began on April 10, 2018.
Talcum powder also follows the upward trend. According to HC Chemical Network, the rapid growth of the filler market is mainly due to the fact that the environmental protection remediation investment is huge and it is necessary to rectify the production; the second is the regulation of non-renewable resources; The freight rate keeps rising; Fourth, the national environmental protection governance, the company is frequently called halted, the production is extremely abnormal, causing labor costs to rise, equipment losses continue to increase.
Changes in the state’s macro-control policies, the tightening of mine exploitation, safety supervision, and ecological forestry, as well as efforts to renovate environmental protection, have also continued to increase, resulting in difficult production for many companies, and some companies have made adjustments to their product prices. Guangxi Longguang Talc Development Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd. issued an external notice, saying that due to the increase in production costs, since January 1, 2018, its talc product price increase.
Long wide talcum powder price
Guangxi Longguang Talc Development Co., Ltd. stated that due to the increase in production costs, since January 1, 2018, the price of all talc products produced by its company has been raised. According to the differences in product specifications and quality, the increase is between 30 and 300 yuan. / Ton.
Cost increase filler companies can not increase prices
The tight market supply will also prompt domestic calcium carbonate and talc prices to rise. It is understood that calcium carbonate accounts for 32% of the global filler market, while heavy calcium carbonate accounts for 32% of the world's fill market. A wide range of products. In the past few years, the demand for calcium carbonate in China has grown at an average annual rate of 6.2%, accounting for 22% of the Asia Pacific market.
The environmental protection, energy consumption, labor costs, macro-control and other factors have caused China's calcium carbonate production to be limited by a certain level. However, the demand is constantly increasing. These factors have also contributed to the increase in calcium carbonate companies. The reason for production.
International Market: Huber Industrial Calcium Carbonate Price Increase
Huber Carbonate LLC, a subsidiary of JMHuber Corp., announced that since January 1, 2018, it has increased the price of industrial calcium carbonate products produced by the company. Depending on the product and packaging, most of the products involved in the price increase The average price increase is 5% to 10%.
The price increase is due to the increase in raw materials, packaging, freight, regulatory compliance, labor and capital investment costs.
With the development of the world and China's economy, the demand for talc will increase at home and abroad. Under the pressure of cost, international companies will also raise their prices to ease the pressure.
China's export capacity of talc powder accounts for about half of the international market and exports to 57 countries and regions. It is understood that in the next 10 years, the demand for talc in the world will increase at an annual average rate of 5%, and talc has become non- One of the varieties with high growth rate of demand for metal ore products. Therefore, at home and abroad, the demand for talc powder has rapidly increased. To meet the demand of the domestic and foreign filler market, some domestic companies have reduced their operating costs by expanding the productivity of filler products. For example, Jiangxi Guangyuan Chemical has established constructions in Lianzhou, Guangdong, Haicheng, Liaoning, Ya'an, Sichuan and Jiangxi Yongfeng respectively. In addition, Guangyuan Chemical’s fifth plant in Nanzhao, Henan is under construction. The five factories cover the entire country. Greatly reduce the company's logistics costs.
In order to meet the increasing demand of downstream users, companies in the packing industry also work together with public institutions to develop new products that meet the requirements of customers through R&D and innovation to improve product performance. In the future, the performance of filler products will be more diverse.