During the period from 2012 to 2015, China’s development model, in addition to the increase in leverage and stimulus policies, led to 'overcapacity' in all industries. After turning negative in 2012, China's PPI experienced a state of up to four years of decline below zero. The growth rate of corporate profits is also in a four-year downward cycle. According to relevant statistics, the profits of the entire industrial enterprises have experienced a negative growth at the end of 2015 (an increase rate of -2.3%). The titanium dioxide industry in China is in this environment. It is impossible to be 'individual good'. In 2015, the entire industry basically lost money, but at the same time, the entire industry has also gone through a destocking cycle and continued until the beginning of 2016.
Supply-side reform has indicated the development path for various industries. In the past two years, the topic of industrial transformation product upgrading has been 'normal'. Under the severe environmental protection, China's titanium dioxide industry must not only promote the upgrading of product structure and technology, but also , Pay attention to the promotion of energy saving, emission reduction and environmental protection. It has become a common practice, clean production, environmental protection, and sustainable development. It is the clear task set by the state's 13th Five-Year Plan.
Titanium dioxide has a wide range of applications, but the development of titanium dioxide in China is still constrained by many factors. From the current situation, China's titanium dioxide enterprises to achieve transformation and upgrading, product structure and technology upgrades, must strengthen the pollutants Prevention and control, to strengthen the recycling of waste acid water that dominates the sulfuric acid process in the industry, to take the sustainable development path of the circular economy, and to break through the adjustment of the key technologies of the chloride process from the industrial structure.
Transformation and upgrading are the inevitable roads, and the environment is a big challenge! Fortunately, China's titanium dioxide industry is working hard, such as: Ningbo Xinfu 'sulfur acid Titanium Dioxide Waste Acid Water Comprehensive Treatment Water Saving and Emission Reduction' device will soon run, after normal operation The achievable technical indicators are as follows:
Acidic wastewater reduction rate reached 89%;
Water recycling rate reaches 85%;
Sulphuric acid recycling rate reached 90%;
Reduce the use of acid-base neutralizing lime by 90%;
The production of titanium gypsum waste residue is reduced by 90%.
To achieve energy-saving emission reduction, the purpose of recycling economy.
Another example: Leading by the Titanium Dioxide Association, Nanjing Yifu Technology Co., Ltd. independently researches and designs 'industrial gypsum comprehensive utilization' technology. It has successively cooperated with the Panzhihua Government (Vanadium-Titanium Park), Panzhihua Eastern Titanium Industry, Yunnan Donghao and other titanium dioxide enterprises. Exchange, is expected to be implemented in the near future.
Industry product upgrades are also in full swing. Recently, the company has successfully passed the identification of the “Titanium Dioxide for Printing” independently developed by Longxun Group, and the development of the 'Lithium Titanate Battery Materials' to be launched by Jiangsu Fanhua.... .
The scale of production by the chlorination process has been gradually expanded. Longquanli, Yibin Tianyuan, Hubei Xiantao Electronics... In the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, the ratio of chloridized titanium dioxide production to sulfuric acid production of titanium dioxide will gradually increase. Achieve 20% of the industry's 13th Five-Year Plan.
The transformation and upgrading of China's titanium dioxide industry is imperative. The general trend is to seize the opportunity, the same is the 'crisis', change is the 'opportunity'.