China Titanium dioxide industry explores the "14th five year" development

The "14th five year" titanium dioxide industry planning mentioned that we should actively promote industrial upgrading, optimize the product structure of chlorination and sulfuric acid processes; increase investment in scientific research and technological transformation, continuously improve the comprehensive competitiveness of the product market; adhere to environmental protection and green development, improve the resource utilization level of waste and by-products; expand international cooperation and exchanges, and enhance the anti risk ability of the industry development process.

The optimization of product structure of sulfuric acid process and chloride process is particularly concerned. As early as 2007, titanium dioxide produced by sulfuric acid process has been listed in the list of high energy consumption and high pollution. Moreover, titanium dioxide produced by sulfuric acid process has been clearly listed as a restricted industry in the guidance catalogue of industrial structure adjustment. At the same time, the import of technology and product catalog also encourage to develop chlorination process titanium dioxide. However, the technology of chlorination process titanium dioxide is still not mature and sulfuric acid process titanium dioxide is still dominant.

Although titanium dioxide produced by sulfuric acid process has been listed in the restricted list, it is predicted that titanium dioxide produced by sulfuric acid process will not be eliminated immediately during the 14th five year plan or even the 15th five year plan. The country's mineral resources and the construction of new and expanded units determine that sulfuric acid process titanium dioxide is still the mainstream. Therefore, in the current situation, sulfuric acid process titanium dioxide and chlorination process titanium dioxide will still coexist. But in the future, the industry should pay attention to the research and development of chlorination titanium dioxide process, and strive to turn chlorination process titanium dioxide into a strong point.

During the 13th Five Year Plan period, the concentration of titanium dioxide industry in China has increased, and there are 40 full process manufacturers with normal production conditions and big scale. Among them, there is one super large enterprise with an effective production capacity of more than 1 million tons / year; 11 large enterprises with a production capacity of 100000 tons / year and above; 10 medium-sized enterprises with a production capacity of 50000-80000 tons / year; and the remaining 19 manufacturers are small and micro enterprises.

After more than 10 years of efforts, a breakthrough has been made in the production technology of titanium dioxide by chlorination process. In 2020, the production capacity will reach 600000 tons and the output will reach 330000 tons, accounting for 10% of the total output of titanium dioxide in China.

From the titanium dioxide market, the demand for consumer goods and real estate related goods at home and abroad will greatly stimulate the increase of titanium dioxide production in China. Titanium dioxide is a rigid product in many fields. From the current global market, titanium dioxide will still be in the stage of "short supply".

However, a new wave of reconstruction and expansion may bring some impact to the industry. According to incomplete statistics, the new capacity of titanium dioxide projects under construction, preparation and expansion in China will increase by 1.96 million tons / year, including more than 400000 tons / year of chlorination process. Such a large new production capacity is difficult to digest in the current domestic market. Once the actual production capacity is formed, it will quickly break the balance between supply and demand in the domestic market. In the future, China's titanium dioxide will become an inevitable choice to go to the international market.