In the next 5 years, the average annual growth rate of my country's titanium dioxide industry will strive to reach 6%

At the 2016 National Titanium Dioxide Industry Annual Conference, the industry made relevant interpretations on the future development trend of the titanium dioxide industry, and planned to increase the production capacity concentration of the top ten enterprises in the industry by 20% compared with the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period.
The consumption is reduced by 20% compared with the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”.
The chlorination process and advanced cleaner production sulfuric acid process are simultaneously promoted.
Supply-side reforms and “three removals, one reduction and one supplement” are promoted.
Domestic development is comparable to “going out and bringing in”.
Combine, rational development and resource ecological protection, and strive to promote the development of the industry
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On March 24, the 2016 National Titanium Dioxide Industry Annual Conference was held in Dezhou, Shandong
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Yang Yuande, secretary general of China Coatings Industry Association and China Titanium Dioxide Industry Association, interpreted the "13th Five-Year Plan" of the titanium dioxide industry at the meeting
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In the next five years, the main goal of the development of China's titanium dioxide industry is to achieve an average annual growth of 6% in the industry's GDP and make significant progress in structural adjustment
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The "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" for China's titanium dioxide industry was jointly drafted and compiled by China Coatings Industry Association and China Titanium Dioxide Industry Association.
It is the action plan for the development of China's titanium dioxide industry in the next five years
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When interpreting the plan, Yang Yuande proposed that in terms of industrial layout, titanium dioxide companies should be encouraged to join forces, merge and reorganize, accelerate the integration of the titanium dioxide industry through complementary advantages, and improve the technical level of the industry, the scale of enterprises, and the degree of industrial concentration
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Focus on cultivating 2 to 3 cleaner production sulfuric acid companies with an annual capacity of more than 300,000 tons; 2 to 3 chlorination companies with an annual capacity of more than 100,000 tons to cultivate brands with global influence
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Focus on cultivating medium-sized enterprises with great development potential to lay the foundation for China to become a powerful country in titanium dioxide manufacturing
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Increase the production capacity concentration of the top 10 enterprises in the industry by 20% from the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, that is, from 58.
77% to 80%
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In terms of output, the titanium dioxide industry is affected by the demand of downstream industries, coupled with the relative overcapacity, it is expected that the growth rate of titanium dioxide output will shrink in the next 5 years
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According to China's "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" development plan for the coatings industry, coating output will maintain an average annual growth rate of 7% in the next five years, and it is estimated that the average annual growth rate of titanium dioxide output will be 4% to 5% in the next five years
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According to this estimate, the output of titanium dioxide will increase from 2.
46 million tons in 2014 to 3 million to 3.
3 million tons in 2020
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The production capacity of 3.
296 million tons in 2015 basically met the requirements
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In terms of structural adjustment, encourage the priority development of the chlorination process and advanced cleaner production sulfuric acid process.
The sulfuric acid process titanium dioxide optimizes the inventory and controls the increase; vigorously develops the chloride process titanium dioxide to optimize the supply of titanium-rich materials
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The chlorination process develops a production process with a single-line production capacity of 30,000 tons/year and above, and uses titanium-rich materials (artificial rutile, natural rutile, and high-titanium slag) with a titanium dioxide content of not less than 90% as raw materials; innovative sulfuric acid process to achieve cleanliness Production, restrict new sulphuric acid production equipment; eliminate sulphuric acid production equipment that has a single-line annual production capacity of less than 20,000 tons and cannot meet environmental protection standards
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In terms of key industry work, Yang Yuande pointed out that it will promote the integration of production, education and research, build 4 to 5 nationally recognized enterprise technology centers in the industry, plan to undertake key and common issues for industry development, and actively research and promote projects for the comprehensive utilization of by-product resources.
Optimize waste gas (acid hydrolysis, calcination) treatment technology, optimize waste gas treatment equipment, mainly sulfur dioxide absorption and dust recovery equipment, and reduce the pollutant emission in waste gas by 20% compared with the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan"; use advanced membrane filtration Technology, the waste water is filtered through a special membrane for reuse, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing waste water discharge, saving water and saving water, so that the average water consumption per ton of product is reduced by 20% compared with the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan"; the recovery rate of titanium resources is changed from the current Increase from 14% to 15% to more than 20%, the recovery rate of titanium resources from ilmenite reaches more than 70%, the recovery rate of titanium smelted from high-titanium slag reaches more than 93%, and the recovery rate of titanium from sponge titanium production reaches 90%; the industry average comprehensive energy consumption Compared with the end of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, it is reduced by 20%; by-products are fully utilized, the utilization rate of ferrous sulfate is 100%, and the utilization rate of gypsum is more than 80%
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Yang Yuande said that in the next five years, the titanium dioxide industry will respond to the call of the country to promote supply-side structural reforms: starting from improving the quality of the supplied titanium dioxide, advancing structural adjustments, correcting distortions in the allocation of resources, environmental protection, and markets, and expanding effective supply , High-quality supply, improve the adaptability and flexibility of the supply structure to market changes such as coatings, inks, paper making, and plastic profiles, improve the productivity of the entire industry, and better meet market needs
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The titanium dioxide industry will implement "three eliminations, one reduction and one supplement" to deal with "zombie enterprises
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" Develop "three new" industries, that is, emerging industries, new business types and new business models
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He encouraged titanium dioxide companies to effectively use the Internet to achieve market expansion, improve their financial status, and achieve a benign complement between online transactions and traditional sales
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He emphasized that we should adhere to the combination of technological innovation and industrial upgrading, cultivate enterprises' original innovation, integrated innovation, and introduction, absorption and re-innovation capabilities, and promote the collaboration of production, learning, research, and use; strive to break through key technological bottlenecks, accelerate the transformation of innovation results, and increase resources Utilize and technical equipment level, improve product grade and quality, meet market demand in high-end areas, and promote industrial upgrading
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Adhere to the combination of rational development and resource ecological protection, the development of titanium dioxide raw materials should be synchronized with the industrialization and large-scale recycling of the main co-associated rare metals, and conscientiously do a good job in resource enclosed protection and strategic reserves; titanium dioxide production focuses on energy saving, consumption reduction, recycling economy and Clean production, increase pollution control, and achieve the harmonious development of industry, society and the environment; take the construction of a resource-saving and environment-friendly society as an important focus for accelerating the transformation of the economic development mode of the titanium dioxide industry
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Adhere to the combination of domestic development and "going out and bringing in", make full use of the international and domestic markets and two kinds of resources, while rationally developing and utilizing domestic resources, and supporting enterprises to develop and utilize overseas foreign capital through various forms
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The

first problem in the industry is that there are many factories, small scale, and irrational expansion continues.

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As of the end of 2014, China had 65 titanium dioxide manufacturers, accounting for more than 70% of the world's total, with an average annual production capacity of 56,000 tons
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Among the 65 companies, 15 have an annual production capacity of less than 30,000 tons, accounting for 26.
8% of the total number of companies
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The second is the lack of high-end products, surplus of low-end products, and weak innovation capabilities
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In 2014, the total global output of titanium dioxide reached 5.
692 million tons, of which 4.
497 million tons of rutile type, accounting for 79% of total titanium dioxide output
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In 2014, China's total production of titanium dioxide was 2.
466 million tons, of which 1.
757 million tons of rutile products, accounting for 71.
2%, were 7.
8 percentage points lower than the international average
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The excess output of low-end and mid-end general-purpose rutile products has led to mutual suppression of prices.
In 2015, the price of rutile titanium dioxide fell to 9,000 yuan/ton, which is still sluggish
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The research and development and production of high-end titanium dioxide products is still in its infancy, and there is no leading enterprise leading the global titanium dioxide industry; high-quality titanium dioxide still needs to be imported
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The third is the uncoordinated industrial structure
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China's titanium dioxide industry is still dominated by the sulfuric acid production process, and the chloride production process accounts for a low proportion
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The number of sulphuric acid process manufacturers and production capacity accounted for 94.
6% and 95.
3% of the national total respectively
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In recent years, the industry has begun to implement the co-production sulfuric acid process of cleaner production.
Due to the lack of strong economic policies and environmental protection policies, it has not been implemented, and the development thinking of profiting on scale is still expanding
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China's titanium resources are not suitable for the demand for boiling quantification in the chloride production process, and the introduction of high-quality titanium-rich materials has restricted the development of China's chloride-based titanium dioxide
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As of the end of 2015, there were only 4 chlorination production companies in China, with a production capacity of only 260,000 tons, accounting for 7.
38% of the total production capacity, and the equipment had not yet reached production capacity
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The fourth is the extensive development of resources and the low level of utilization
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There are still many phenomena in resource mining, such as multiple mining in one mine, small mining in large mines, rich mining and abandoning poverty
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The comprehensive utilization rate of vanadium resources in vanadium-titanium magnetite is only 47%
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The recovery rate of titanium resources is less than 15%, and there is even a phenomenon that precious vanadium ilmenite concentrate is used as iron concentrate for steel production
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The level of titanium extraction from ilmenite is low, and the associated rare metals have not been recovered on a large scale
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Insufficient deep processing, did not form agglomeration advantage
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Panxi, Chengde, and Yunnan provinces have the advantage of vanadium and titanium resources (1951.
976, 62.
32, 3.
30%).
The production of titanium concentrates in regions accounted for 95% of the country's total, but the production of deep-processed products of titanium dioxide and titanium sponge only accounted for 17% and 3% of the country's total
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Shanghai, Shandong, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Henan and other areas for deep processing of vanadium and titanium resources have a low degree of resource security, and it is difficult to form economies of scale
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