Titanium dioxide industry plans for a green future

On November 25~26, the 2022 China Panxi Vanadium and Titanium Forum was held
in Panzhihua.
Nearly 400 experts, scholars and leading enterprise representatives from the field of vanadium and titanium in China focused on "green vanadium titanium Beautiful Future" theme, discuss the future vanadium titanium green development plan
.

Li Xiaoyu, chairman of the titanium dioxide industry branch of China Coatings Industry Association, said that in the global titanium dioxide market, China, as the fastest growing pole, plays a pivotal role
in promoting the sustainable and healthy development of the global titanium dioxide industry.
Since 2010, China has become the world's largest producer of titanium dioxide for 12 consecutive years
.
With the continuous release of new domestic production capacity, it is expected that the global proportion of production capacity will continue to increase, and it is particularly important
to cultivate a healthy and stable industrial development environment in the future.

Liu Jie, Acting Secretary-General of China Coatings Industry Association and Secretary-General of Titanium Dioxide Industry Branch, analyzed the development status and trend
of China's titanium dioxide industry.
In 2023, the titanium dioxide industry will add 1.
055 million tons of new capacity, while the growth rate of the domestic real estate market will slow down, and the demand for painting will decrease
.
However, the international market still has the potential to be further explored, so how to layout the industry in the later stage is particularly important
.

Relevant experts at the forum also said that due to the rapid growth of titanium dioxide production capacity in recent years, the overall price of domestic titanium dioxide has shown a volatile trend, in order to be invincible in the market competition, it is necessary to accelerate the layout and stabilize the market
.

In this regard, Qian Yi, vice president and secretary general of China Paper Association, said that in recent years, with the improvement of the quality of titanium dioxide products in China, it has basically got rid of the dependence on imported titanium dioxide, and the procurement cost has been greatly reduced, so that decorative paper and other high-end products are more competitive, and are widely used in furniture, building materials and other fields, titanium dioxide enterprises can focus on tapping the demand
in the field of decorative paper.

Wang Zhanjie, chairman of the China Plastics Processing Industry Association, suggested that the titanium dioxide industry should strengthen the deep integration of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and improve the differentiation level and market competitiveness of products through scientific and technological innovation
.

At the forum, green development became a hot topic
.
He Yi, deputy director of the Hazardous Waste Department of the Solid Waste and Chemical Management Technology Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, pointed out that the national formulation and issuance of the "Hazardous Waste Environmental Management Guidelines for Paint Manufacturing" and the formulation of "Technical Specifications for the Comprehensive Utilization of Titanium Gypsum" will be the focus
of future work.
While the titanium dioxide industry is developing with high quality, taking the green route is also an inevitable trend
in the future.

Li Xiaoliang, director of the Industry Environmental Policy Research Office of the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, introduced the reform of the environmental information disclosure system according to law and its impact
on the development of titanium dioxide industry.
Li Yongliang, Deputy Director of the Industrial Development Department of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation and Secretary-General of China Chemical Energy Conservation Technology Association, introduced the progress of the "1+N" policy for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and the requirements
for the chemical industry.

It is understood that some leading enterprises are also actively practicing green development
.
According to Chen Jianjian, vice president of R&D of Longbai Group Co.
, Ltd.
, Longbai Group pays attention to environmental protection in the production process of the whole industry chain, such as proposing and gradually implementing measures such as green electricity consumption, hydropower consumption, solar energy utilization, fossil fuel reduction and substitution, terminal energy electrification, industrial surplus energy utilization, and equipment energy efficiency improvement
.

In view of how to deepen and strengthen vanadium titanium and fine extend the vanadium and titanium industry chain, Gan Yong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chairman of the National Vanadium Titanium Magnetite Comprehensive Utilization Standardization Technical Committee, put forward three suggestions: First, the industry develops, standards first, and actively promotes vanadium and titanium "standardization +" actions
.
Secondly, it is necessary to sort out the problems in the application field of vanadium and titanium, increase investment in scientific research, accelerate the technological breakthrough of the vanadium iron material industry, and improve the integration of vanadium and titanium industry resources and low-cost production capacity
.
Finally, integrate resources, concentrate forces, actively strive for national policy support, build a vanadium titanium R & D team and a vanadium titanium innovation team, and strive to transform the advantages of Panxi vanadium titanium into economic advantages and industrial advantages
.