The zinc oxide industry has good development prospects. my country is the world’s major producer and exporter.

Zinc oxide is an inorganic substance with the chemical formula ZnO. It is a kind of zinc oxide. It appears as white powder and turns yellow when heated. It is odorless and tasteless, insoluble in water and ethanol, and soluble in acid and strong alkali. Zinc oxide is an important chemical additive with high electrical conductivity, tinting power, hiding power, refractive index, thermal conductivity, adhesion, antibacterial properties, UV protection properties, etc. It has been used in plastics, rubber, ceramics, It is widely used in electronics, coatings, medicine, chemical industry and other fields.

Zinc oxide widely exists in nature, mainly in the rare mineral zinc ore, but most of the zinc oxide traded in the market is prepared by chemical synthesis. There are currently two main industrial production routes for zinc oxide. They are the indirect method, which involves melting and evaporating metallic zinc in a graphite crucible, and then reacting with oxygen in the air to generate zinc oxide; the direct method, which involves the direct reduction of zinc sulfide concentrate. , a method for producing zinc vapor and reacting with oxygen to generate zinc oxide.

Zinc oxide has a wide range of applications. In the rubber field, zinc oxide is mainly used in vulcanization accelerators, inorganic active agents, and reinforcing agent production scenarios for synthetic rubber. In the coating field, zinc oxide is mainly used in anti-rust paints, anti-corrosion coatings, and exterior walls. Paint, latex paint, and water-based paint production scenarios; in the chemical industry, zinc oxide is a key raw material for the production of flame retardant materials and ferrite materials; in the electronic field, zinc oxide is used to manufacture liquid crystal displays, phototransistors, thin film transistors, light-emitting diodes, etc. key raw materials. With the rapid development of downstream application fields, the scale of zinc oxide in my country continues to expand. The domestic zinc oxide market size in 2022 will be approximately 8.92 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.3%.

According to the “China Zinc Oxide Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report 2023-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center, The main domestic zinc oxide manufacturers include Anqiu Hengshan Zinc, Jiyuan Lutai Nano, Weifang Longda Zinc, Jiangsu Tianli Zinc, Haishun New Materials, Dongtai Coastal Zinc, Jiangxi Nayu Nano, and Shandong Xingyuan Zinc , Luoyang Danke Zinc Industry, Shijiazhuang Zhiyi Zinc Industry, Henan Yuguang Gold and Lead, etc., there are many companies.

With the gradual release of production capacity of local enterprises, my country has become the world’s main producer and exporter of zinc oxide. According to data from the General Administration of Customs, domestic zinc oxide imports in 2022 will be approximately 6,542.91 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.7%; exports will be approximately 17,328.55 tons, a year-on-year increase of 25.8%. Currently, the domestic and export demand for zinc oxide is increasing, and the industry has broad room for development.

Industry analysts said that zinc oxide is an important chemical additive that can be widely used in rubber and coatings , chemical industry, electronics and other fields. At present, there are a large number of companies in my country’s zinc oxide market. With the gradual release of production capacity of local companies, my country has become a major producer in the world. In the future, driven by the rapid development of domestic and export markets, the development speed of my country’s zinc oxide industry is expected to continue to accelerate.