Ultrafine magnesium hydroxide has broad application prospects, but local companies still need to speed up their efforts to improve their competitiveness.

Ultrafine magnesium hydroxide is a type of inorganic compound with the molecular formula Mg(OH)2. It appears as a white powder and has the characteristics of non-toxic, odorless, non-volatile, good stability and high decomposition temperature. It belongs to a new type of filled resistor. fuel. According to different production methods, ultrafine magnesium hydroxide can be divided into ultrafine natural magnesium hydroxide and ultrafine synthetic magnesium hydroxide. Among them, the production method of ultrafine natural magnesium hydroxide is to use magnesium carbonate mineral (magnesite) as raw material and prepare it through calcination, hydration, cooling and other processes; ultrafine synthetic magnesium hydroxide mainly uses brine containing magnesium chloride, ammonia, Sodium hydroxide is the raw material and is prepared through chemical reaction.

Ultrafine magnesium hydroxide has the advantages of green environmental protection, good flame retardant effect, good dispersion, long-lasting effect, and excellent thermal decomposition performance. It is one of the high-end products of magnesium hydroxide. It is mainly used as a flame retardant in plastics, rubber, dyes, In the grease manufacturing scenario, the terminal fields include cables, automobile cables, electronic and electrical appliances, home appliances, printing and dyeing, medicine, building materials, chemicals, etc.

Ultrafine magnesium hydroxide is a new type of flame retardant that is widely used. Driven by the rapid development of its application fields, its output and output value are constantly increasing. According to the “China Ultrafine Magnesium Hydroxide Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report 2023-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center Shows that global ultrafine magnesium hydroxide production will reach 305,000 tons in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%; the output value will reach 3.47 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.2%.

At present, the global production of ultrafine magnesium hydroxide is mainly concentrated in Europe, the United States and Japan. In 2022, the output in Europe and the United States will account for about 45% of the total global output, and the output in Japan will account for about 30%. Therefore, European and American companies and Japanese companies dominate the global ultrafine magnesium hydroxide market. Major companies include Germany’s Huber, Japan’s Dandong Shomoto Chemical, the United States’ Martin Marietta Materials, and the United States’ Momentive High-Tech Materials.

Due to the high technical level, there are currently only a small number of companies in the ultrafine magnesium hydroxide market in my country, and the total output is low. The main companies include Aiful Flame Retardant Technology, Magnesium Biotech, Qinghai Western Magnesium Industry, and Weifang Lidsen Chemical industry, etc. At the same time, the current domestic ultrafine magnesium hydroxide enterprises are small in scale and have low technical level. In the future, local enterprises will still need to accelerate the improvement of technical level and product innovation strength, and the industry has huge room for growth.

Industry analysts said that ultrafine magnesium hydroxide is a type of green and environmentally friendly flame retardant with excellent comprehensive performance. It is widely used in cable, plastic, rubber and other manufacturing fields and has huge market application prospects. However, ultrafine magnesium hydroxide, as a high-end product of magnesium hydroxide, is restricted by high technical barriers. At present, domestic enterprises’ technology and equipment are relatively backward, and they are still in a weak position in the global market competition. In the future, local enterprises still need to accelerate the pace of transformation and upgrading. .