my country’s sulfuric acid industry chain has basically taken shape and output is gradually increasing

Sulfuric acid is the most active binary inorganic strong acid, which can react with most metals and is widely used in industry. In addition, sulfuric acid can also be used as a chemical reagent and can be used as a sulfonating agent, dehydrating agent, etc. in the process of organic synthesis. At this stage, the types of sulfuric acid are increasingly abundant and have various classification methods. According to different production processes, sulfuric acid can be roughly divided into smelting acid, ore acid, sulfuric acid, etc.; according to different concentrations, sulfuric acid can be roughly divided into high-concentration sulfuric acid and low-concentration sulfuric acid.

At present, my country’s sulfuric acid has basically formed a complete industrial chain. The upstream of the industrial chain is mainly the raw material industry and the production equipment industry, providing raw materials such as phosphogypsum and sulfur as well as production equipment such as filters, coolers, reactors, centrifuges, and evaporators; the midstream is mainly the production industry of sulfuric acid, responsible for different types of sulfuric acid. The production and manufacturing links; the downstream is mainly oriented to application fields, and is widely used in the production of caprolactam, titanium dioxide, phosphate fertilizer, hydrofluoric acid, ferric phosphate and other products, which are widely used in agriculture, metallurgy, dyes, petroleum and other fields.

In recent years, my country’s agricultural planting structure has gradually changed, and the agricultural planting area has gradually increased. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2022, my country’s total crop sown area will be 169,991.0 thousand hectares, an increase of 1,295.9 thousand hectares from 2021. As the total sown area of ​​crops in my country gradually increases, the demand for agricultural chemical fertilizers gradually increases. As the largest subcategory of agricultural chemical fertilizers, phosphate fertilizers have a gradually increasing market demand. According to data released by the China Inorganic Salt Industry Association, my country’s phosphate fertilizer production will be 9.52 million tons in 2022, accounting for 31% of the global market. As the main raw material for the production of phosphate fertilizer, the market demand for sulfuric acid is gradually growing.

According to the “2023-2028 China Sulfuric Acid Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report” released by the Industrial Research Center, in addition In addition, sulfuric acid, as a basic chemical raw material, is widely used in the industrial field, and the market demand is growing steadily. Against this background, my country’s sulfuric acid production has gradually increased. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, my country’s sulfuric acid production will be 95.046 million tons in 2022, an increase of 1.219 million tons compared with 2021.

Industry analysts People said that my country’s sulfuric acid market has a low concentration degree, a large number of companies, and no influential company has yet emerged. The major sulfuric acid companies in my country include Jiangxi Copper, Guizhou Phosphate, Yuntianhua Group, Jinchuan Group, Yihua Group, Xinyangfeng Agriculture, Zijin Mining, etc. In addition, there are still a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises in my country’s sulfuric acid market. These enterprises have small industrial scale, low product quality, and weak market competitiveness. As my country’s sulfuric acid market continues to develop, the production capacity structure is gradually upgraded, backward production capacity is gradually eliminated, and market concentration is expected to increase in the future.