The Future of Yellow Phosphorus in China.pdf

CCM Data Primary Intelligence Website: Email: econtact@ Tel: +86-20-3761 6606 Fax: +86-20-3761 6968 The Future of Yellow Phosphorus in China Oct. 2010 Researched Prepared by: Guangzhou CCM Information Science and Technology Co., Ltd . Guangzhou, P. R. China Copyright by Guangzhou CCM Information Science and Technology Co., Ltd (P. R. China) Any publication, distribution or copying of the content in this report is prohibited. Website: Tel: +86-20-3761 6606 Fax: +86-20-3761 6968 Email: econtact@ CCM Data Primary Intelligence Website: Email: econtact@ Tel: +86-20-3761 6606 Fax: +86-20-3761 6968 Description: Yellow phosphorus, the second largest consumer of phosphorus ore, an irreplaceable and non-renewable resource and closely related to people’s life, constitutes about 15% of phosphorus ore consumption in China. China owns the largest capacity and output of yellow phosphorus in the world. However, Overcapacity has emerged as an eminent problem in Chinese yellow phosphorus industry in recent years. For example China’s capacity in 2008 is about double the size of the global demand, which is only about 800,000-900,000 tonnes every year. That suggests a very low operating rate of China’s yellow phosphorus industry about one third of its capacity during 2003-2008. What are reasons for the low operating rate, or why Chinese yellow phosphorus producers expand their capacity to such a large scale? In China, like several years ago, most yellow phosphorus was consum