Commodity Titanium Dioxide in China - 3rd edition

Titanium dioxide, a product having close relationship with a country's economy, has been developing fast in China with Chinese fast economic growth. Through four decades of development, China has become the second largest titanium dioxide manufacturing country, only next to the US. And it is likely that China will surpass the US to be the champion of titanium dioxide production in the coming 3~5 years.

To be the champion of TiO2 production, who will contribute most? At present, Shandong Dongjia is the top manufacturer.But there are many new projects under construction. Where are the new projects and who intends to expand? With the rapid expansion of China’s TiO2 capacity in recent years, China's output of TiO2 reached a new high, about 950,000 tonnes.In recent years, as the production of rutile titanium dioxide has attracted increasing attention of domestic manufacturers promoted by the fast growing market demand for it, the product structure of titanium dioxide has changed a lot, with the output share of rutile titanium dioxide expanding quickly, while the share of non-pigment titanium dioxide having almost halved from 2005 to 2007.

In the aspect of technology, at present only one Chinese player adopts chloride process, namely, Pangang Jinzhou. But what about 3 or 5 years later? Can Chinese players make breakthrough in the multinational's technology monopoly of chloride process?
The import of TiO2 also created a new record in 2007. But, different from the import of TiO2, the export volume decreased 15,500 tonnes over that of 2006. What is the main reason? What fields have the largest consumption volume of TiO2 in China?

Sichuan, an important manufacturing base of TiO2 in China, suffered a serious earthquake in May 2008. What influences has the earthquake brought on China’s TiO2 industry? Competition from multinational, shortage supply of raw material, China’s TiO2 players have to face a series of problems, what is the development trend of China’s TiO2 industry?

Besides the above content, this report also describes the titanium ore distribution and production situation in China.

Taking into consideration all the above factors and more, CCM reveals the opportunities of China’s TiO2 industry in the coming years.
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Executive Summary 6
Methodology & Sources 8
I Information about titanium dioxide 11
I-1 Introduction 11
I-2 Explanation & Definition 12
II Development History of Titanium Dioxide in China 15
III Production and market situation of titanium dioxide in China 24
III-1 Current production situation of titanium dioxide 24
III-2 Summary of manufacturers 25
III-3 Summary of production 28
III-4 Price trend of titanium dioxide 32
IV Situation of Foreign Products/Companies in China 34
IV-1 Products of Foreign Companies in China 34
IV-2 Current situation of Foreign Companies 37
V Import and Export Analysis Titanium Dioxide 38
V-1 Summary of Import & Export in 2007 38
V-2 Export Situation of Titanium Dioxide 39
V-3 Import Situation of Titanium Dioxide 54
VI Consumption Patterns of Titanium Dioxide in China 74
VI-1 Summary of consumption 74
VI-2 Coating 76
VI-3 Plastics 77
VI-4 Papermaking 78
VI-5 Enamel and Welding rod 79
VI-6 Rubber 80
VI-7 Ink 81
VI-8 Chemical Fiber 82
VI-9 Others 83
VII Problems of Titanium Dioxide Industry in China 84
VII-1 Problems within the producers 84
VII-2 Barriers outside manufacturers 85
VIII Brief Introduction to the Governmental Policy on Titanium Dioxide Industry in China 88
IX Driven Forces for the titanium dioxide Industry in China 91
X Future Trend of Titanium Dioxide Industry in China 97
XI Future Opportunities in China Market 99
XII Conclusion 101
XIII Recommendation 102
XIV Brief Introduction to Technology & Research of Titanium Dioxide in China 105
XIV-1 Flowchart for Titanium Dioxide Production by Sulfate Process 105
XIV-2 Unit Cost of Titanium Dioxide in China 107
XIV-3 Technology Bottleneck and Chinese Debottlenecking Toward Chloride Process 108
XIV-4 Technique development in China 110
XV Feedstock Situation in China 111
XV-1 Brief Situation of Titanium Sources in China 111
XV-2 Exploitation of Titanium Resources in China 120
XV-3 Problem of Titanium Ore Industry in China 126
XV-4 Distribution of Vanadium-Titanium Magnetite Mine in China 128
XVI Active Manufacturers of Pigment Grade Titanium Dioxide & Non-pigment Grade Titanium Dioxide 129
XVI-01 Shandong Dongjia Group 129
XVI-40 Herrman titanium dioxide Co., Ltd. 187
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Table II-1 Major producers of Titanium Dioxide in 1995
Table II-2 Historical data of titanium dioxide in China
Table III-1-1 Product structure of TiO2 in China, by output, 2005-2007(unit: tonne)
Table III-2-1 List of active manufacturers of TiO2 top 30 in China, by capacity, 2007~2008(Unit: Capacity: t/a, Output: tonne)
Table III-2-2 Details production information of active manufacturers, top 30 in China, by capacity, 2007 (Unit: Capacity: t/a, Output: tonne)
Table III-3-1 Detail distribution of TiO2 manufacturers in China, 2008
Table III-3-2 future expansion projects of TiO2 in China(unit: t/a)
Table III-3-2 future expansion projects of TiO2 in China(unit: t/a)
Table III-3-3 Potential projects of TiO2 in China
Table IV-1-1 Titanium dioxide from oversea manufacturers in China
Table IV-1-2 Top 7 international TiO2 producers
Table IV-1-3 TiO2 import countries and its possible suppliers, 2007
Table IV-2-1 Top six TiO players of the world, 2007
Table V-1-1 Import/export situation in 2001~2007(unit: tonne)
Table V-2-1 Titanium dioxide export in 2002 – breakdown by major exporters
Table V-2-2 Titanium dioxide export in 2003 – breakdown by major exporters
Table V-2-3 Titanium dioxide export in 2004 – breakdown by major exporters
Table V-2-4 Titanium dioxide export in 2005 – breakdown by major exporters
Table V-2-5 Major exporters of TiO2 in 2007(unit: quantity: kg; price:USD/kg)
Table V-2-6 Titanium dioxide export in 2002 – breakdown by major destinations
Table V-2-7 Titanium dioxide export in 2003 – breakdown by major destinations
Table V-2-8 Titanium dioxide export in 2004 – breakdown by major destinations
Table V-2-9 Titanium dioxide export in 2005 – breakdown by major destinations
Table V-2-10 Major destinations of export TiO2 2007
Table V-2-11 Titanium dioxide export in 2002 – breakdown by major destinations & grades
Table V-2-12 Titanium dioxide export in 2003 – breakdown by major destinations & grades
Table V-2-13 Titanium dioxide export in 2004 – breakdown by major destinations & grades
Table V-2-15 Titanium dioxide export in 2005 – breakdown by major destinations & grades
Table V-2-16 Major destinations & grades of export TiO2 in 2007
Table V-3-1 Titanium dioxide import in 2002 – breakdown by major importers
Table V-3-2 Titanium dioxide import in 2003 – breakdown by major importers
Table V-3-3 Titanium dioxide import in 2004 – breakdown by major importers
Table V-3-4 Titanium dioxide import in 2005, breakdown by major importers
Table V-3-5 Major importers of TiO2 in China 2007(unit: quantity: tonne; value:USD; price:USD/kg)
Table V-3-6 Titanium dioxide import in 2002 – breakdown by origin countries
Table V-3-7 Titanium dioxide import in 2003 – breakdown by origin countries
Table V-3-8 Titanium dioxide import in 2004 – breakdown by origin countries
Table V-3-9 Titanium dioxide import in 2005 – breakdown by origin countries
Table V-3-10 Origin countries of import TiO2 in 2007(unit: quantity:tonne; price:USD/kg; value:USD)
Table V-3-11 Titanium dioxide import in 2002 – breakdown by consumption province
Table V-3-12 Titanium dioxide import in 2003 – breakdown by consumption province
Table V-3-13 Titanium dioxide import in 2004 – breakdown by consumption province
Table V-3-14 Titanium dioxide import in 2005 - breakdown by consumption province
Table V-3-15 Major consumption province of import TiO2 in 2007
Table V-3-16 Titanium dioxide import in 2002 - breakdown by customs
Table V-3-17 Titanium dioxide import in 2003 – breakdown by customs
Table V-3-18 Titanium dioxide import in 2004 – breakdown by customs
Table V-3-19 Titanium dioxide import in 2005 – breakdown by customs
Table V-3-20 Titanium dioxide import in 2007 – breakdown by customs
Table V-3-21 Titanium dioxide import in 2003 – breakdown by application fields
Table V-3-22 Titanium dioxide import in 2004 – breakdown by application fields
Table V-3-23 Application fields of import TiO2 in 2007
Table VI-1-1 Top TiO2 consumers in China
Table VI-3-1 Consumption pattern of titanium dioxide in plastic industry in China, 2005-2007
Table VI-6-1 Consumption pattern of titanium dioxide rubber field, 2005-2007
Table VIII-1Construction Scale of Titanium Ore (t/a)
Table XIII-1 The factories should pay special attention to
Table XIV-2-1Unit cost of domestic TiO2 manufacturers in 2004~2005,
Table XIV-3-1 Comparison between chloride process and sulfate process
The XV-1-1 Distribution of these ores is as follows:
Table XV-1-2 Distribution of vanadium-titanium magnetite rock ore in China
Table XV-1-3 Distribution of iron sand stream ore in China
Table XV-1-4 Distribution of rutile rock ore in China
Table XV-1-5 Distribution of rutile stream ore in China
Table XV-1-6 Character of titanium ore from different locations
Table XV-1-7 Titanium resources in China and comparison with the world (info 1996)
Table XV-1-8 Distribution of titanium deposits in China
Table XV-2-1 Exploitation of Titanium Resources
Table XV-2-2 Active manufacturers of titanium sponges in China, 2007
Table XV-2-3 Potential players of titanium sponge
Table XV-2-4 Chemicals component of different titanium ore concentrates in China (%)
Table XV-2-5 Situation of titanium slag in China in 2005
Table XV-4-1 Component of vanadium-titanium magnetite in Sichuan Panzhihua
Table XV-4-2 Component of different ore concentrates made from the vanadium-titanium magnetite from Sichuan Panzhihua
Table XVI-02-1 The production of titanium dioxide in the past years (tonne)
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Figure 1 Consumption pattern of TiO2 in China in 2007
Figure 2 Price trend of export TiO2 in 2007
Figure 3 Import/export situation of TiO2 in China, 2001~2007
Figure 4 Distribution of Chinese manufacturers of titanium dioxide
Figure III-1-1 Product structure of TiO2 in China, by output, 2007
Figure III-3-1 Distribution of TiO2 manufacturers in China, by capacity, 2008
Figure III-3-2 The production situation of TiO2 in China in 2004~2007
Figure III-4-1 Price trend of TiO2 in China, 2007~2008
Figure VI-1-1 Consumption trend of TiO2 in China, 2001~2007
Figure VI-1-2 The consumption pattern of TiO2 in China,2007
Figure VI-2-1 Consumption pattern of titanium dioxide in coating in China, 2005-2007
Figure VI-4-1 Consumption pattern of TiO2 in paper in China
Figure VI-5-1 Consumption pattern of titanium dioxide in enamel in China, 2005-2007
Figure VI-5-2 Consumption pattern of titanium dioxide in welding rod in China, 2005-2007
Figure VI-7-1 Consumption pattern of titanium dioxide ink industry in China, 2005-2007
Figure VI-8-1 Consumption pattern of TiO2 in chemical fiber in China, 2007
Figure IX-1 Economic behavior in China, by population, 2002~2007
Figure IX-2 Economic behavior in China, by GDP growth, 2001~2007 (%)
Figure IX-3 Urban/Rural per capita disposable income growth trend in 2001~2007
Figure IX-4 Import/Output behavior in China, by value, 2001-2007 (billion RMB)
Figure X-1 Demand trend of TiO2 in China in 2008~2013.
Figure XV-1-1 Raw materials for titanium dioxide in China
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