Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Promote the Sustainable Development of Iron Oxide Industry

The Iron Oxide Chemical Equation Branch of China Coating Industry Association held a board meeting in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province from February 26th to 27th. Leaders of the six governing units of the Iron Oxide Branch participated in the meeting. The meeting also invited Wang Chen, deputy director of the China Tufa Association, Boric Acid Flakes and Mr. Yao Zhiping, General Representative of ROCKWOOD China, to attend the meeting. The meeting received strong support from Nantong Baoju Pigment Co., Ltd.
1. The club office reported on the work of the club in 2007.
(1) The iron oxide industry is a pigment industry that fully utilizes the waste auxiliary resources and recycling economy of other industries. In 2007, the industry comprehensively Iron Oxide Crossword Clue used 700,000 tons of waste metal scrap, worth 2.1 billion yuan; and the titanium dioxide byproduct sulfuric acid. The amount of ferrous metal Iron Oxide Compound used has reached a value of 650,000 tons, which is 3.9 billion yuan; other values of 110 million yuan have been spent on the use of waste acid, spent caustic soda, and waste heat; and the total cost of comprehensive utilization is 2.6 billion yuan. It produced 728,000 tons of various kinds of iron oxide, and the industry’s total sales amounted to RMB 3.354 billion. Melamine Powder has made a certain contribution to the society in the comprehensive utilization of recycling secondary resources.
(2) The actual domestic consumption of iron oxide in 2007 was about 390,400 tons, accounting for about 30% of the world's total consumption. It is mainly used in the two major fields of building materials and coatings. In 2007, China's building materials sector consumed about 182,000 tons of iron oxide,Sodium Hexametaphosphate  accounting for 46.6%; the coating sector consumed about 97,500 tons of iron oxide, accounting for 25%; the rest was consumed in rubber plastics, papermaking and other fields.
(3) In 2007, China exported 516,200 tons of iron oxide, accounting for about 43% of the international iron oxide consumer market. China has become the world's iron oxide manufacturing center.
(4) Further promote the energy saving and emission reduction of the iron oxide pigment industry, organize exchanges of experience of outstanding environmental protection companies, increase publicity efforts, and launch a group of enterprises that have performed outstandingly in environmental protection. The branch was held in Jiangsu Yixing Yuxing in mid-November 2007. Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. held the "Iron Oxide Pigment Industry Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Promotion Conference" on the spot. He was very concerned about and supported by the leaders of the China Petrochemical Association, the China Coatings Industry Association, and the Yixing Municipal Government and personally guided the work on site. The performance of many companies in the industry, such as Yixing Yuxing Industry and Trade Co., Ltd., proved that the iron oxide pigment industry can become a green industry and become a large environmental protection company. These demonstration companies are enough to prove that the iron oxide industry can fully meet the requirements of a resource-saving and environment-friendly social environment. The industry's three-waste emissions can completely meet the standards of governance and pollution-free requirements.
2. The economic background of the industry in 2008 (1) The increase in the prices of production resources products directly promotes the inflation risk of the iron oxide industry.
(2) Impact of the work pressure of energy saving and emission reduction on the industry.
(3) The implementation of the new "Labor Law" has increased the labor cost of enterprises.
(4) Factors such as global inflation and the RMB exchange rate have affected the export costs of iron oxide, but will continue to stimulate the growth of Chinese iron oxide exports to a considerable extent.
(5) In 2008, due to the combined effects of rising prices of upstream chains, declining exchange rates, rising ocean freight rates, and increased cost of energy conservation and emission reduction work, the economic pressures involved were high, and iron oxide prices could be adjusted to operate at high levels.
3. Put forward suggestions for the work in 2008 to take energy-saving and emission-reduction as an opportunity to promote the sustainable development of the iron oxide industry, to deepen the comprehensive utilization of resources in the recycling economy with the sense of corporate social responsibility, and do a good job in reporting on China's famous brand products. Expected work, interactive work on preregistration of chemicals under REACH regulations, and service work on pilot work of corporate credit evaluation system.
The council carefully reviewed the 2007 summary of the work of the branch office and the 2008 work proposal and agreed that the work report is comprehensive and objective. It is proposed that due to the declining exchange rate, rising sea freight, rising raw material energy prices and the difficulties faced by the iron oxide industry and the work carried out by various units through the media, more people in the community can understand and pay attention to our iron oxide industry.
Representatives also exchanged work experience. Deputy Director Wang Chen of the China Coatings Industry Association introduced the current situation of the titanium white industry: Due to the rising prices of titanium ore and sulfuric acid, many titanium dioxide enterprises were underemployed, 20% of enterprises stopped production, and half of the enterprises suffered losses. At the same time, some enterprises have switched to high-titanium slag to produce titanium dioxide, which has led to a decrease in the amount of ferrous sulphate and a surge in prices, which has also had a very negative impact on the iron oxide industry. Delegates expressed their sincere gratitude to the leaders of the association for their concern and support for my club.
The Chairman Gao Fujun of the club made a summary. The meeting discussed the arrangements for the activities of the 2008 industry annual meeting. The theme of the 2008 annual meeting was “Energy Saving”. This session of the Board of Directors achieved a complete success. After the meeting, the delegates visited the site of the host Nantong Baoju Pigment Co., Ltd. with great enthusiasm and expressed their admiration and sincere wishes for its equipment, scale and rapid development.