On 11 Aug., 2016, a 30,000 t/a chloride
grade TiO2 project independently developed by Luohe Xingmao Titanium Industry
Co., Ltd. (Xingmao Titanium) passed Science & Technology Achievement
Appraisal carried out by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of
the People's Republic of China (MIIT).
Source: Baidu
The appraisal committee commented: “The project adopts production techniques
for fluidizing chlorination and gas-phase oxidation which lead the field
domestically and are advanced globally. Its 30,000 t/a production line can be
put into stable and continuous operation, and production capacity can be fully
realised. We hope that Xingmao Titanium can further promote these production
techniques and develop more high-end products.”
Xingmao Titanium’s TiO2 product is of the highest quality in terms of major
basic quality indexes and application performance in water- and solvent-based
coatings and PVC plastics; in particular, its product is easily dispersed and
its coverage and whiteness are even better than those of international famous
brands, according to Chinese national third party CMA (China Metrology
Accreditation) TiO2 testing institutions such as the National Coating Quality
Supervision and Inspection Centre and the Jiangsu Zhenjiang Inter-China Testing
Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
“We will continue to increase our investment in the research and development of
core technologies and unite domestic scientific research institutions to make
new technological breakthroughs in 100,000 t/a chloride grade TiO2 production,”
said Li Mao’en, president of Xingmao Titanium.
According to CCM’s research, Xingmao Titanium has devoted itself to the
research and development of production technologies of chloride grade TiO2
since 2001. It started to build its production line in March 2012 and later put
it into a continuous 99-hour trial production at full scale and under full load
in Sept. 2014. Daily output reached 100 tonnes and the product quality met
specifications. In Jan. 2015, the company ran the production line for 25
days straight, signifying that the production line had entered a stage of
stable and continuous operation.
So far, Xingmao Titanium has developed technologies such as fluidizing
chlorination, gas-phase oxidation and fine titanium tetrachloride production
techniques and gained 16 patents with completely independent intellectual
property rights.
According to analyst CCM, the
fact that Xingmao Titanium’s chloride grade TiO2 project passed the
national science & technology appraisal is really good news for the
Chinese TiO2 industry. As the first private-owned TiO2 company
to have made breakthroughs in chloride grade TiO2 production, Xingmao Titanium
and its success will attract more and more Chinese TiO2 companies to enter the
market and make technological transformations.
Notably, since the second half of 2015 (H2 2015), China’s chloride grade TiO2
industry has entered a period of rapid growth. Besides Xingmao Titanium, Henan
Billions Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Henan Billions) and Pangang Group Vanadium
Titanium & Resources Co., Ltd. (Pangang Vanadium Titanium) have also made
significant progress in chloride grade TiO2 production.
On 15 Dec., 2015, the international coating giant, PPG Industries, Inc.,
announced on its website that it is using chloride grade TiO2 products from
Henan Billions to produce coatings and has endorsed the product quality.
On 15 July, 2016, Pangang Vanadium Titanium disclosed that its new chloride
grade TiO2 project (with a total investment of USD16.60 million – RMB110
million) was under construction and is expected to be put into production in
Nov. 2016 and then produce qualified products in Dec. 2016.
This article comes from Titanium Dioxide China Monthly Report 1608, CCM
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