中国磷化工月报

Welcome to CCM International's new issue of Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report in Apr. 2012.
 

 
In general, energy conversation and industrialized transition upgrades currently have become the prime goal in China during the period of 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). Therefore, the entire industry in China is bound to increase the investment of corresponding projects regarding energy saving, environmental protection and technology innovation.
 
For phosphorus industry, it also means a challenge to complete such transition—promoting utilization of low-grade phosphorus ore, improving purification technology of wet-process phosphoric acid and increasing investment on studying the production of fine phosphate chemicals.
 
Apart from phosphate fertilizer, relatively speaking, other downstream phosphorus products have lacklustre performance on sales and prices due to being short of entry criteria. Obviously, as upstream resources—phosphorus ore is inevitably to remain at a high price for its scarcity value, downstream phosphorus enterprises need to improve additional value for their products in case that the profit is swallowed by increased cost. 
 
This March, each phosphorus mining enterprise has set their new price in accordance with the present market situation. In addition to the intense supply in phosphorus ore and yellow phosphorus, other phosphorus products generally remain their previous situation—low sales. 

Average exchange rate in Mar. 2012, USD:RMB=1:6.31