Although zirconium is abundant in the world, it’s still short of supply since almost all the zirconium ores are associated ores, thus it’s difficult to be fully utilized. At present, the total zirconium reserves are about 52 million tonnes in the world. Australia has the largest zirconium reserves in the world, followed by South Africa. Which regions are rich of zirconium resources in the world?
With the rising demand for zirconium, the supply of zirconium is tight in current world though zirconium mine production has been growing at about 10% CAGR since 2009.Some substitutes of zirconium have been developed in recent years. For example, chromite and olivine can be used to replace zircon in some foundry applications. Spinel refractories can also substitute zircon in certain high-temperature applications.
Zirconium sands from zirconium mines are widely used in the production of various zirconium products, such as ZrSiO4, ZrOCI2, ZrO2.Ceramics, foundry applications, opacifiers, and refractories are the leading end uses for zironium products. Other end uses of zirconium products include abrasives, chemicals, metal alloys and welding rod coatings. The leading consumers of zirconium metal are the nuclear energy and chemical process industries.What are the supply and consumption situation of zirconium in the global market?
Increasing number of investors pay attention to zirconium industry and more plans for zirconium mine exploration are under way in Australia, South Africa, Mozambique, etc.Some policies have an influence on global zirconium industry. For instance, South Africa has promulgated series of mineral regulations to encourage foreign investors to explore mines. What are the driving factors that influence the development of global zirconium industry? How about the future trend of it?
Global Survey of Zirconium, a brand-new report to be published by CCM International in June, 2012, will cover all the aspects of the above questions.
Main content of this report:
(1)Global view of zirconium industry and market
(2)Distribution of zirconium resources worldwide
(3)Supply and consumption of zirconium worldwide
-Supply: Key players and production situation
-Consumption: Zirconium products, consumption situation, application areas, end users
(4)Influencing factors (e.g. policies)
(5)Forecast: Worldwide market, demand, production, etc. of zirconium industry in the next five years (2012-2016)
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