In Jan. 2016, Hunan Province indicated that the proposal on
accelerating the development of fluorochemical industry is being reviewed. With
the rich fluorite resources and sound industrial park, it is foreseeable that
Hunan's fluorochemical industry will soon flourish.
On 7 Jan., 2016, the General Office of the Standing Committee of Hunan People's
Congress unveiled the proposal on accelerating the fluorochemical industry
development and indicated that they are currently reviewing it.
The proposal includes an in-depth analysis about the overall development of the
fluorochemical industry in the province.
Hunan initiated the "Four Modernisations and Two Types' development strategy (Four
Modernisations= new industrialisation, agricultural modernisation, new
urbanisation and informatisation ; Two Types=resource-saving
and environmental-friendly) and the 12th Five-year Plan of Hunan Petrochemical
Industry, both of which are well implemented. Particularly, Hunan attached high
importance to the fluorite deep processing and fluorochemical industries. The
fluorochemical industry is thus embracing fast development.
According to the proposal, it is essential to make full use of the rich
fluorite resources in Chenzhou and Hengyang cities, speed up the construction
of fluorochemical industrial park, and forge the complete industry chain from
hydrogen fluoride to the high value-added fluorochemical products.
According to statistics, Hunan has about 41 million tonnes of fluorite (basic
reserves), about 38% of the national figure. Of this, 90% is in Chenzhou and is
open pit , easy for exploitation. Besides, the strong supply of the basic
raw materials like sulphuric acid and aluminium hydroxide fuels the
fluorochemical industry development.
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Near to the big markets such as Guangdong and Southeast Asia, Hunan can
penetrate into the whole world by taking Guangdong as a medium.
Supported by the Chenzhou municipal government, the local fluorochemical
business cluster – Yizhang Fluorochemical Cycling Industrial Park:
Successfully brought in Sinochem Lantian
Co., Ltd.
Established a company namely Yizhang
Hongyuan Chemical Co., Ltd., together with Hunan Xinyuan Mining Co., Ltd., to
carry out "mineralisation integration' construction: Phase I, investment
totalling USD153.77 million (RMB1 billion), has been put into operation. Its
products are mainly fluorite fine powder (210,000 t/a), anhydrous hydrogen
fluoride (68,000 t/a), aluminium fluoride (dry process, 80,000 t/a), and
inorganic fluoride salts (combined capacity: 11,000 t/a), such as ,
cryolite, potassium fluoborate and potassium fluotitanate.
Currently, Phase II, with an investment of USD55.97 million (RMB364 million),
is being constructed to further extend into the downstream. Its portfolio spans
difluoromethane (R32) and R410a (a 1:1 mixture of R32 and R125 –
pentafluoroethane), capacity given at 20,000 t/a respectively.
With the expansion of the fluorochemical industry scale, the industrial park
has passed the deliberations conducted by different government departments, and
has successfully upgraded as the first provincial fluorochemical industrial
park. So the time has come for Hunan to speed up its fluorochemical industry
development and presumably get on the express way of development.
The domestic fluorochemical industry centre is moving from East China to
Northwest China, as the high quality fluorite resources in East China is
gradually drying up. Other fluorochemical enterprises in Hunan are estimated to
gradually locate themselves in the industrial park to form an industry cluster,
so as to rigorously develop the circular economy and complete the industry
chain.
However, Hunan's fluorochemical industry is still at a mid-stage – medium
capacity is being established, which is not favourable for the long-term
development in the status quo that the low- and medium-marketed capacity is
excess and the premium capacity is deficient in China.
Therefore, the local fluorochemical enterprises are expected to actively
enhance the independent innovation, adopt high technology to develop high
value-added fluorochemical products, and expand the industry chain.
Yet the government support is indispensable to the sound development of the
industrial park. Specifically, it should:
1. Accelerate the infrastructure construction in the industrial park, to offer
all-round facilities, and create favorable conditions for the location of
fluorochemical enterprises, to further draw in enterprises quickly
2. Lead the fluorite resources to the industrial park, to guarantee the supply
of raw materials to the enterprises in the park, give full play to the
synergistic effect of fluorochemical business cluster, and build the park with
complete industry chain, full product category, and integration of output and
R&D.
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