In recent years, my country’s kaolin industry has experienced fierce competition and accelerated industrial integration. At the same time, the situation of external policies such as environmental protection and green mine construction has become increasingly severe. The domestic kaolin industry will present the following four major development trends:
Trend 1: High-quality resources are scarce, and industry integration accelerates
my country has abundant kaolin reserves, but few high-quality mines. There are only a few domestic companies that can stably supply high-quality kaolin. At the same time, high-quality kaolin mines in some areas are nearly exhausted. For example, the kaolin in Gaoling Village of Jingdezhen has been exhausted. Kaolin production has fallen sharply in recent years. In recent years, although the total amount of newly discovered kaolin ore is relatively large, the overall grade is low. For example, in recent years, Guangxi Hepu kaolin, which has relatively large proven reserves, has a relatively high content of iron, titanium and other dyeing impurities in the minerals, and the kaolin mined from better sections is only a medium-to-low-grade product.
In the context of increasing scarcity of high-quality kaolin resources, mining companies are accelerating resource mergers and acquisitions. On the one hand, small-scale mining companies are relatively backward in production technology, have fewer resource reserves, and product quality is less stable. They will gradually be marginalized in the future competition. On the other hand, in recent years, local governments have continuously increased their supervision over kaolin mining. Since April 2016, the central government has sent inspection teams to various places to carry out environmental protection inspections. Unlicensed mines have been shut down one after another. Small mining areas have generally small revenues and insufficient investment in environmental protection. They are facing the fate of being shut down and consolidated. . After years of development, some leading companies in the kaolin industry with technical and management advantages have the ability to cross-regional operations and large-scale development, and begin to try cross-regional mergers and acquisitions. The integration of the kaolin industry will continue to accelerate in the future.
Trend 2: Deep processing technology is booming
As the research on kaolin continues to deepen and the demand structure of downstream industries develops towards mid-to-high end, the market demand for high-quality kaolin grows higher than the overall market growth, which intensifies the structural contradiction between supply and demand in my country's kaolin market.
In order to adapt to the development trend of the kaolin industry and to combine the characteristics of my country's kaolin resource endowment, my country's advantageous kaolin enterprises continue to carry out the research and industrial application of deep processing technologies such as iron removal, grinding and stripping, and ore blending to improve the whiteness, fineness and plasticity of kaolin mineral products And other physical and chemical indicators to improve product quality stability.
At the same time, with the in-depth research on kaolin, the application fields of kaolin continue to expand, and it has begun to be used in chemical catalysts, medicine, cosmetics, aerospace materials and other fields. On the whole, the changes in the downstream demand structure and the expansion of application areas will increase the demand for kaolin and at the same time promote the development of my country's kaolin products to medium and high grades.
Trend 3: Increased requirements for building green mines
For a long time, the production methods of kaolin production enterprises in my country have been extensive, and the production process has caused serious damage to the mining area and the surrounding environment. As people pay more and more attention to environmental protection, in recent years, the Chinese government has increasingly demanded green mine development High, stricter and stricter regulations are imposed on mining, beneficiation, smelting and greening of mines, and the supervision is constantly strengthened. Under the guidance of the idea of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", future mining and beneficiation of kaolin The environmental protection requirements of the process will become higher and higher.
The "National Mineral Resources Plan (2016-2020)" clearly stated that it encourages large-scale development, green development, and the combined development of upstream and downstream industries such as fluorite, boron, kaolin, talc, barite, and wollastonite, requiring mining companies Scientific mining methods and beneficiation techniques should be adopted to reduce the generation and storage of mining solid waste such as gangue and waste rock.
Trend 4: Industry-leading companies actively extend the industrial chain
my country’s kaolin industry is entering the stage of integration. For example, as more and more daily-use ceramic manufacturers begin to purchase porcelain clay, kaolin companies with high-quality resources are actively exploring the vertical extension to the porcelain clay industry. Ceramic kaolin companies have a wealth of Ceramic customer resources, the main sales targets of porcelain clay products are also ceramic companies, and kaolin companies entering the porcelain clay industry have obvious advantages in customer resources.
Kaolin has a wide range of uses. The application range of kaolin produced in different mining areas is quite different. Kaolin enterprises with management advantages have begun to produce kaolin products across application fields. With the continuous integration of the kaolin industry, leading companies in the industry are expected to further expand and become stronger with their own resource endowments and technological advantages.
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