Iron oxide red is divided into artificial iron oxide red and natural iron oxide red. Natural iron oxide red is dark red or red amorphous powder, while artificial iron oxide red has a different crystal structure and physical properties due to the different preparation methods and operating conditions, with red, blue and purple colors. Iron oxide red is the largest number of iron oxide pigments, the most complete variety of various, accounting for about 70% of the total iron oxide pigments, iron oxide red production process, according to the reaction of raw materials, is generally divided into dry and wet two processes.
Iron oxide red is mainly used in building materials, paints, plastics, advanced fine grinding materials and other fields, including building materials accounted for 28%, paint accounted for 45%, rubber and plastics accounted for 15%. Paint coatings are currently the largest application area of iron oxide red in China, in recent years, China's paint production has grown steadily, and in 2020 China's paint production of 25 million tons. At present, high solid content electrophoretic coatings, low organic volatile powder coatings, low pollution curing system coatings, iron oxide pigments requiring low water absorption and high strength, processing or adding surfactants to easily disperse iron oxide red is the future development direction of iron oxide red coatings.
The starting period of China's iron oxide red to the late 1970s, to enter a mature period after 2015. In 2020 domestic iron oxide production capacity of about 800,000 tons/year. After integration, transformation and upgrading and structural adjustment, the industrial capacity in 2020 will remain at 800,000 tons/year, facing a surplus crisis. In recent years, the actual production capacity of China's iron oxide red industry has been maintained between 300 - 360 thousand tons, with an annual capacity of 340 thousand tons in 2020.
In terms of production, China will produce 251,000 tons of iron oxide red in 2020, while the growth rate of market demand is flat. At present, 42% of global iron oxide red production comes from China but China only accounts for 34% of total consumption, in 2020, China's iron oxide red demand is 210,000 tons.
Iron oxide red is mainly used in the paint field, but in recent years the global and Chinese paint industry is sluggish, iron oxide red the market demand space is small. Although the domestic iron oxide red production capacity is high, by the impact of environmental protection policies, most of the production capacity devices shut down, in 2020 China's actual iron oxide red production capacity of fewer than 400,000 tons. In terms of production and demand, China is the world's major iron oxide red production country, with the same high market demand.
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