Recently, Liaoning Magnesia Enterprises shut down, all kilns require dust, desulfurization, denitrification facilities. Magnesia can not buy, some refractory products production enterprises no rice pot; it is estimated that quite a lot of steel mills and other users will feel "winter". Refractory materials that have always been less valued may affect the normal production of steel mills.
"After nearly 40 years of reform and opening up, China has become the world's largest producer of refractory materials, although China's main refractory material resources such as bauxite, magnesite, graphite and other relatively rich, but after decades of mining, use, sustainable development issues more and more prominent." "In a recent meeting of the 2017 National Symposium on Refractory Materials, the vice chairman of the Refractories branch of China Metal Society and vice director of Metallurgical Science and Technology Development Center of China Iron and Steel Industry Association (Li Tingshou) is concerned about the development of refractory materials in China," he said.
Sure enough, at this important meeting of refractory raw materials, the current situation of refractory materials supply, especially the problem of "magnesia shortage", affecting the delegates of the heart, but also become the representative of the hot topic.
Raw material tension, "danger" "machine" coexist
Li Tingshou in the speech of the General Assembly, the new normal, for the people also green Mountains and fresh air, the State attaches great importance to environmental protection work, to the environmental protection of the 0 tolerance attitude, has sent a multi-channel central environmental inspection Group. The local government as the first responsible person, to the existence environmental protection question Enterprise, takes the first shutdown, after the rectification and so on stern measure. Recently, Liaoning Magnesia Enterprises shut down, all kilns require dust, desulfurization, denitrification facilities. Magnesia can not buy, some refractory products production enterprises no rice pot; it is estimated that quite a lot of steel mills and other users will feel "winter". Refractory materials that have always been less valued may affect the normal production of steel mills.
The price of Magnesia, Alumina, High alumina, andalusite and so on has been rising at the international level, when prices of raw materials continue to fall. Li Tingshou thinks this is a good thing. He introduced and analyzed the relevant information:
-Refractory raw materials supply tension, price rise, in the short term will give refractory and product production, such as adverse impact, may also spread to downstream of the high temperature industry users. However, dialectically, this is "dangerous" is also "machine". This to the user attaches importance to the role of refractories, attention to the fire-resistant raw materials and products enterprises to win cooperation, for the promotion of the market position of the industry, is a promotional role.
--The past supply of refractory raw materials, market disorderly competition, price decline, seriously affecting the sustainable development of enterprises, affecting the enthusiasm of enterprises on environmental protection facilities, resulting in some enterprises environmental debt, survival pressure. At the same time, some enterprises in accordance with the requirements of the State environmental protection facilities, because of investment and operating costs and other reasons, product production costs are high, low price competition in a disadvantage, not conducive to the development of the industry. In fact, through the environmental protection, some do not have the environmental quality of raw materials enterprises and production capacity to withdraw, will change the market supply and demand relations, so that the reasonable price recovery, but also the high-temperature industry and other users to pay more attention to refractory industry, the long-term development of refractory industry is of positive significance.
But Li Tingshou also stressed that we must ponder and carry out research and development work, thinking how to ensure the continuous supply of refractory raw materials, to solve the problem of substitution of raw materials. He believes that in the current context, the convening of the refractory materials academic exchange, has a special significance. Through the exchange of research, can brainstorm, and jointly promote the continuous development of refractory raw materials technology in China.
Doing environmental protection homework is a priority
It is understood that the current situation of fire-resistant raw materials supply tension, and before the relevant enterprises environmental protection, environmental protection homework do not have a direct relationship.
"Starting from the third quarter of 2016, the price of some refractory raw materials fluctuated greatly, into the autumn haze frequency, the government of Henan, Shandong and other places increased the intensity of environmental governance, resulting in the production of white corundum, calcined alumina powder and high alumina cement. Into the 2017, the Central Environmental Protection Supervision group into the relevant provinces to inspect, to the refractory raw material production has brought great pressure, some production units may face the risk of being shut down. "Zhejiang independent new material Co., Ltd. General manager Zhaoyi in the General Assembly address, especially since the April, Magnesia production and supply has become a hot issue in the industry. This is not only China's hot spot, but also the world's hot spot, because Anshan, Dashiqiao region is the world Magnesia main producing area. At present, bauxite main production areas in Shanxi, Guizhou also face the same problem, bauxite supply tension.
Liaoning Province non-metallic Mineral Industry Association president Guodong in the General Assembly address: Liaoning Magnesite reserves of more than 3 billion tons, in the domestic market, foreign markets have an important share. At present, the supply of Magnesia is very tight, the stock is not basic, estimated not exceeding one months will be "famished", refractory products enterprises will face the situation without raw materials. At present, the relevant departments mainly do 3 things: first, strengthen environmental protection work, the second is to limit the amount of mining, the third is to extend the perfect magnesium material industry chain. For some time, the supply of Magnesia will be very tight. Raw material production Enterprise Kiln environmental protection treatment pressure is very big.
In this respect, Refractories industry veteran expert Wei Tong during the meeting, called for the unification of organizational strength, the development of refractories industry standards and a more mature technical recommendations directory, the use of iron and steel industry experience in flue gas management.
Accelerate innovation and realize green development
"At present, the iron and steel industry is simple to the price of refractories, not a good thing." "China Metal Institute refractories branch secretary General, Sinosteel Luoyang Refractories Research Institute vice President Wang Shimin in the report of the General Assembly focused on refractory technology innovation and development issues. He believes that the high cost of refractories, the quality of steel has a great impact. He mainly put forward the following points: first, the resistance to material consumption as prices rise, making the total cost of steelmaking directly or indirectly. Second, tons of steel materials cost reduction should mainly rely on reducing the consumption of materials, the ultimate goal is to reduce the cost of steel ton, single consumption decline.
He said that the technical development of refractory industry is inseparable from the support of high quality refractory materials. For decades, China has made notable achievements in the selection of refractory materials, purification, homogenization, synthesis, modification, high-temperature calcination, expansion of varieties and improvement of quality, and further improvement of refractory raw materials, and further optimization of raw material structure. At present, the country can produce a variety of fire-resistant raw materials of hundreds of hundred species, production of up to more than 30 million tons, basically meet the refractory production and technical development needs.
He believes that the future development trend of refractories is to innovation, longevity, diversification, customer customization direction. Refractories industry needs to adapt to low-carbon economic development and resources, energy constraints, to reduce the quantification, extend the direction of life efforts; to adapt to the high temperature industrial product structure and new technology development, to functional, intelligent direction of efforts; To set materials technology, kiln design, lining masonry, kiln operation, online monitoring is equal to one of the technical integration direction of development; to the long life, materials and equipment integrated technical efforts, to meet the development of green and circular economy needs, to do a good job saving and emission reduction.
"Now environmental protection work is not good, not to develop, not to blame." "Zhejiang Independent new Materials Co., Ltd. General manager Zhaoyi in the General Assembly speech, feeling quite deep. Zhaoyi believes that 2017, will be China's environmental protection supervision and environmental governance of the most severe one years. As a responsible enterprise, we must pay close attention to environmental protection and occupational health construction, otherwise it will be eliminated in the future development.