Ceramic pigment price "gone up"(9/15/2010)

It is expected by the market because of the impact of 1 to June this year, ceramic raw materials and strong market prices higher.

"Oxide, praseodymium from 16 yuan / ton soared to 21 yuan / ton, zinc oxide, also rose 600 yuan / ton, up 100 U.S. dollars imported zirconium / ton, up 1,000 domestic zirconia yuan / ton," Wo Hop color material responsible Tian Hongxin in an interview says.

It is not to be named industry veteran ceramic glaze color analysis, copper, cobalt, nickel and other non-ferrous metals prices higher by the international market pull, and the sea under the influence of price increases, domestic pigment price increases from 15% to 30 % range. In addition to non-ferrous type material prices, starch-based raw materials have also been rising. In addition, as an important color glaze frit price rise of raw materials, rose by as much as 20%.

The veterans believe that the threshold of ceramic glaze technology industry is relatively low, enterprise product development ability, vulnerability to international market prices of raw materials influenced. For example, when the lowest market price of cobalt oxide, more than 10 million / This source is a network of tons of Chinese ceramics, the highest price of 600,000 yuan / ton, several times the price changes, far beyond the industry we expected.
It is understood that this year, domestic sales of raw materials market is booming, part of the strength of higher raw material prices. Some manufacturers of raw materials increased by nearly 30% of capacity, is still turnover.��

Prices of raw materials for ceramics, China Ceramic Industrial Association Wong core red that, first of all production and sales volume from the point of view, the second half of the market growth spurt, the sector is generally optimistic market expectations; followed by the ceramic industry from the current layout point of view, the national flower pattern ceramic production is taking shape, the north gradually increased the proportion of ceramic production, ceramic production patterns changed; Third, the state's restrictions on the exploitation of mineral resources, more and more strict, the raw material for iron production in North , a higher proportion of titanium and other elements not suitable for high-quality polished production; In addition, the rapid development of Linyi, Shandong and other factors within the wall stack - A short-term supply and demand changes, prices of raw materials is the direct impact of the original ceramic solid .

(Author Mosaic and Tile, China Leiyuan 9/15/2010)

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