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Mineral Acids - GSBR
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CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY &
PRODUCT DEFINITIONS
II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. Industry Overview ...................................................... II-1
Current and Future Analysis................................................... II-1
Historic Analysis.................................................................... II-2
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Table 7: World Market for Wet Process Chemicals in 2002:
Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales by Product Segment
for Hydrochloric Acid, Ammonium Hydroxide, Solvents
(IPA, Others), Etchants (HF, Phosphoric Acid, Nitric Acid,
etc.), Sulfuric Acid, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Others
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ......................... II-19
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4. Product Overview...................................................... II-39
Hydrochloric Acid................................................................ II-39
Production Process ........................................................... II-39
Recycling Hydrochloric Acid ........................................... II-40
Storage.............................................................................. II-40
Applications...................................................................... II-41
Chemical Properties.......................................................... II-41
Hydrochloric and Phosphoric Acid Combination
Improves Well Performance.......................................... II-42
Health Hazards of HCL .................................................... II-42
Nitric Acid ........................................................................... II-42
Production ........................................................................ II-42
Single Pressure Plants....................................................... II-43
Dual Pressure Plants ......................................................... II-43
Production of Concentrated Nitric Acid............................ II-43
Recycling Nitric Acid ....................................................... II-43
Side Effects of HNO3 Production..................................... II-43
Physical and Chemical Properties..................................... II-43
Applications...................................................................... II-44
Hazardous Nature of Nitric Acid ...................................... II-44
Table 15: World Consumption of Nitric Acid in 2005 (E):
Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales by End Use Fertilizers, Other Ammonium Nitrate (AN) Uses
(Mainly Explosives) and Non AN Applications
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ......................... II-44
Table 16: World Market for Nitric Acid in 2005 (E):
Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales by End Use
Ammonium Nitrate, Adipic Acid, Nitrobenzene, Toluene
Diisocyanate (TDI), Metal Treatment, Metal Nitrates, and
Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ............. II-45
Major Hazards During Nitric Acid Production ................. II-45
Nitrous Oxide Emissions .................................................. II-45
Emission Monitoring in Nitric Acid Plants....................... II-45
Adipic Acid An End Use Segment................................. II-46
Phosphoric Acid................................................................... II-46
Table 17: Worldwide Phosphoric Acid Market (2005 (E)):
Breakdown of Capacity by Geographic Region in Thousand
Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)......... II-47
Table 18: Worldwide Phosphoric Acid Market in 2004:
Capacity of Leading Producers for The Mosaic Company,
DCP Group , Potash Corp, Phos Agros and Groupe Chimique
Tunisien in Thousand Tons (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart).................................................................... II-47
Table 19: Worldwide Phosphoric Acid Exports in 2005 (E):
Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales by Geographic Region
for Africa, Middle East, West Europe, North America, Asia,
and Latin America (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)..... II-48
Table 20: Worldwide Phosphoric Acid Imports in 2005 (E):
Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales by Geographic
Region for Asia, West Europe, Latin America, Middle East,
North America, and Africa (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart).................................................................... II-48
Wet Process Acid Production ........................................... II-48
Air Borne Phosphoric Acid............................................... II-49
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Andhra Sugars Starts New Sulfuric Acid Production
Facility.............................................................................. II-58
Nitrogenmuvek Plans to Construct Nitric Acid Plant ........... II-58
Ineos Chlor to Start New Sulfuric Acid Plant....................... II-58
Deepak Fertilizers to Start New Nitric Acid Plant................ II-58
Andalucia Minerals to Purchase Pyrite Treatment Plant ...... II-59
Texen to Purchase Gasification Plant................................... II-59
Metakhim Invests in New Sulfuric Acid Production
Workshop ......................................................................... II-59
Fertilizantes Invests in New Production Facility .................. II-59
Lautan Luas Invests in Nitric Acid Plant.............................. II-59
Hunan to Invest in Sulfuric Acid Production........................ II-59
New Phosphoric Acid Plant from IFFCO and ENMC.......... II-60
Balakovo Starts Newly Upgraded Sulfuric Acid
Production Line ................................................................ II-60
DuPont to Construct New Regeneration Unit for
Sulfuric Acid .................................................................... II-60
Tongling Huaxing Starts Production of Pyrite Based
Sulfuric Acid .................................................................... II-60
Long Thanh Starts Production of Sulfuric Acid ................... II-60
Itochu Constructs New Sulfuric Acid Plants ........................ II-60
MCF to Start New Sulfuric Acid Plant................................. II-61
Anhui Huaihua Launches Nitric Acid
Renovation Project ........................................................... II-61
El Dorado Rebuilds Nitric Acid Plant .................................. II-61
IMC Global and Cargill Crop Forms Mosaic ....................... II-61
Terra Acquires Mississippi Chemicals ................................. II-61
Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) Inks Agreement
with IPCC ......................................................................... II-61
Potash Corp Increases Phosphoric Acid Production
Capacity............................................................................ II-61
Kvaerner Chemetics Bags Sulfuric acid Plant Construction
Contract ............................................................................ II-62
Kvaerner Chemetics Contracts with JSC KAZAKHMYS.... II-62
Morocco and Pakistan Jointly Construct Phosphoric
Acid Plant in Morocco...................................................... II-62
Petrokimia Gresik Plans to Install Hydrochloric Acid and
Potassium Plants............................................................... II-62
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Sony Unveils Pioneering Hydrofluoric Acid Wafer-Cleaning
Solutions........................................................................... II-69
Southern States Chemical Inc Acquires Koch's Sulfuric
Acid Facility ..................................................................... II-69
Valero Energy Corporation Acquires Ultramar Diamond
Shamrock Corporation...................................................... II-69
Sasol Acquires Condea Vista ............................................... II-69
Noranda Hikes Equity Stake in Noranda-DuPont
Joint Venture Unit ............................................................ II-69
Solvay Acquires Equity Interest in EcoPhos ........................ II-69
Chevron and Texaco Merge ................................................. II-69
Longxiang Merges with Shaowu Flouride............................ II-70
Fosfertil Merges with Ultrafertil .......................................... II-70
Jordanian Phosphate Mines Company in Agreement
with Iranian Petrochemicals.............................................. II-70
Namhae Chemical Inks a Pact with BASF ........................... II-70
Iffco and GFCL Ink a Joint Venture Agreement .................. II-70
Jacobs Bags Purified Phosphoric Acid Plant Contract
from PCS .......................................................................... II-70
Copebras Awards Phosphate Project to Krebs...................... II-70
Bwana Mkubwa Constructs New Sulfuric Acid Plant.......... II-70
Chongqing Fuling Establishes Chemical Fertilizer Base...... II-71
Fosfertil and Copebras Unearth a Phosphate Rock Mine ..... II-71
Stella Chemifa Installs Hydrofluoric Acid Plant
in Singapore...................................................................... II-71
Singapore EDB Establishes a New Chemical Plant.............. II-71
Yunnan Gains Approval for Wet-Process Phosphoric
Acid And Ammonium Phosphate Projects........................ II-71
Radici Chimica Installs Adipic Acid and
Nitric Acid Plants ............................................................. II-71
Guizhou Xiyang Fertilizer Unveils New Sulfuric
and Phosphoric Acid Projects ........................................... II-71
Lovochemie Installs a Nitric Acid Unit................................ II-71
Henan Kaihua Group Installs Nitric Acid
Renovation Project ........................................................... II-72
Namhae Chemical Constructs a Nitric Acid Plant
in South Korea .................................................................. II-72
Astaris Installs Purified Wet Phosphoric Acid Plant ............ II-72
Daikin Industries and Formosa Plastics Install
Hydrofluoric Acid Plant.................................................... II-72
Astaris Opens PPA Facility.................................................. II-72
Industries chimiques du Senegal Unveils New
Phospate Mine .................................................................. II-72
Quimica Fluor Matamoros Expands Capacity...................... II-72
DLD Resources Forms DLD Enterprises ............................. II-72
Henan Kaihua Completes the Upgradation of its Nitric
Acid Plant ......................................................................... II-72
New Nitric Acid Project Underway in China ....................... II-72
Lovochemie Ropes in Technip for New Plant
Construction ..................................................................... II-73
Namhae Chemical Ropes in Krupp Uhde for New Plant
Construction ..................................................................... II-73
Fushun Petrochemical Establishes a New Sulfuric
Acid Unit .......................................................................... II-73
Astaris Unveils New Phosphoric Acid Plant ........................ II-73
Potash Corp Ropes in Jacobs Engineering for New Plant
Construction ..................................................................... II-73
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Mitsui Chemical, Inc. (Japan) .............................................. II-82
Mosaic Inc (USA) ................................................................ II-83
Office Cherifien Des Phosphates (Morocco)........................ II-83
Olin Corporation (USA)....................................................... II-83
Phelps Dodge Corporation (US)........................................... II-83
Rhodia SA (France).............................................................. II-83
Sichuan Shifang Chuanxi Xingda Chemical
Company (China) ............................................................. II-84
Stella Chemifa Corporation (Japan) ..................................... II-84
Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited (Japan)................... II-84
Table 30: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for
Nitric Acid by Geographic Region US, Canada, Japan,
Europe, Asia-Pacific, (excluding Japan), Latin America, and
Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales
for the Years 2001 through 2010 in Ten Thousand Metric Tons.
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ................................II-91
Table 33: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for
Hydrochloric Acid by Geographic Region US, Canada,
Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, (excluding Japan), Latin America,
and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed by
Annual Sales for the Years 2001 through 2010 in
Ten Thousand Metric Tons. (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart)........................................................................II-93
Table 27: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for
Phosphoric Acid by Geographic Region US, Canada, Japan,
Europe, Asia-Pacific, (excluding Japan), Latin America, and
Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales
for the Years 2001 through 2010 in Ten Thousand Metric Tons.
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ................................ II-89
Table 36: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for
Hydrofluoric Acid by Geographic Region US, Canada, Japan,
Europe, Asia-Pacific, (excluding Japan), Latin America, and
Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales
for the Years 2001 through 2010 in Ten Thousand Metric Tons.
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ................................II-95
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Table 37: World Historic Review for Hydrofluoric Acid by
Geographic Region US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific,
(excluding Japan), Latin America, and Rest of World Markets
Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales for the Years
1991 through 2000 in Ten Thousand Metric Tons.
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ................................ II-95
Table 38: World 20-Year Perspective for Hydrofluoric Acid by
Geographic Region Percentage Breakdown of Unit Sales for
US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, (excluding Japan),
Latin America, and Rest of World Markets for the Years 1991,
1995, 2005 & 2010 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ....... II-96
III. MARKET
1. The United States ....................................................... III-1
A. Market Analysis ...............................................................III-1
Current and Future Analysis...........................................III-1
Historic Review..............................................................III-1
Flat Consumption in the Steel and Oil Industries ...........III-1
Sulfuric Acid Market A Profile ...................................III-2
US Braces for Narrower Roads Ahead........................III-2
Sulfuric Acid Potential Growth Drivers......................III-2
Table 39: US Market for Sulfuric Acid in 2005 (E):
Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales by End-Use
Industry - Fertilizers, Organic Chemicals, Mining,
Petroleum Alkylation, Inorganic Chemicals & Pigments,
Iron & Steel, Pulp & Paper and Miscellaneous
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ...................III-3
A Peek Into Recent Past..............................................III-3
North American Sulfuric acid Market Demand
Steady in 2003 .....................................................III-3
Dreary Market Conditions in 2002 ..........................III-3
US Market Remained Weak in 2001 .......................III-3
Phosphoric Acid.............................................................III-4
Phosphoric Acid Market Remains Flat Amidst
Production Shifts.....................................................III-4
A Peek into Recent Past..............................................III-4
Market Softens During 2003 ...................................III-4
Phosphoric Acid Market Perks Up ..........................III-4
EPA Delists Phosphoric Acid from the TRI ............III-4
Purified Phosphoric Acid Gains Prominence
During 2002.........................................................III-5
Phosphoric Acid Tightens on Rising Energy,
Raw Material Costs..............................................III-5
US Market for Nitric Acid..............................................III-5
Ammonia Market Remains Uncertain Despite
Lower Gas Costs .....................................................III-5
Ammonia Prices Soar in Wake of Gas Prices .............III-6
Ammonia Markets Remain Balanced .........................III-6
Table 40: US Market for Nitric Acid (2005 (E)):
Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales by End Use
Segment for Ammonium Nitrate, Adipic Acid,
Nitrobenzene, Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI), Metal
Treatment and Metal Nitrates, and Others
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ...................III-6
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B. Market Analytics ............................................................III-17
Table 47: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for
Mineral Acids by Product Segment Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric
Acid, Nitric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid and Hydrofluoric Acid
Markets Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales for the
Years 2001 through 2010 in Ten Thousand Metric Tons
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ........................III-17
Table 48: US Historic Review for Mineral Acids by Product
Segment Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Nitric Acid,
Hydrochloric Acid and Hydrofluoric Acid Markets
Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales for the Years
1991 through 2000 in Ten Thousand Metric Tons
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ........................III-17
Table 49: US 20-Year Perspective for Mineral Acids by
Product Segment Percentage Breakdown of Unit Sales
for Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Nitric Acid,
Hydrochloric Acid and Hydrofluoric Acid Markets for
the Years 1991, 1995, 2005 & 2010 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart)........................................III-18
4. Europe....................................................................... III-26
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Table 61: European Recent Past, Current & Future
Analysis for Mineral Acids by Product Segment
Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Nitric Acid,
Hydrochloric Acid and Hydrofluoric Acid Markets
Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales for the
Years 2001 through 2010 in Ten Thousand Metric
Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)................III-31
Table 62: European Historic Review for Mineral Acids
by Geographic Region France, Germany, Italy, UK,
Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets Independently
Analyzed by Annual Sales for the Years 1991 through
2000 in Ten Thousand Metric Tons
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ........................III-31
Table 63: European Historic Review for Mineral Acids
by Product Segment Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid,
Nitric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid and Hydrofluoric
Acid Markets Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales
for the Years 1991 through 2000 in Ten Thousand
Metric Tons (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) ...............................................................III-32
Table 64: European 20-Year Perspective for Mineral
Acids by Geographic region Percentage Breakdown
of Unit Sales for France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain,
Russia and Rest of Europe Markets for the Years
1991, 1995, 2005 & 2010 (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) ...............................................................III-32
Table 65: European 20-Year Perspective for Mineral Acids
by Product Segment Percentage Breakdown of Unit Sales
for Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Nitric Acid, Hydrochloric
Acid and Hydrofluoric Acid Markets for the Years
1991, 1995, 2005 & 2010 (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) ...............................................................III-33
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Table 76: UK Historic Review for Mineral Acids by
Product Segment Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Nitric
Acid, Hydrochloric Acid and Hydrofluoric Acid Markets
Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales for the Years
1991 through 2000 in Ten Thousand Metric Tons
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) ........................III-41
Table 77: UK 20-Year Perspective for Mineral Acids by
Product Segment Percentage Breakdown of Unit Sales
for Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Nitric Acid,
Hydrochloric Acid and Hydrofluoric Acid Markets for
the Years 1991, 1995, 2005 & 2010 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart)........................................III-41
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Table 90: Concentrated Nitric Acid Consumption
in China - 2005 (E) (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) ........................................................III-52
Table 91: Chinese Leading Producers of Concentrated
Nitric Acid (2004): Breakdown by Output for Anhui
Huaihua Group Co., Ltd, Jinan Chemical Fertilizer
Plant Co., Ltd., CNPC Jilin Petrochemical Co., Ltd,
Qingdao Hengyuan Chemical Co., Ltd, Sinopec Nanjing
Chemical Industry Co., Liuzhou Chemical Co., Ltd.,
CNPC Lanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Shandong
United Chemical Co., Ltd, Anhui Huatai Chemical
Industry Co., Ltd, Lutianhua Group Corp, Hubei
Jinyuan Chemical Co., Ltd., Dalian Dahua Group Ltd.,
Shanghai Zhongyuan Chemical Co., Ltd, Shandong
Luguang Chemical Plant , Hebei Cangzhou Dahua
Group Corp and Others (In Thousand Tons)
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) .................III-53
China's Yunnan to Develop Phosphorous Products .....III-53
Yellow Phosphorus Prime Feedstock for
Phosphoric Acid ....................................................III-54
Industrial Phosphates on Rise in China.....................III-54
Projects Undertaken in China................................III-54
Fluorochemical Base Constructed in Fuxin .......III-54
Chinese Demand for Hydrofluoric Acid
Set to Rise..........................................................III-54
Mineral Acids Industry in India....................................III-54
India Imports about 50% of its Phosphoric
Acid Requirement .................................................III-54
Tight Supplies to Threaten Fertilizers Industry.........III-55
India Cracks Down on Dumping...............................III-55
Indian Government Offers Subsidy on Fertilizers........III-55
Indian Government Slashes Duties on Import of
Phosphoric Acid from South Africa ......................III-55
Vietnam Chemical Sector Under Development............III-55
Recent Industry Activity ..............................................III-55
Industry Activity in the Recent Past .............................III-57
A Review of Key Players .............................................III-58
B. Market Analytics ............................................................III-59
Table 92: Asia Pacific Recent Past, Current & Future
Analysis for Mineral Acids by Product Segment Sulfuric
Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Nitric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid and
Hydrofluoric Acid Markets Independently Analyzed by Annual
Sales for the Years 2001 through 2010 in Ten Thousand
Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) .......III-59
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IV. COMPETITION
1. Agrium, Inc. (Canada) ............................................................ IV-1
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Table 138: Annual Sales Analysis by Division:
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Table 168: Half Yearly Sales Analysis by Segment:
2004-2005 (H1) (In US$ million)............................... IV-293
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108. Terra Industries, Inc. (USA)................................................ IV-402
Table 193: First Quarter Sales Analysis:
2004-2005 (Q1) (In US$ million)............................... IV-403
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