The domestic carbon black market is temporarily low and the overall environment is good

Carbon black is a black, powdered substance that is formed by the incomplete combustion or pyrolysis of hydrocarbons under strictly controlled process conditions. Its composition is mainly elemental carbon, and contains a small amount of oxygen, hydrogen and sulfur. The carbon black particles are approximately spherical and have a particle size of between 10 and 500 μm. Many particles often sinter or coalesce into three-dimensionally dendritic or fibrous aggregates. In rubber processing, it is added to the rubber as a reinforcing agent (see reinforcing material) and filler through mixing. In addition, carbon black is also an important pigment in the paint production process.

The domestic carbon black market is temporarily low and the overall environment is good

Carbon Black Application Origin

Carbon black is an important pigment next to titanium dioxide. It consumes about six million tons of rubber carbon black in the world, and special carbon blacks such as coloring and other uses are about 250,000 tons. The so-called special carbon black refers to its use in "coloring" or "conductivity" rather than the reinforcement of rubber carbon black. Carbon black is manufactured by a precisely controlled production method, which can form about 50 different varieties, and it can be used in the rubber industry to reach 30 kinds. There are more varieties of carbon black for coloring and other uses, including carbon black dispersions, masterbatches, conductive composites, slurries, and paint films.

According to records, China is one of the first countries in the world to produce carbon black. In ancient times, people burned animal and vegetable oils, pine branches, and collected the black ash of fire smoke, used to modulate ink and black pigments. This kind of black ash, known as "skull," is the earliest carbon black.

In 1821, for the first time in North America, natural gas was used as a raw material for the production of carbon black. Since then, carbon black is no longer as simple. It is “incomplete combustion or thermal cracking of gaseous or liquid hydrocarbons under insufficient air conditions. The resulting amorphous carbon is decomposed into a loose, light, and very fine black powder." Large-scale oil and gas fields have been mined in succession, and the continuous supply of raw materials has promoted the production of carbon black into a large-scale industrialization era by manual operations.

After years of production and development, China's carbon black industry has gradually entered the track. It is understood that the current overseas carbon black production capacity has gradually shifted to the developing countries represented by China. Therefore, I expect that the carbon black export will continue to increase in the future. .

Carbon Market Continues to Succeed at the End of 2011

Although in December 2011, the tar deep-processing market was light and weak, the raw material high-temperature coal tar market did not push the deep-processing market to improve, but carbon black could continue to grow steadily under the condition that the overall tire market was not good. It is not easy.

It is reported that throughout the month of December, the carbon black market has been relatively stable and flat, with no significant ups and downs. Only in the beginning of the month, the price in some areas of the carbon black market had slightly increased. The increase was mainly due to the increase in the price of high-temperature coal tar in the previous period, resulting in an increase in costs. Although the price of high-temperature raw coal tar in raw materials rose slightly, the carbon black offer did not follow the trend. The operating rate of carbon black manufacturers is about 6-7 percent, maintaining the previous production. As the downstream tire factory's loss situation is difficult to improve, the intention of receiving goods is not high, and the price pressure has a relatively strong mentality and the transaction rate is relatively low. Although there are no obvious positive factors supporting the current carbon black market, in terms of the overall global development situation, China's carbon black will become a long-term supplement for carbon black orders in Europe and America, and carbon black exports will continue to increase. Judging from the situation in January 2012, the situation of downstream vehicles was slightly better than that in the fourth quarter of last year. The prices of raw materials remained relatively stable, while carbon grids were relatively stable. It is expected that the ring situation will remain stable in 1Q12 and will continue to grow year-on-year.