China Restricts Inorganic Fluoride Development by Rising Entry Criteria

Summary: China restricts inorganic fluoride development by rising entry criteria, according to CCM’s January Issue of China Fluoride Materials Monthly Report.

Tags: inorganic fluoride, entry criteria, Hydrogen Fluoride, HF, AlF3, production capacity, HF

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China's government raised the entry criteria to guide the development of inorganic fluoride

industry, according to CCM’s January Issue of China Fluoride Materials Monthly Report.

On February 14th, 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the P.R.C. (MIIT)

promulgated the Entry Criteria for Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) Industry (the Entry Criteria) which aims

to restrict the blind expansion of HF.

The Entry Criteria sets up regulations in industry distribution, scale, technology& equipment,

energy saving and comprehensive utilization of resources, environmental protection, product

quality, etc.

According to the Entry Criteria, in principle, it is not allowed to set up new plant or expand the

existing scale, except the development and production of specialty high grade products for high

purity and ultra-clean electronics industry and the raw material for the utilization of enterprises

themselves. Regarding to the new plants, the production capacity shall not be less than 50,000t/a

and the single set device capacity shall not be less than 20,000t/a.

Besides, the new plants must have matching devices for waste treatment.

Regarding to energy saving and comprehensive utilization of resources, it requests that in

producing one tonne of HF, fluorite (CaF2>97%) shall be no more than 2.25 tonnes; integrated

water consumption shall not exceed one tonne; the average annual overall energy consumption

of coal shall not be more than 450 kg. Meanwhile, HF production enterprises shall develop

circular economy, improving the comprehensive utilization of energy, echelon fluorite and fluorine

gypsum slag. The content of calcium sulfate in gypsum slag containing fluoride shall not be less

than 90%, with the calcium fluoride content of no more than 2%, and the sulfuric acid content

shall not exceed 0.5%, with the comprehensive utilization rate of over 90% (including commission

processing and utilization of long-term contracts). The existing manufacturers which can not meet

these requirements must be shut down.

Moreover, the Entry Criteria also regulates that fluorite enterprises can not sell fluorite to the HF

producers which can not meet the Entry Criteria. Meanwhile, the HF producers can not purchase

fluorite from the fluorite enterprises which can not meet the Entry Criteria for Fluorite which came

into effective in Mar. 2010.

Apart from the Entry Criteria, the Guided Catalogue for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2011)

(Guidance Catalog), which was promulgated by the National Development and Reform

Commission (NDRC) in March 2011, also restricts the development of inorganic fluoride

chemicals, including HF and AlF3.

According to the Guidance Catalog, new HF plant and AlF3 production lines with single line

production capacity of lower than 20,000t/a are restricted. And HF and AlF3 with the production

capacity of lower than 5,000t/a shall be shut down.

China is the biggest producer of HF in the world. There are about 50 HF manufacturers in China.

Among these producers, 40 have the production capacity of over 10,000t/a, and 10 have capacity

of over 30,000t/a. The total domestic capacity of hydrogen fluoride is about 1,253,000t/a in 2010.

Source: China Fluoride Materials Monthly Report 1201

http://www.cnchemicals.com/Newsletter/NewsletterDetail_241.html

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on 20th of every month, covers the sectors on policy & legislation, company dynamic, supply &

demand, price update, etc. of China’s fluoride material market. It will help you follow the dynamic

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