Pickling Brown Fused Alumina "Down and Out Behind the Scenes"

In Henan, the market price of Brown Fused Alumina Al2O3≥95% dumping sand furnace is more than 4250-4450 RMB/ton, and fixed sand furnace section is more than the market price of 4000-4250 RMB/ton. The overall market of Brown Fused Alumina is weak as manufacturers' quotation is in the chaos condition, in which individual enterprises reduce by 50-100 RMB/ton.

Pickling Brown Fused Alumina is added "subtraction" link in the traditional production method of Brown Fused Alumina in order to remove iron, unreacted metal, metal oxide and other impurities. In the spot check of 30 Brown Fused Alumina manufacturers in Henan, only six companies keep normal production of pickling Brown Fused Alumina, and most companies said they do not sell this series of products. According to the manufacturer to reflect, at present there are the following several reasons that lead to pickling Brown Fused Alumina is not widely accepted by the downstream:

First, pickling Brown Fused Alumina produces a large amount of dust in the manufacturing process, whose air pollution is more serious. With the increasingly strict environmental protection, enterprises are restricted in terms of production.

Second, at present, our country makes corresponding policies to restrict the sale of sulfuric acid and other dangerous goods, and the retail market becomes tighter. In addition, buyers need offer corresponding license and then they can organize the normal trading activities.

Third, refractory materials with sand series Brown Fused Alumina are low-grade products, and the more current general pickling Brown Fused Alumina is mainly aimed at the deep processing of powder series products.

Fourth, the price of pickling Brown Fused Alumina is much higher than the ordinary Brown Fused Alumina products’ and  hard to be accepted by end users.

According to customs statistics, it showed the total exports of Brown Fused Alumina in China in January-April of 2015 is of 185100 tons, dropping 6.8% less than the year ago, and the exports in April is of 50700 tons, which rose 0.9% than the year ago, up 5.85% from the prior month. It exported to the United States about 4793.18 tons in April with year-on-year growth of more than 57.6%, and fell by 68.75% from the prior month; It exported to Japan about 9367.42 tons,  with year-on-year growth of more than 51.8%, up 73.63% compared to last month.