Ductile Iron Casting Industry Overview
Author: Date: 2015-10-17 10:52:38
① the international market
Ductile iron pipe as superior performance and ease of installation,the city-building in foreign countries has been widely additional prospectus and widely used. 1,according to company statistics,the current global annual demand for ductile iron pipe is about 800-1,000 tons of pipe accompanying annual consumption of about 40-50 million tons,and in recent years has maintained a global market relatively stable growth,an increase of larger countries and regions including China,the Middle East,North Africa and India. Global economic growth brought about by the development of water resources infrastructure and the corresponding demand is to promote market growth mainly due to ductile iron pipe.
On the supply side,ductile iron pipe capacity mainly concentrated in Europe,North America and Asia. With relatively low labor costs and certain technical advantages,China has become one of the world production center ductile iron pipe.
On the demand side,the Middle East countries are the main products importer. Oil,gas and other energy prices to enrich other countries in the Middle East and North Africa,the government's fiscal income,while the region as water scarcity,the infrastructure demand,but local production capacity supporting cast pipe inadequate,making the region a casting One of the main products import market. In addition,countries such as India and Australia casting future demand for the product will also be expanded. The rise of the Indian economy and relatively backward infrastructure foundation is to become an emerging market for ductile iron pipes,and Australia because of the drought area,but the domestic casting production capacity is limited,so the product will also be casting one of the importing country .
According to the world's leading casting companies on its website the information publicly disclosed and the company's major trading partners around the outside of the incomplete statistics,the global annual production of iron pipe about 900 million tons,of which the annual production of about centrifugal ductile iron pipe 8.5 million tons,accounting for more than 90% of casting production. On a global scale,French Saint-Gobain,Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes and Japan,Kubota is the industry leading manufacturers,most of the remaining enterprises are mainly located in its local and surrounding areas for production and sales.
② the domestic market
According to the company's statistics,in 2008 China's overall demand for ductile iron pipe of about 250 million tons,mainly from the urban water supply,sewage treatment,municipal construction projects. For iron ore mining industry on the industry,while the domestic steel industry for iron ore in great demand,so supply is relatively scarce,the market tends to monopolize the pattern of the seller. Industry,mainly from lower demand for construction projects in the city,but much also depends on the transaction parties to the transaction to achieve long-term established relationship,so the product sales price of raw materials for the lagging response to price changes. At present,new cast pipe cast pipe industry is dominated by the relative monopoly. According to the China Foundry Association is currently no global casting industry,the authority of the relevant institutions to provide additional market data prospectus
Branch pipe and pipe fittings 2008 statistics,has a production capacity of domestic producers about casting 21,the total annual production capacity of about 365 million tons. According to the company's research,domestic casting production capacity in 1 / 3 is used in iron cupola of the process,compared to the direct use of hot molten iron technology in terms of higher costs of iron ore and other raw material prices in the context of fluctuations in competitiveness weak,so most of the cupola of the iron used in the casting process manufacturing enterprises has been basically in shutdown state. 2008,major domestic production enterprises of the actual production of casting about at 243 million tons.