• 13Oct

    Battery raw materials end of round ten dominant market dream

    May be very few people pay attention, whether it is domestic Nanfu, Deer battery, or foreign Panasonic, Sanyo batteries, their “inner core” are from Hunan, an electrolytic manganese dioxide Enterprise: Xiangtan Electrochemical single plant in the world the largest electrolytic manganese dioxide manufacturing enterprises, the main production of P-type electrolytic manganese dioxide, and mercury-free alkaline manganese electrolytic manganese dioxide, both of which are the main raw material manufacturing disposable batteries.

    50-year-old state-owned enterprises to seek listing

    Dating back to the last century, 50 years, relying on the rich manganese resources of Xiangtan, Xiangtan Electrochemical Plant (Xiangtan Electrochemical Group’s predecessor) came into being. In 1964, Xiangtan Electrochemical independently developed China’s first domestically produced compaq laptop battery electrolytic manganese dioxide tons, ending reliance on foreign imports of history. In 1997, Xiangtan Electrochemical Group, China has independently developed the first mercury-free alkaline manganese electrolytic manganese dioxide production lines, and the exclusive control of the poor production of electrolytic manganese dioxide manganese “secret” of China’s manganese ore resources to the poor majority, which shows that China has reached the field of electrolytic manganese dioxide, the international advanced level.

    In 1997, Xiangtan Electrochemical Group began brewing market, the first step is to set up a joint-stock company. In September 2000, Xiangtan Electrochemical Group, as the main sponsor, the Joint Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha and three other corporate units, set up the electro-chemical Technology Co., Ltd., Xiangtan, Xiangtan Electrochemical Group holds 87.25% of the shares, as Xiangtan Electrochemical Group is the local key state-owned compaq evo n400c battery enterprises, therefore, the controlling shareholder of Xiangtan Electrochemical Xiangtan City is actually the SASAC.

    Since then, Xiangtan Electrochemical Group, in succession to its product line into the main power of Xiangtan, Xiangtan Electrochemical currently has five electrolytic manganese dioxide production lines, annual production capacity of more than 40,000 tons. At the same time, there are Hunan Xiangtan Electrochemical into the compaq evo n410c battery company, ZTE thermoelectric, electro-chemical Jingxi three holding subsidiaries. Xiangtan Electric Chemical Group is no longer engaged in the production of specific operations, but rather engaged in investment management, and the exercise of the rights of shareholders.

    , Xiangtan Electrochemical listing, Xiangtan Electrochemical Group’s equity and further dilution down to 58.32 percent from 87.25 percent.

    Battery raw materials overlord

    Xiangtan Electric Delivery in the prospectus said the company is the compaq evo n400 battery world’s largest single-plant production capacity of electrolytic manganese dioxide production enterprises. In 2005, electrolytic manganese dioxide capacity of 42,000 tons, output of 39,000 tons, exports nearly 1.5 million tons, production capacity, output and export volume giant first in the country, in which mercury-free alkaline manganese dioxide electrolytic manganese dioxide in the domestic market share of up to 50% in the international market, also accounting for consumption, a Cheng, a well-deserved “battery raw materials overlord.”

    Xiangtan Electrochemical red, chairman of weeks, said compaq evo n410 battery electrolytic manganese dioxide, a very high degree of industry concentration in 2005, the national capacity of 10,000 tons or more are 7, 2 million tons are 4, 3 million tons, only one of Xiangtan Electrochemical .

    Xiangtan Electric said that with the electric company owned subsidiary of Jingxi 10,000 tons of annual production of mercury-free alkaline manganese dioxide electrolytic manganese dioxide production lines, as well as to invest in this fund-raising annual output of 20,000 tons of mercury-free alkaline manganese dioxide electrolytic manganese dioxide, technical innovation project put into operation, the compaq evo n600 battery company’s production capacity suddenly increased by 3 million tons of total production capacity to 6 million metric tons, annual output accounts for 60% of the domestic market.

    At present, Xiangtan Electrochemical electrolytic manganese dioxide produced by widely used in Duracell, Energizer, South-fu, Panasonic and other well-known battery products.

    Mercury-free batteries, “Seeking Gold”

    For energy-saving and environmental protection considerations, mercury-free alkaline manganese batteries is the future direction of development of the battery, mercury-free alkaline manganese compaq evo n600c battery market demand maintained over 20% annual compound growth rate. 2006 market for mercury-free alkaline manganese dioxide electrolytic manganese dioxide demand will reach 10 million tons, while production capacity of domestic enterprises in 2006 was only 55,000 tons, with the capacity expansion of some enterprises, in 2007 I made can be up to 80,000 tons still a certain gap.

    In contrast, P-type electrolytic manganese dioxide in a saturated market supply and demand. Xiangtan Electrochemical adjustment of the production structure will be part of the P-type electrolytic manganese dioxide production lines transformed into mercury-free alkaline manganese dioxide electrolytic manganese dioxide production lines, the compaq evo n610c battery public fund-raising is through the technological transformation project.

    Grasp the “mercury-free” of this opportunity the past few years, Xiangtan Electrochemical great efforts to develop mercury-free alkaline manganese electrolytic manganese dioxide. 2003, 2004, 2005 and January-September 2006, Xiangtan Electrochemical mercury-free alkaline manganese compaq evo n620c battery production of electrolytic manganese dioxide which accounts for the respective proportions of total output reached 59.78%, 75.81%, 72.63% and 79.77%; None mercury-free alkaline manganese dioxide, electrolytic manganese sales accounted for the proportion of company’s main business revenue reached 56.30%, respectively, 73.91%, 79.93% and 79.28%, non-mercury-free alkaline manganese electrolytic manganese dioxide in the company the largest share of business, and year by year rised.

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  • 13Oct

    To achieve a one-time production of mercury-free batteries need to accelerate

    To achieve a one-time production of mercury-free batteries need to accelerate the

    You may know to throw a special waste dry batteries garbage, but how to deal with these waste batteries you may not know, in fact, this is for the experts is a difficult issue.

         In 2006, Beijing, Shanghai, Shijiazhuang and other cities focused on the recovery of bodies of 100 tons of used batteries, while the current technology is still unable to efficiently deal with these waste batteries. China Battery Industry Association, vice chairman and secretary general, said Wang Jingzhong, therefore, to solve the pollution problem of used batteries fundamental way is to achieve a one-time battery production harmless, especially mercury-free.

         Used batteries to the environment pollution comes mainly from mercury and cadmium in batteries and other chemical elements, these are the battery production process additives. The main function is to add mercury battery corrosion and maintaining stability in the hp pp2182l battery storage longer. Now, with advances in technology, this problem has been a better solution.

         China Battery Industry Association recently announced the first batch of 11 mercury-free “green alkaline manganese battery products,” including the amount of the largest in the domestic market share of Fujian Nanping Nanfu Battery Co., Ltd production of “South Fu” brand alkaline manganese batteries, as well as the “Deer”, “555″, “white elephant”, “train”, “Changhong”, “Mustang” and “high power”, “three circles” and other 10 brands of alkaline manganese hp pavilion dv1000 battery. This 11 key enterprises of alkaline manganese batteries are able to long-term storage, power and stability.

         Moreover, the content of mercury-free alkaline battery energy storage capacity of more. Domestic enterprises to produce mercury-free alkaline battery power can be achieved with six times the mercury batteries, storage time can reach more than 3 years, or even 8 years, than to have a mercury-free hp pavilion dv2000 battery to be much longer. Mercury-free alkaline batteries these advantages, there is no well-known.

         The 11 brands of mercury-free alkaline batteries were mercury content below 0.0001%, of which Nanfu other three brands of mercury in alkaline manganese batteries is only 0.00002%. “This kind of mercury, close to or even lower than the uncontaminated soil naturally mercury content of waste mercury-free alkaline manganese batteries can be mixed with garbage collection and landfill. Therefore, the promotion of mercury-free alkaline hp pavilion dv4000 battery, for used batteries distributed processing is a more appropriate way. “Wang Jingzhong think.

         The use of alkaline batteries in many developed countries on environmental protection has become the consensus. In the United States and Canada, alkaline battery market share had already reached more than 80% market share of alkaline hp pavilion dv5000 battery in Japan in 2004 has exceeded 60%. Developed countries, the share of growth in the use of alkaline batteries, in large measure to solve the battery pollution. In contrast, we have a larger gap. 

      China’s manganese discharge fewer resources, over the years has made available over-exploitation of the discharge manganese close to depletion, discharge of manganese yield and quality decline in prices is a foregone conclusion. On the contrary, the battery output increased year by year, to discharge simultaneous increase in demand for manganese powder, which makes battery production to face a shortage of raw materials, cost increases and a series of problems. Alkaline manganese batteries without the use of natural manganese ore, manganese dioxide, its use can be used manganese carbonate manganese ore, or other processing, so there is no shortage of resources. In addition, the alkaline battery has a higher cost, capacity and storage performance of carbon-zinc batteries is about 3 ~ 8 times, raw material utilization can increase three-fold. Wang Jingzhong Secretary-General also said that zinc as a battery raw materials, to use ordinary batteries to 5.6 grams and as alkaline hp pavilion dv6000 battery used in 3.5 grams on it.

         According to the China Battery Industry Association Zhang Shanmei Description: 2005 China’s output of 30.5 billion batteries, but the alkaline manganese hp pavilion dv8000 battery production is only 6.5 billion, accounting for around 20%. Among these, the green mercury-free, low-mercury products accounted for only 60%. Thus, Zhang Shanmei, Wang Jingzhong and other experts put forward: to promote “Green Battery” urgent development of the industry.

         As early as December 31, 1997, the State Industry and Commerce Administration, the National Environmental Protection Agency and other nine departments have jointly issued a “limited battery products on mercury”, a provision to prohibit the production and sales have set a timetable for mercury hp pavilion dv9000 battery. This provision clearly stated: “From January 1, 2001 onwards, to prohibit the mercury content of 0.025% greater than the weight of the battery cell production” as a starting point to “January 1, 2006, the ban of mercury in the domestic distribution Battery weight is greater than 0.0001% of the alkaline zinc-manganese battery “as the end point, the basic realization of the battery production and sales of mercury-free. But by the end of 2006, this goal was not achieved.

         According to Wang Jingzhong Secretary-General introduced in 2007, China Battery Industry Association, will be in a larger context of the whole industry hundreds of battery manufacturers to conduct the census. “At present, the domestic alkaline manganese hp pavilion zd7000 battery, hp pavilion zv5000 battery business, on the scale of dozens of home, in 2007, we should first of these manufacturers to investigate the product testing, compliance will be gradually released for not compliance of the need to consider closing.”