The characteristics of the sodium bicarbonate industry include the following:
Resource-dependent low-threshold basic industries
Among the raw materials of sodium bicarbonate ash, coal, natural gas, raw salt and limestone are all natural resources and have resource dependence. The United States has rich natural trona resources, good sodium bicarbonate ash, and a high share of sodium bicarbonate ash export market. sodium bicarbonate ash production methods Natural alkali method, combined alkali method and ammonia-alkali method are relatively early processes, the technical threshold is not high, so the sodium bicarbonate ash industry is a resource-dependent low threshold industry. sodium bicarbonate ash is an important basic industrial raw material. Whether it is sodium bicarbonate ash or glass, there are no competitive alternatives under the current technical conditions.
sodium bicarbonate ash has a greater impact on raw salt and glass in the industrial chain.
The prices of coal and natural gas have a greater impact on the cost of sodium bicarbonate ash.
The production capacity of raw salt exceeds 110 million tons, and the production capacity of sodium bicarbonate ash industry is about 30 million tons. If the consumption of salt is calculated based on 1.5 tons, it will consume about 4500 tons of salt, and the influence on raw salt will reach about 40%. The main downstream of synthetic ammonia is urea. Synthetic ammonia has a certain impact on the sodium bicarbonate industry, but sodium bicarbonate has a small impact on the synthetic ammonia industry. The main uses of coal and natural gas are heating and power generation, and the demand for chemical industry accounts for less than 10%. sodium bicarbonate ash has little influence on the price of coal. sodium bicarbonate ash downstream glass occupies about 60%, and one ton of glass requires 0.2 tons of sodium bicarbonate ash, accounting for 20% -30% of the glass cost. In the entire industrial chain, coal and natural gas have a greater impact on sodium bicarbonate ash and glass, while sodium bicarbonate ash has a greater impact on raw salt and glass, and has little effect on synthetic ammonia, and synthetic ammonia has less effect on sodium bicarbonate ash.
