Is the soda ash industry profitable at the moment?
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Our company is applying for the right to extract well salt, with plans to produce products such as vacuum salt and soda ash. May I ask fellow industry veterans: Is the domestic soda ash industry currently saturated? Is it worthwhile? How much is the cost per ton? What’s the price per ton approximately? Please, kind souls, help me answer this! Thank you! :handshake
This post was last edited by MouseFlying on 2010-8-8 at 06:21. Brother, this really isn’t the right time to enter this industry. Many alkali plants are operating below capacity. I can’t remember the exact figures, but during our plant’s semi-annual summary meeting, the CEO mentioned that market demand accounted for less than 60% of the total production capacity The cost depends on the management level of your factory. As for the selling price, it has been continuously declining.
As far as I know, the soda ash industry has been doing poorly since the economic crisis. Production exceeds demand, and if costs were to rise further, it’s very likely that companies would incur losses. In any case, our company’s performance has never been very good.
It will be difficult for the soda ash market to emerge from its slump in the future. Source: Chemical Industry News, July 30. Judging from market prices, there has been no change in the soda ash market since the beginning of the second half of the year. Although domestic soda ash prices fluctuated in July, they remained largely stable and operated at a low level. At the end of July, price conditions in various regions: In Guangdong, South China, the ex-factory price for light soda ash was 1,350 yuan per ton (same unit for subsequent prices), while that for heavy soda ash ranged from 1,400 to 1,450 yuan per ton ； In the East China market, the prevailing price for light soda ash is 1,250–1,300 yuan, while that for heavy soda ash is 1,300–1,350 yuan ； The prevailing ex-factory price for light soda ash in the Northwest region is 900 yuan, while that for heavy soda ash is 1,000 yuan.
It will be difficult for the soda ash market to emerge from its slump in the future. Source: Chemical Industry News, July 30. Judging from market prices, there has been no change in the soda ash market since the beginning of the second half of the year. Although domestic soda ash prices fluctuated in July, they remained largely stable and operated at a low level. At the end of July, price conditions in various regions: In Guangdong, South China, the ex-factory price for light soda ash was 1,350 yuan per ton (same unit for subsequent prices), while that for heavy soda ash ranged from 1,400 to 1,450 yuan per ton ； In the East China market, the prevailing price for light soda ash is 1,250–1,300 yuan, while that for heavy soda ash is 1,300–1,350 yuan ； The prevailing ex-factory price for light soda ash in the Northwest region is 900 yuan, while that for heavy soda ash is 1,000 yuan.
It is expected that alkali prices will continue to fall in September, while raw salt prices will rise, making losses for the alkali industry inevitable
How can we be sure that the price of raw salt will rise? ? This is indeed a problem, though
We’ve been delaying the deadline... Now, no one can say for sure...
Reply to post #8 by Wang Tianze: Do you mean that you feel it would result in losses if you proceed now? That’s why you’re delaying it for a while? Could it be that due to the current (limited) restrictions imposed by policies on soda ash projects, coupled with economic recovery and the development of the salt chemical industry, the price of soda ash will rise again in one or two years?
Reply to 9# Wan’an: I think it’s due to economic recovery, the development of the salt chemical industry, and various policies. Let’s wait and see… looking forward to a better tomorrow.
How do you know that it’s a case of delaying the timeline? So, how should the current staff be accommodated? If production isn’t resumed for a long time, things will inevitably get chaotic