May I ask which of the major domestic polyoxymethylene manufacturers use coal or natural gas as their raw material?
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Currently, research is being conducted on the polyoxymethylene project, with the aim of classifying domestic polyoxymethylene manufacturers. If classified by source, which ones belong to coal and which ones to natural gas? I urgently need the help of experts!
This is very important; it is closely related to the fact that our country’s energy base relies on coal. The two foreign companies operating in the country use natural gas and methanol, while all others use coal-based methanol
Reply to 2# luminox: Are the two foreign companies you mentioned DuPont-Kuraray Polyoxymethylene (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd. and Baotailing Engineering Plastics (Nantong) Co., Ltd.?
Which category does Shanghai Lanxing belong to?
Right now it’s natural gas that dominates, but soon it will be coal again! Currently, most coking plants are building in this industry!
Reply to 4# weina601: Both of these foreign companies have Japanese shareholders; they use natural gas methanol from Saudi Arabia. The relationship is primarily a strategic partnership with Japanese companies, and it cannot be used as the basis for the analysis you’re thinking of.
We impose restrictions on the import of methanol and apply anti-dumping measures to protect our domestic methanol market, whose current utilization rate is less than 60%. Natural gas-based methanol produced in countries such as Saudi Arabia is relatively inexpensive – even cheaper than coal-based methanol produced in our country – and it also has better quality. Protect the domestic methanol market through various legal measures. Currently, these domestic manufacturers of polyoxymethylene all have their own methanol production facilities (except Lanxing), so competition in the polyoxymethylene industry is becoming increasingly fierce as other production projects come online.
Blue Star currently uses natural gas methanol.