China’s Ferric Oxide Market Report 2005
2 min readIn 2005，the production capacity of ferric oxide in China exceeded 700 kiloton，the total output to 622.7 kiloton and export volume to 329.5 kiloton.Ferric oxide products are mainly exported to North America，Europe and Southeast Asian.
The scale expansion of China’s ferric oxide industry has not only drew wide attention from relevant industries such as steel industry，smelting industry，titanium industry and sulfuric acid industry，but also attracted oversea manufacturers and sales companies.Some foreign ferric oxide manufacturers and sellers are optimistic of Chinese market，like Bayer，Rockwood and Elementis.They have already established sole proprietorship enterprises or joint ventures in coastal area，like Shanghai，Fuyang（in Zhejiang），Changshu&Taicang（in Jiangsu），and Shenzhen.Nowadays，Jiangsu，Zhejiang and Shanghai and Guangdong become production bases for foreign ferric oxide manufacturers.Most of these foreign manufacturers mainly purchase primary products of ferric oxide，and then process them，whose annual production capacity exceeds 120000 ton.
Ferric oxide products are mainly applied in the field of paint，also applied in magnetism materials.Ferric oxide is widely applied in paint industry，among inorganic color paints，the output and demand of ferric oxide is the largest.It is applied in various precast concrete units in construction industry and used as paints or colorants for construction products such as color floor tile，metope decoration，terrazzo floor and color tile.In addition，it is also applied in the pigmentation of various paints and protective substances（including water interior&exterior paint，powder paint）and oil paint（including various priming paints and finish paint）.Ferric oxide paint can be also applied in rubber，plastic，ceramics，cosmetic，medical，paper and leather industry.
