Resumen de Real estate revival to boost Chinese calcium carbonate demand
Cunji Wang, who spoke at the event on behalf of the plastic profiles, door and window commission at the China Plastics Association, said that this resurgence in building activity had led to increased consumption of precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), which is used as filler in plastic fittings.
China's calcium carbonate industry has expanded rapidly in the last five years. According to Lianyin Tao, vice director of the China Inorganic Salt Association, in 2011, Chinese output of calcium carbonate stood at 15m tonnes, comprising 8m tonnes PCC and 7m tonnes ground calcium carbonate (GCC), accounting for 40% and 14% of global supply of these products, respectively.
China's plastic industry is by far the biggest user of calcium carbonate, according to Inorganic Salt Association figures, with a capacity of 15m tpa consuming at least 10m tpa calcium carbonate, accounting for 32% of the country's overall demand.
