Soda Ash, also known as Sodium Carbonate, Soda, chemical formula Na2CO3. According to the density, Soda Ash can be divided into Soda Ash Light and Soda Ash Dense. The density of Soda Ash Light is 500-600kg/m3, white crystalline powder, its downstream is mainly related with daily glass industry, synthetic detergent and food industries; Soda Ash Dense can be made from Soda Ash Light after hydration, its density is 1000-1200kg/m3, white fine particles, Soda Ash Dense has the advantages of large particles, high density, low moisture absorption, not easy to caking, not easy to fly, good fluidity, the main downstream applications are flat glass, photovoltaic glass, etc.
1. Soda ash, as a raw material for glass, accounts for only about 30% of the cost of glass, and the relationship between glass supply and demand has a certain barrier and passivation, so the relationship between the two more need to investigate the ratio of capacity and demand, and the respective capacity and demand ratio and capacity increase and decrease trend compared, but also need to compare the two production and operating rate change trend. Due to the upstream and downstream relationship between Soda Ash and glass, the same event or changes in production capacity, output, operating rate and other data have different degrees of impact on the price relationship between Soda Ash and glass, or even the opposite impact, but the relevant impact period is longer, and will be variable due to their respective short-term price changes.
2. Soda Ash and Urea. Ammonium chloride is a nitrogen fertilizer with an annual output of about 13 million tons, its nitrogen content is half of Urea, and its market price is about 1/3 to 1/2 of Urea. It is mainly used for fertilizer application and compound fertilizer production in southern paddy fields. The synthetic ammonia in Soda Ash raw materials mainly comes from coal, and the synthetic ammonia in Urea is also mostly from coal. In addition, coal is used as fuel in the production of Soda Ash and Urea, which makes the coal used in the cost of Soda Ash and Urea relatively high. Overall, the coal consumption in soda ash and urea cost is large, and the correlation between them is strong. Soda Ash production accounts for half of total Soda Ash production with the combined alkali method, the amount of its byproduct ammonium chloride is relatively large, so the correlation between Soda Ash and Urea prices is strong.
3. Soda Ash and thermal coal. The relationship between Soda Ash and thermal coal is the relationship between raw materials (energy) and products. The price of thermal coal will affect the cost of Soda Ash, so the change of thermal coal price can be used as a leading indicator to predict the price fluctuation of Soda Ash.
4. Soda Ash and lithium carbonate. Soda Ash is an essential material for lithium carbonate production and is expected to contribute to the new increase in demand. Lithium exists in two forms in nature, one is mainly in the form of lithium ores (including spodumene and lepomica) in rock mines, and the other is stored in the form of lithium ions in salt lake brines. The corresponding extraction methods can be divided into ore lithium extraction and salt lake brine lithium extraction, the production process of both processes need to add excess Soda Ash to remove impurities such as calcium and magnesium salts in the solution, and make the lithium ions in the solution precipitate into lithium carbonate. Regardless of the production method, an average of 2 tons of Soda Ash is consumed for every 1 ton of lithium carbonate.
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Post time: Jan-31-2024