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Article: Focus on China's prospective sulfur market.(Inorganics)
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- China Chemical Reporter
- Article date:
- October 16, 2009
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The global annual output of sulfur is about 40 million tons. The world's sulfur consumption growth has been lower than the output growth in recent years, and currently, the supply of sulfur has exceeded its demand. It is expected that the global sulfur supply surplus will amount to 5.9 million tons in 2011 and 12 million tons in 2015. In the next few years, China's production of sulfur will continue to grow.
1. An excess of production capacity in sulfur prevails worldwide
In November 2008, at the Sulfur 2008 Global Conference held in Rome, Italy, CRU International Ltd. predicted that global sulfur production capacity will increase annually by 35.60 ...