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Article: Sulfur.
- Article from:
- China Chemical Reporter
- Article date:
- February 16, 1999
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1. Production
The statistical capacity of sulfur in China is 180 000 t/a and the output is 312 000 - 484 000 tons. As most of the capacity using indigenous methods is not included in the statistics of the state, the output is therefore much higher than the capacity.
China had more than 120 sulfur producers in 1993. One-third of the total are producers specialized in sulfur production, and the others are producers of chemical fertilizers with sulfur as by-product.
China has rich resources of pyrite. For many years China's sulfur industry is mainly based on pyrite. The output of sulfur produced from pyrite and associated pyrite accounts for 84% of ...