Why We Don't Have the Phosphate Resources--An Investigation into the Difficulties of Yunnan Primary and Secondary Calcium Production Enterprises

Last year, the newspaper reported that Yunnan Precursor Calcium production enterprises faced the survival and death of enterprises due to transport restrictions. This year, the reporter received several requests for help from the general calcium production enterprises in Yunnan Province before the Spring Festival this year, reflecting the company’s mining restrictions. Many small and medium sized calcium production enterprises have stopped production. In response, the reporter conducted another investigation.
Some companies have reported that Yunnan Province has carried out large-scale integration of phosphate rock resources since last year. Phosphate resources are controlled by large enterprises. Therefore, low-level phosphate fertilizer enterprises generally have difficulties in buying ore, and many small and medium sized calcium production enterprises are difficult to carry money. Buy phosphate rock.
The person in charge of Yunnan Lufeng QinPeng Chemical Co., Ltd. told the reporter that the company now produces 300,000 tons of calcium, 120,000 tons of sulfuric acid and 180,000 tons of phosphate rock powder. In the past, the production of calcium sulphate was purchased first by the phosphate rock. Now that the enterprise is unable to purchase the ore, the original phosphate rock powder production line has been discontinued. What they are most looking forward to now is that they can buy phosphate rock powder through formal channels, because if they go through informal channels, they will not only have high prices, but they will not be able to open invoices and invoices. Corporate cash will not be able to enter the account. 'If you can't buy a mining company, you can't produce it. How can more than 500 people in our company live? 'The person in charge said eagerly.
Luliang Longhai Chemical is also a state-owned restructuring enterprise. The person in charge of the company told the reporter that because the market is unable to buy phosphate ore, the plant's annual output of 150,000 tons of general-calcium smelters has faced suspension of production, although the company has repeatedly referred to the Economic and Trade Commission of Qujing City. The Yunnan Provincial Economic and Trade Commission proposed a mine purchase application, but the company has not purchased it yet.
Yunnan Yangfeng Fertilizer Co., Ltd. Chairman Yang told reporters that the cost of ordinary calcium production companies such as sulfuric acid, phosphate ore prices are rising, due to the lack of unified management over the years, the current high-quality phosphate ore reserves in Yunnan Province is very small . Phosphorus ores with high grades in the tranquility area are all 70~80 meters deep underground, and the difficulty in mining is increasing. As a result, the production cost of primary calcium is increasing. In terms of transportation, due to the influence of geographical conditions, Yunnan Province's transportation distance is far greater than that of enterprises in Hubei and Guizhou, so Yunnan Precursor Calcium Production Enterprises cannot compare with the price.
According to the person in charge of the Yunnan Superphosphate Marketing Consortium, at present, 70% of the 27 companies owned by the Consortium are in a state of open and stop. Five of these companies basically stopped production.
The responsible person of the Consortium calculated an account for the reporter: For the 12 ore companies in Jidong and Weinan, which have already interrupted the supply of ore, and the production has been affected, the capacity of the 12 enterprises is 2.3 million tons, which is practical in recent years. Production of 1.71 million tons, according to an average of 700 kilograms of consumption of ore, the annual demand for phosphate rock 1.204 million tons. Although the head of the Yunnan Provincial Office of Leading Group for the Integration of Mineral Resources has issued a document requesting that Yunnan Phosphorization Group be responsible for providing ore sources, many companies still cannot purchase phosphate rock through it.
In view of the difficulties faced by the current Yunnan calcium-producing enterprises, relevant experts suggested that taking the road of joint development may be the only choice for Yunnan Pu-Ca companies. It is understood that in order to solve the problem of the interruption of the original supply channels for small and medium-sized superphosphate enterprises after the rectification of phosphate rock resources, the demand for calcium sulphate from farmers in and outside Yunnan Province will be guaranteed. Yunnan Province Chemical Industry Association and Yunnan Superphosphate Marketing Consortium In August 2005, a proposal was made to the Yunnan Provincial Office of the Leading Group for the Integration of Major Mineral Resources: The production of superphosphate enterprises will be implemented by the Consortium in the unified purchase of coal, and will be uniformly deployed within the consortium. The Office of the Leading Group for the Integration of Important Mineral Resources in Yunnan Province also issued a document in September of the same year. But today, this proposal has not been implemented.