On December 27th, Zunyi City held a special press conference on "Implementing the Spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and Promoting High quality Development of Zunyi" in Wuchuan Autonomous County. At the conference, Xiao Si, member of the Standing Committee of Wuchuan Autonomous County Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Zunyi Wudaodao Coal Electricity Aluminum Circular Economy Industrial Park, introduced Wuchuan's "five advantages" in promoting new industrialization, including positioning the construction of a resource deep processing base, creating a new engine for industrial development in northern Guizhou, and determining the first industry fluorine chemical industry and leading industry aluminum industry.
Firstly, there is a large reserve of resources. More than 20 types of underground mineral resources with mining value have been discovered in Wuchuan, including mercury mines, bauxite mines, coal mines, shale gas, barite, fluorite, etc., with a value of over 600 billion yuan. It is a true "underground mineral park". Among them, the mercury ore reserves are 23000 tons, accounting for 22% of the country's proven reserves, ranking first in the country; The bauxite reserves are 150 million tons, making it the main bauxite mining area in northeastern Guizhou. Within 40 to 100 kilometers of the Wudaodao Coal Electricity Aluminum Industrial Park, there are 700 million tons of bauxite resources, of which over 300 million tons are within 50 kilometers; The proven reserves of fluorite and barite coexisting mineral resources in the county exceed 40 million tons, and the estimated future reserves are about 60 million tons, accounting for about 40% of the total fluorite and barite resources in the Wuling Mountain area. In addition, Wuchuan is located in a shale gas field area of billions of cubic meters, with coal reserves of 100 million tons. It can be said that Wuchuan's mineral resource endowment is second to none in northern Guizhou and ranks among the top in the province.
Secondly, the ore quality is excellent. Wuchuan has high-quality fluorite and barite deposits. In September 2021, the China Geological Survey of the Ministry of Natural Resources officially awarded the Wuchuan Wuling Mountain fluorite barite resource exploration base. According to third-party testing, the county's fluorite mine is the most suitable raw material for producing high-purity hydrofluoric acid, which is essential for the cutting-edge electronics industry in China. World renowned fluorine chemical companies such as French Akoma and Shanghai Sanai Fluorine have given high praise to the fluorite ore provided by the county, unanimously believing that the quality of the fluorite ore in the county far exceeds other regions in China and is currently the best high-end fluorine chemical raw material in the country. The barite in this county belongs to a small amount of Ordovician system in China, which is characterized by low iron, low sulfur, low phosphorus, low strontium, etc. According to the research of relevant research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guizhou Chemical Design Institute and other scientific research units, Wuchuan barite is the most suitable for modern high-end barium chemical raw materials.
Thirdly, it has a wide range of market applications. Fluorine chemical products are widely used in military, chemical, mechanical and other fields, and have become one of the fastest-growing, most high-tech and promising industries in the chemical industry. Internationally, due to the high performance and added value of products, the fluorine chemical industry is known as the gold industry. Its product categories are mainly divided into green low GWP (global warming potential) fluorocarbons, fluoropolymers, fluorinated fine chemicals, fine fluorosalts, etc., with a very broad market prospect.
Fourthly, the industry has a promising future. At present, China's fluorine chemical industry has reached or approached the international advanced level in the fields of hydrofluoric acid, fluoride salts, fluorinated hydrocarbons, and fluorinated intermediates. However, the performance of products such as fluorinated polymers, fluorinated electronic chemicals, and fluorinated surfactants still lags far behind the international advanced level. The export unit price of similar products is only half of the import unit price, and high-quality fluorinated polymers, fluorinated electronic chemicals, and fluorinated surfactants mainly rely on imports. Fluorination work is an important material required for the development of high-end manufacturing, environmental protection, new energy and other strategic emerging industries, as well as the upgrading of traditional industries. It has been listed as a key encouraged industry by the state.
The fifth is strong platform support. The Wu Zhengdao Coal Electricity Aluminum Circular Economy Industrial Park has been recognized as a provincial-level characteristic chemical park. Among them, the Fluorobarium New Materials Industrial Park is the only newly built chemical park in Zunyi and the first in Guizhou Province. The planned total investment is about 7.7 billion yuan (including industrial investment of about 6.8 billion yuan), and 38 fluorobarium chemical projects are expected to be built and put into operation within 5 to 7 years. At present, Wuchuan Fluorobarium New Material Industrial Park has been included in the "Guizhou Province Characteristic Chemical Industry Development Plan (2019-2025)" and is the only fluorine chemical industrial park among the five characteristic chemical industrial parks in the province.