The expectation of alumina production boosts the market for caustic soda, and the profitability of related listed companies is expected to improve | Industry Dynamics.
① Driven by expectations of downstream Aluminum oxide expansion, on January 7, the Futures Block Orders contract SH2505 for caustic soda reached a high of 3068 yuan/ton, refreshing a nearly one-year high during the trading session; ② Tangshan Sanyou Chemical Industries stated that, supported by the growth in demand for downstream Aluminum oxide and electrolytic Aluminum, caustic soda prices are expected to be running at a high level in 2025.
The two major Block Orders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have increased production, CMOC Group Limited's 2024 Copper and Cobalt output both increased by over fifty percent year-on-year | Quick Announcement.
① Benefiting from the capacity expansion and increased production of the two major Block Orders mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, CMOC Group Limited's main mineral product output achieved overall growth last year; ② Among these, the increases in Copper and Cobalt products were particularly notable, with year-on-year growth rates exceeding fifty percent.
Our country is solidly promoting the action to enhance grain production capacity, and the seed industry is entering a period of intensive policy stimulation.
According to reports, this year, our country has solidly promoted a new round of grain production capacity enhancement actions aimed at increasing grain production by a billion pounds, implementing large-scale yield improvement actions for major crops such as grains and oils, and accelerating the construction of high-standard farmland. The Guosheng Securities pointed out that after 2021, policies represented by the seed industry revitalization plan have been intensively introduced, and the seed industry revitalization policies combined with Transgenic changes have led to an expansion of the Industry and a significant optimization of the landscape, currently entering a period of intensive policy and Transgenic information catalysis.
Performance continues to decline in search of breakthroughs. Leading flame retardant company Zhejiang Wansheng takes the first step in building factories overseas | Quick read of the announcement.
① The leading flame retardant company Zhejiang Wansheng intends to invest in a factory in Thailand, with an annual production capacity of 0.032 million tons of flame retardants; ② The company's performance has been under pressure in recent years, especially with the greatest impact on overseas Business; ③ Building a factory in Thailand will fill the company's overseas production capacity gap, as previous overseas layouts focused on marketing.
There has been no further news on the collaboration with Contemporary Amperex Technology, and CNNC Hua Yuan Titanium Dioxide is partnering with Guangdong Construction to sign a 4.27 billion yuan Energy project丨Quick Read Announcement.
① CNNC Titanium-White and Guangdong Construction Engineering plan to invest a total of 4.27 billion yuan to build related energy projects; ② Previously, the 10 billion yuan new energy project that the company and Ningde Times planned to invest did not follow.
Solving the phosphogypsum problem, anhui liuguo chemical plans to invest 0.113 billion yuan to build a comprehensive resource utilization repository for phosphogypsum | Read the announcement quickly.
① Anhui Liuguo Chemical announced plans to invest 0.113 billion yuan to build a comprehensive resource utilization project for phosphogypsum; ② The utilization of phosphogypsum has always been a global challenge, and relevant national departments recently issued technical specifications to promote its comprehensive utilization; ③ After rumors about solid state battery, Anhui Liuguo Chemical implemented a public opinion management system following a five-day trading limit.