Summary: By the end of Nov. 2023, LiPF6 production of three companies has been suspended, terminated and expanded respectively.
On
27 Nov., 2023, the official website of Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
showed that due to the withdrawal of IPO application by NGF Chemical
Co., Ltd. (NGF) and its sponsor institution, SSE decided to terminate
the IPO of NGF and review its listing on the main board of SSE. It is
reported that this NGF IPO raised USD199.29 million (RMB1.42 billion),
of which USD35.16 million (RMB249.63 million) was used for "the new
project of 5,000 t/a of lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6)", accounting for 17.64% of the total raised funds.
On
29 Nov., 2023, Xinyangfeng Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd.
(Xinyangfeng Agricultural) announced that in view of the changes in
market environment and form, to control risks of foreign investment, it
decided to terminate the comprehensive utilisation project of phosphorus
chemical industry and fluorine and silicon resources associated with
phosphorus ore of Yangfeng Chuyuan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Xinyangfeng Agricultural. The main
construction contents of the project include fluorosilicone chemical
industry, new energy materials and phosphorus chemical industry. The
products include: 10,000 t/a LiPF6,
30,000 t/a anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, 250,000 t/a purified phosphoric
acid, etc. Purified phosphoric acid can be used to manufacture lithium
ferrous phosphate as raw material of lithium battery.
Xinyangfeng Agricultural's main business is phosphate fertiliser; this project is the first LiPF6 business of the company.
On 28 Nov., 2023, Do-Fluoride New Materials Co., Ltd. (DFD), a leading enterprise of LiPF6,
released its 2023 annual performance forecast. According to the
forecast, the estimated net profit attributable to shareholders of
listed companies in 2023 is USD78.76 million (RMB560.00 million), down
68.17% YoY. On the same day, the secretary of the board of directors of
DFD told the media that the company planned to increase the LiPF6 production capacity by 10,000 t/a in 2024 to cope with the decline in performance.
In
recent years, the rapid growth of production and sales of new energy
vehicles in China has increased the number of manufacturers producing
LiPF6. With overcapacity and imbalance between supply and demand in the industry, the price of LiPF6 has been declining continuously recently; the industry has entered a reshuffle stage. In the short run, the decline of LiPF6 is cyclical, which will continue to eliminate some LiPF6 manufacturers
with limited strength. In the long run, the penetration rate of new
energy vehicles in China is only 31% at present, which means there is
still much room for growth in the future; if there is no technological
advancement to replace LiPF6 in the future, there will still be a large market demand for LiPF6 in the future.
Source:CCM
More information can be found at CCM Fluoride Materials China Monthly Report.
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