Phosphorus & Derivatives Market worth 107.5 Million Metric Tons By 2018

Phosphorus , symbol P and atomic number 15 ,is a nonmetallic chemical element. phosphorus as a mineral is almost always present in its maximally oxidised state, as inorganic phosphate rocks.

Types-

• White phosphorus
• Red phosphorus                                                   

Phosphorus derivatives- 

• Industrial phosphates (sodium, calcium, potassium, aluminum, and magnesium phosphates)
• Phosphoric acid
• Phosphorus chlorides
• Phosphorus pentasulfied 
• Phosphorus pentoxide

Applications-

Phosphorus fertilizers,as basic nutrient for plant growth also serves for higher and faster yields of crops. This has made fertilizers the most important application of phosphorus and its derivatives market. Fertilizers also finds applications in detergents of phosphorus and its derivatives. Government bodies of developed countries have imposed regulations on the use of phosphorus in detergents that restricts the growth in the developing countries.Phosphorus forms a number of derivatives, of which ammonium phosphates has the highest market share. Its use in fertilizers has been driving its demand.

Red Phosphorus (Source-Google images)

White Phosphorus (Source-Google images)

Yellow phosphorus is an intermediate in the production of phosphorus derivatives. Its production is highly energy intensive with electricity playing a major role in the cost of production. The major countries that produce yellow phosphorus are China, U.S., Kazakhastan, and Vietnam.

Major players in this market are OCP Sa (Morocco), The Mosaic Company (U.S.), PotashCorp (Canada), EuroChem (Russia), PhosAgro (Russa), Vale S.A. (Brazil), Isreal Chemicals Limited (Isreal), Prayon group (Belgium), Innophos Holding Inc. (U.S.) and United Phosphorus Limited (India). A number of Chinese players such as Yuntianhua Group Co. Ltd, Jiangyin Chengxing Industrial Group Co. Ltd, and Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co. Ltd operate in this market.

Phosphorus & Its Derivatives Market Share, By Geography, 2012

Source: MarketsandMarkets Analysis

Asia has been identified as the largest market as well as the highest growing in the next five years among all regional markets. Asia has emerged as an important consumer with China being the largest producer and consumer while India accounts for the largest imports of phosphorus and its derivatives. The need to be self sufficient in meeting domestic food demands has been driving the consumption of phosphorus in terms of fertilizers and crop protection chemicals. The other regions covered are Americas (constituting North America and South America), Europe, Africa, Oceania and the Middle East.

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Global Feed Additives Market worth $19.5 Billion by 2017

Ingredients that are amalgamated with basic feed mix to provide essential nutrition to animals and improve their overall growth are Feed additives.These additives help to improve the weight gain

rate , avert diseases in animals, avert vitamin deficiencies, and refine feed digestion and conversion. Most of the feed additives are used in micro quantities in the form of injectables, pellets, liquids, and powders.

Types Of  Nutritional Feed Additives-

• Amino acids 
• Minerals and Vitamins

 Types Of  Non-Nutritional Feed Additives-

• Antibiotics 
• Enzymes 
• Acidifiers                                                                                          

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Advantage-

Some feed additives have the potential to reduce the amount of ammonia found in the manure of the animals or in the barn air. Ammonia is a major pollutant; it contributes to an acidification of soils, as well as to respiratory problems in animals and in humans living close to farming operations.

By improving manure quality, litter moisture and barn climate, feed additives can contribute to animal well-being and reduce the occurrence of certain diseases.

Market Value-

The global market for animal feed additives in terms of revenue was estimated to be worth around $15,600.0 million in 2011 and is expected to reach $19,501.9 million by 2017, growing at the CAGR of 3.8% from 2012 to 2017. Asia-Pacific and North America are the two top consumers of feed additives in the world. Growth is particularly high in emerging countries such as China, India, and Brazil due to increasing income levels and rising per capita meat consumption. U.S. is the largest market in North America.

Feed Additives Market Share, By Geography, 2011

(Source: MarketsandMarkets Analysis)

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Global Polyurethanes Market is expected reach $55 Billion while its raw materials MDI & TDI is expected to reach $22 Billion by 2016

Akin to the other plastics,Polyurethanes, are highly used across a number of industries such as construction, electronics, and packaging. Polyurethanes are produced by reacting isocynates with polyols. MDI and TDI are key isocynates used as raw materials. As methylene diphenyl and toluene diisocyanate(MDI and TDI) are highly toxic materials, the polyurethane industry is highly regulated as well as heavily dependent on crude oil dynamics.

Forms Of Polyuethanes-

1. Polyurethane foams
2. Polyurethanes elastomers.

MDI has been predominantly used to manufacture polyurethane foams. The largest application for MDI is rigid polyurethane foams which account for 56.05% of the global consumption of MDI. Rigid foams are mostly used in construction, refrigeration, insulation and packaging applications. MDI is also used to make coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, and binders.TDI is predominantly used to make flexible polyurethane foams which are the largest application for TDI. This is achieved by the reaction of TDI with a polyol to produce the polyurethane foam. Flexible polyurethane foams are mainly used in furniture, automotives, and bedding. The other uses of TDI include elastomers, coatings, adhesives and sealants, and rigid polyurethane foams. 

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The global market for polyurethanes was estimated at 13,650.00 kilo tons in 2010 and is expected to reach 17,946.20 kilo tons by 2016, growing at a CAGR of 4.7% from 2011 to 2016. In terms of revenue, the market was estimated to be worth $33,033.00 million in 2010 and is expected to reach $55,479.68 million by 2016, growing at a CAGR of 6.8% from 2011 to 2016. North America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe dominate the polyurethane market and together accounted for 95% of the global polyurethane demand in 2010. North America and Western Europe are mature markets and are expected to grow at a sluggish rate. However, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, and South America are expected to drive the demand for polyurethanes in the coming decade.

GLOBAL POLYURETHANES MARKET BY PRODUCT TYPES, 2010

Source: MarketsandMarkets

Flexible foams are the largest outlet for polyurethanes, accounting for 36.98% of the overall market in 2010. The second largest outlet is rigid foams, accounting for 28.04% of the overall market in 2010.

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Application areas-

• Insulation
• Footwear
• Coatings
• Sealants
• Elastomers 
• Adhesives                   

Global Water Treatment Chemicals (WTC) Market Expected to Grow from $22,351.3 Million in 2011 to $26,988 Million by 2016

 Chemical compounds used to remove impurities from water are water treatment chemicals. The consumption of water treatment chemicals in various applications such as municipal and industrial water depends on the source of water; which can be sea water, ground water, and municipal drinking water. Water availability, quality of water and usage pattern, presence of pollutants, government policies, and trade-offs among the various chemical compounds influences the demand for water treatment chemicals

Applications of water treatment chemicals are-

• Power plants
• Food and beverages
• Metal and mining
• Pulp & paper 
• Oil and gas
• Chemical processing                   

The kind of the water treatment chemical used and the amount of its consumption varies from location to location and it mainly depends on the water quality such as hardness, TDS (Total Dissolved Solids), pH, and alkalinity. Corrosion and scale inhibitors formed the largest segment of water treatment chemicals globally, in terms of consumption; followed by the coagulants and flocculants in 2010.

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Some of the water treatment chemicals are-

Algaecides Antifoams Biocides Boiler water chemicals Coagulants Corrosion inhibitors Disinfectants

Flocculants Neutralizing agents Oxidants Oxygen scavengers pH conditioners Resin cleaners Scale inhibitors

The global water treatment chemicals’ market is expected to grow from $22,351.3 million in 2011 to $26,988 million by 2016 at a CAGR of 3.8% from 2011 to 2016. Asia-Pacific held the largest share; i.e. 35.9% in the global water treatment chemicals’ market in 2011 and is expected to grow at the highest CAGR of 4.3% to reach $9,877.6 million by 2016.

Global Water Treatment Chemicals Market Revenue, By Types, 2010



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In the global water treatment chemicals’ market, corrosion inhibitors constituted 22.3% of the global market share; followed by scale inhibitors with the total market share of 13.5% in 2010, due to the usage of a lot of metal equipment in cooling and boiler water processes. Coagulants & Flocculants together constituted 31.5% in the total water treatment chemicals market by chemicals type due to their usage in waste water process.

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Global Proppant Market worth $7 billion by 2017

Man-made ceramic materials, designed to keep an induced hydraulic fracture open,following a fracturing treatment typically treated sand known as proppant .Depending on the type of fracturing used,can be gel, foam or slick water based, proppant is added to a fracking fluid which may vary in composition. In addition, there may be unconventional fracking fluids. Fluids make tradeoffs in such material properties as viscosity, where more viscous fluids can carry more concentrated proppant. 

Hydraulic fracturing is propagation of fractures through layers of rock using pressurized fracturing fluid.To abate the difficult to recover extraction of resources from low permeability reservoirs such as shale gas, tight gas, and unconventional liquids through regular drilling procedures,instead,hydraulic fracturing is used.

Fracturing fluid is used in this process as it consists of water, proppant, chemical additives, and guar gum. Proppant is the most integral constituent of the fracturing fluid after water. Proppant material keeps the generated fractures propped open and helps continued oil and gas recovery.

Proppant Market Share, by Geography, 2012 – 2017

(Source: Secondary Research, Expert Interviews, MarketsandMarkets Analysis)

The global market for proppants is estimated at 24.4 million tons in 2012, and is expected to grow up to 43.8 million tons by 2017, at a CAGR of 12.4% from 2012 to 2017.

 (Source-http://www.carboceramics.com/proppant/)

Other types of proppants like sand or sand-based might be cheaper, but both engineering study and real oil and gas production experiences show that ceramic proppants provide higher and consistent oil and gas production rate due to their higher strength, uniformed sizes and shapes regardless in the shapes of reservoirs and their conditions. Ceramic Proppant grains with uniform size and shape has great advantage of providing maximum porosity for the oil and gas flow channel and allows more oil and gas flow the proppant pack. 

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Global Biopesticides Market worth $3.2 billion by 2017

Pesticides are chemical substances used for mitigating pests.Biopesticides are biological pesticides, created by growing and concentrating naturally occurring organisms and their metabolites including bacteria and other microbes, fungi, nematodes, proteins, etc.

Biopesticides are specifically microbial biological pest control agents that are applied in a way akin to chemical pesticides.

Biopesticides for use against crop diseases have raised themselves on a variety of crops. For example, biopesticides  play an important role in controlling downy mildew diseases. Their benefits include a pre-harvest interval , the ability to use under moderate to severe disease pressure, and the tendency to use as a tank mix or in a rotational program with other registered fungicides.

A major growth area for biopesticides is in the area of seed treatments and soil amendments. Fungicidal and biofungicidal seed treatments are used to control soil borne fungal pathogens that cause seed rots, damping-off, root rot and seedling blights. They can also be used to control internal seed–borne fungal pathogens as well as fungal pathogens that are on the surface of the seed. Many biofungicidal products also show capacities to stimulate plant host defenses and other physiological processes that can make treated crops more resistant to a variety of biotic and abiotic stresses.

  
 Advantages-

1.  Harmful remnant are not visible.
2.  Will stay cheaper than chemical pesticides when locally produced.
3.  Can be  worth conventional and effective than chemical pesticides on long term basis.
4. It is biodegradable in nature.

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 Disadvantages-

1. Unsuitable if a pest outbreak is an immediate threat to a crop as it is slow in its processing.
2. High specificity which may require an exact identification of the pest/pathogen and the use of multiple products to be used; although this can also be an advantage in that the biopesticide is less likely to harm species other than the target.      

The global market for biopesticide was valued at $1.3 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach $3.2 billion by 2017, growing at a CAGR of 15.8% from 2012 to 2017. North America dominated the global biopesticides market, accounting for around 40% of the global biopesticide demand in 2011. Europe is expected to be the fastest growing market in the near future owing to the stringent regulation for pesticides and increasing demand from organic products.

Biopesticide Market Share, By Geography, 2011

Source: Primary Interviews, FAO, IFOAM, IBMA, EPA, USDA, MarketsandMarkets Analysis

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Global High Temperature Insulation Market worth $3.5 billion by 2016

High temperature insulation (HTI) products accords high compressive strength and low shrinkage at high temperatures; and thus offer a cost-effective energy management solution for industrial processes. The global HTI products market - defined as insulation products with maximum operating temperature exceeding 1000° C - is witnessing tremendous growth due to the increasing awareness about the energy saving, cost effectiveness and emission reduction offered by these products, and industrialization of emerging economies.

The high temperature insulation market (defined as insulation products with maximum operating temperature exceeding 1000° C) is estimated at $2.7 billion in 2011. Industrialization of emerging economies, the need for energy conservation and emission reduction, wide range of applications across petrochemical industry, and development of low bio persistent products are the major market drivers and opportunities and will influence the market size to grow by compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4% during 2011 – 2016.

High Temperature Insulation Market, by geography, 2011 (% Share)

Source: MarketsandMarkets Analysis

The geographical segmentation shows that Europe holds the largest share in the high temperature insulation market, generating 39% of the total revenue. The saturated European market is closely followed by another saturated market i.e. North America. The fairly nascent Asian market, however, is the fastest growing market for the industrial high temperature insulation applications. Saturation in the European and North American markets has resulted in a shift of focus towards the emerging Asian markets. Steep costs of the insulation products in these saturated market has also given a boost to the exports from the Asian subcontinent. Asia and other emerging economies world over offer the highest growth opportunities for high temperature. 

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The major applications of HTI products are petrochemicals, cement, glass, ceramics, refractory, aluminum, powder metallurgy, and iron and steel industry. Petrochemicals currently hold a 30% share of the overall HTI market, and are expected to continue being the largest application market through 2016. Glass forms the next largest application segment, holding a 14% share of the overall market currently. Most of the applications require insulation at maximum temperature ranging from 1000° C to 1300° C. HTI products falling within this temperature range account for 65% of total HTI market revenue. 

The global HTI products market is estimated to grow from $2.7 billion in 2011 to $3.5 billion in 2016. While Europe led the global HTI market in 2011 with a 39% share, India, China, Russia and Middle East have registered dynamic growth rates. Petrochemical industry is the largest consumer of the HTI products, accounting for nearly 30% of the market revenue in 2011. Glass is the second largest in terms of revenue share i.e. 14% followed by ceramic with 12.3% in 2011. In terms of operating temperatures for the HTI product, the market is broken down into 5 segments, covering a temperature range from 1,000° C to 1,700° C and beyond. The products catering to temperature range of 1,000° C to 1,300° C are the highest revenue contributors in 2011, although the products for 1,700° C and above temperatures show promising growth in the years to come.

On the basis of properties, high temperature insulation market can be divided into ceramic fibers, calcium silicate, insulating firebricks (IFB) and others. Out of the different HTI material categories, ceramic fibers are the most widely used material, and hold nearly 60% of the market in 2011. The high temperature resistance, superior tensile strength and flexibility are reason driving the demand for this material. IFB find favored usage in the furnace applications and occupies the 20% of the market share in 2011. Newer materials like aerogel, bio-persistent insulation materials, etc. occupy a small share in the market, however, show the promise for the period from 2011-2016.