INTRODUCTION
I. Brief characteristic of the world boron market (resources, manufacture, prices) I.1. Resources I.2. Extraction and manufacture I.3. Consumption I.4. Prices
II. Boron resources and deposits in the CIS
III. Boron: extraction and manufacture
IV. The current state of the boron manufacture in the CIS IV.1. Joint-Stock Company "Gorno-Obogatytelny Kombinat "Bor" (Dalnegorsk, Primorski Krai, the Russian Federation IV.2. Joint-Stock Company "Judzno-Uralsky Kryolytovy zavod" (Kuvabdyk, Orenburg region, the Russian Federation) IV.3. Joint-Stock Company "Inderbor" (Atyrauskaja area, Republic Kazakhstan)
V. Foreign trade operations with boron production V.1. Volume of boric acid export - import in the Russian Federation in 1999-2005 V.2. Tendencies and features of export-import deliveries V.3. Basic directions of export-import deliveries V.4. Export - import of boric acid in Ukraine V.5. Dynamics of the export-import prices in the Russian Federation
VI. Internal consumption of boric production VI.1. Balance of boron containing ores consumption VI.2. Balance of boric acid consumption of Russia VI.3. Structure of boric acid consumption in Russia VI.4. Key industries - boric acid consumers VI.4.1. Ceramic products manufacture VI.4.2. Glass manufacture VI.4.3. Enamels manufacture VI.4.4. Metallurgy industry VI.5. Basic consumers, their projects VI.5.1. Joint-Stock Company "Nefrit-Keramyka" (Tosnensky reg., Leningrad area) VI.5.2. Joint-Stock Company "Steklonit" (Ufa, Republic Bashkortostan) VI.5.3. Joint-Stock Company " Bashkirskoye Meditsinskoye Steklo" (Tuimazy, Republic Bashkortostan) VI.5.4. Joint-Stock Company "Sen-Goben Vetrotex Steklovolokno" (Goos-Khrustalny, Vladimir area) VI.5.5. Joint-Stock Company "LMZ-Stema" (Lysva, Perm territory)
VII. Prospects and forecast of boron manufacture, export, import and consumption in the CIS countries up to 2010
Appendix 1: Directory of boric production manufactures Appendix 2: Directory of boric production consumers
List of Tables:
Table 1: World's resources of boron-containing minerals, million t Table 2: Basic boron minerals in its commercial deposits Table 3: World boron-containing output, thousand t Table 4: World prices for boron production Table 5: Geographical allocation of boron ores balance deposits in the Russian Federation Table 6: Description of the enterprises involved in boron raw materials mining Table 7: Quality requirements to datolite concentrate manufactured by the Joint-Stock Company GHK "Bor" Table 8: Mining of boron-containing ores in the CIS countries in 1994-2005, thousand t Table 9: Physical and chemical parameters of various boric acid grades as per GOST 18704-78 standard Table 10: Manufacture of boric acid in the CIS in 1994-2005, thousand t Table 11: Basic production types of the Joint-Stock Company "Bor" in 2002-2004, thousand t Table 12: Deliveries of the Joint-Stock Company "Bor" boric acid to the Russian market in 2002-2005, t Table 13: Export share in the total boric acid manufacture of the Joint-Stock Company "Bor" Table 14: Geography of export deliveries of the Joint-Stock Company "Bor" in 1999-2005, t Table 15: Deliveries of borate ores to the Joint-Stock Company "Yudzno-Uralsky Cryolytovy Zavod" from Kazakhstan Table 16: Export share in the total amount of boric acid manufacture of the Joint-Stock Company "YuUKZ" Table 17: Geography of export boric acid deliveries of the Joint-Stock Company "YuUKZ" in 1999-2005 Table 18: Deliveries of boric acid manufactured by the "YuUKZ" to the Russian market in 2002-2004, t Table 19: Extraction of borate ores by the Joint-Stock Company "Inderbor" in 1994-1997, thousand t Table 20: Boric acid foreign trade in the Russian Federation in 1999-2005, t Table 21: Export share in total amount of boric acid manufacture in Russia in 1999-2005 Table 22: Boric acid exporters in the Russian Federation in 1999-2005, t Table 23: Boric acid export in 1999-2005, t Table 24: Countries - boric acid suppliers to Russia in 1999-2005, t Table 25: Boric acid foreign trade in Ukraine in 2000-2005, t Table 26: Countries - boric acid suppliers to Ukraine in 2000-2005, t Table 27: Ukrainian boric acid consumers, t Table 28: Boric acid export - import prices in Russia in 1999-2005, $/t Table 29: Export prices for Russian boric acid in 1999-2005, $/t Table 30: Boron - containing ores consumption in the Russian Federation Table 31: Volumes of boric acid consumption in Russia in 1999-2005, t Table 32: Import share in the consumption of boric acid in the Russian Federation Table 33: Manufacture of ceramic tiles in the Russian Federation in 1998-2005, thousand m2 Table 34: B2O3 percentage in inorganic glasses with special properties, % by weight Table 35: Manufacture of fiber glass and its products by the enterprises using boric acid, t Table 36: Volume of manufacture of medical utensils in the Russian Federation in 1998-2004 Table 37: Manufacture of medical glass rot, t Table 38: Basic manufacturers of enamels Table 39: Fluxes for gas welding structure and cast-iron braze-welding, % Table 40: Structures of fluxes for gas welding copper Table 41: Chemical mixture of Ferro boron as per GOST 14848-69 standard Table 42: Basic boron acid consumers in Russia in 2002-2005, t Table 43: Boric acid deliveries to the Joint-Stock Company "Hefrit-keramika" in 2002-2005, t Table 44: Boric acid deliveries to the Joint-Stock Company "Steklonit" in 2002-2005, t Table 45: Manufacture of medical glass by the Joint-Stock Company "Bashkirskoye Meditsinskoye Steklo" in 1998-2004 Table 46: Boric acid deliveries to the Joint-Stock Company "Bashkirskoye Meditsinskoye Steklo" in 2002-2005, t Table 47: Boric acid deliveries to the Joint-Stock Company "Steklovolokno" in 2002-2005, t
List of Figures:
Figure 1: Location of the basic deposits and manufacturers of boric production in the CIS Figure 2: Dynamics of boron-containing ores extraction in the CIS Figure 3: Dynamics of datolite ores extraction and boric acid production at the Joint-Stock Company "Bor" in 1994-2005, thousand t Figure 4: Dynamics of boric acid manufacture at the Joint-Stock Company "Yudzno-Uralsky Kryolytovy zavod" in 1993-2004 Figure 5: Dynamics of boric acid export-import transactions in Russia in 1999-2005, thousand t Figure 6: ATR countries share in H3BO3 export from the Russian Federation 2002-2005 Figure 7: Boric acid import and dynamics of the average import prices in Ukraine in 2000-2005, thousand t Figure 8: Dynamics of the boric acid export - import prices in the Russian Federation in 1999-2005, $/t Figure 9: Dynamics of the boric anhydride Russian export prices for in 1999-2005, $/t Figure 10: Structure of boric acid consumption in the Russian Federation in 2005 Figure 11: Change of boric acid consumption structure in Russia in 2002-2005 Figure 12: Dynamics of enameled stoneware manufacture in 1998-2005 Figure 13: Dynamics of of fiber glass manufacture and its products in 1998-2004, thousand t Figure 14: Dynamics of manufacture of ceramic tile at the Joint-Stock Company "Nefrit - Keramika", the enterprise's share in the all-Russian manufacture in 1998-2005 Figure 15: Dynamics of fiber glass and its products manufacture by the Joint-Stock Company "Steklovolokno" in 1998-2004 Figure 16: Forecast of boric acid manufacture up to 2010, thousand t |