Sulfur market research in the CIS

The report is devoted to research of current standing of sulfur market in the CIS and forecast of its development. The report is composed of 6 Chapters, contains 152 Pages, including 33 Figures, 51 Tables and 2 Appendices.

The first Chapter of the report presents data on methods of obtaining sulfur and resources used in industry, and describes directions and volumes of supplies of the resources to sulfur producers.

The second Chapter of the report is devoted to analysis of production of sulfur for the period from 1999 to 2007 in the CIS. The Chapter presents data on volumes of production, traces dynamics of sulfur production by enterprises of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, and considers current standing of producers of sulfur in the CIS. It presents data on available resources base, volumes of production, plans on development of the companies, as well as data on volumes and directions of supplies of the products for the latest years.

The third Chapter describes foreign trade operations in sulfur in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan with analysis of volumes and directions of the export-import supplies.

The fourth Chapter is devoted to analysis of dynamics of changing prices on sulfur at domestic and export markets.

The fifth Chapter describes market of consumption of sulfur in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. We have analysed in detail pattern of consumption of sulfur and its supply-demand balance. The Chapters offers review of the main fields of consumption of sulfur, as well as description of the greatest Russian company-consumers of the product.

The sixth Chapter of the report gives forecast of development of Russian market of sulfur up to 2015

The Appendix presents addresses and contact information on the main company-producers and consumers of sulfur.

The work is "desk" research; when implementing the investigation, we analysed many information sources, first of all, data of state bodies –Federal Service of State Statistics of Russia, State Statistic Committee of Ukraine, CIS countries (data on production), JSC "RZHD" (statistics of railage), Federal Customs Service of Russia and State Customs Committee of Ukraine (data on foreign trade operations), Statistic Agency of Kazakhstan. Besides, we used data of companies, as well as own database of "InfoMine".

This all allowed the authors to draw picture of actual standing of market of sulfur in the CIS/Russia and its prospects.

Table of content

INTRODUCTION

I Technology of production of sulfur and resources used

I.1 Methods of obtaining sulfur

I.1.1 Mining sulfur from native sulfur ores

I.1.2 Obtaining sulfur from hydrogen sulfide-containing gases

I.1.3 Obtaining sulfur from sulfur dioxide

I.2 Kinds of elementary sulfur, used in industry

I.3 Capacities on production of sulfur in the CIS

I.4 The main suppliers of resources

I.4.1 Deposits of native sulfur in the CIS

I.4.2 The main types of oil and gas fields in the CIS

I.4.2.1 Gas fields

I.4.2.2 Oil gas

I.4.2.3 Oil refining

I.4.3 Coke production

I.4.4 Exhaust gases of nonferrous metallurgy

II Production of sulfur in CIS countries

II.1 Quality of the products

II.2 Volume and pattern of production of sulfur in the CIS

II.2.1 Volume of production of sulfur in Russia in 1998-2007

II.2.2 Volume of production of sulfur in Ukraine in 1998-2007

II.3 The main company-producers of sulfur in CIS countries

II.3.1 LLC "Gazprom mining Astrakhan’" (Aksaraisky, Astrakhan region, Russia)

II.3.2 LLC "Gazprom mining Orenburg" (Orenburg, Russia)

II.3.3 JSC "MMC "Norilsk Nickel" (Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia)

II.3.4 LTD. "Tengizshevroil" (Kul’sary, Atyrau region, Kazakhstan)

II.3.5 UDP "Mubarek oil refinery" (Mubarek, Kashkadar’ya region, Uzbekistan)

III Export and import of sulfur in the CIS (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan) in 1997-2007

III.1 Export and import of sulfur in Russia

III.1.1 Volume of export-import of sulfur in Russia in 1997-2007

III.1.2 Tendencies and features of export-import supplies of sulfur of Russia

III.1.3 The main directions of export-import supplies of sulfur of Russia

III.2 Export and import of sulfur in Ukraine

III.2.1 Volume, tendencies and features of sulfur export-import in Ukraine in 1998-2007

III.2.2 The main directions of export-import of sulfur by Ukraine

III.3 Export and import of sulfur in Kazakhstan in 1999-2007

IV Review of prices on sulfur

IV.1 Review of domestic prices on sulfur in Russia in 2003-2007

IV.2 Dynamics of export-import prices in Russia and Ukraine in 2000-2007

IV.2.1 Dynamics of export-import prices in Russia in 1997-2007

IV.2.2 Dynamics of export-import prices in Ukraine in 1999-2007

V Consumption of sulfur in the CIS for 1997-2007

V.1 Supply-demand balance of sulfur (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan)

V.1.1 Supply-demand balance of sulfur in Russia in 1997-2007

V.1.2 Supply-demand balance of sulfur in Ukraine in 1998-2007

V.1.3 Supply-demand balance of sulfur in Kazakhstan in 1999-2007

V.2 Pattern of consumption of sulfur in Russia

V.3 The main fields of consumption of sulfur in Russia

V.3.1 Chemical and petrochemical industry

V.3.2 Pulp-and-paper industry

V.4 Large Russian company-consumers and their projects

V.4.1 LLC "Balakovo mineral fertilizers" (Balakovo, Saratov region)

V.4.2 JSC "Ammophos" (Cherepovets, Vologda region)

V.4.3 JSC "Voskresensk mineral fertilizers" (Voskresensk, Moscow region)

V.4.4 LLC "PG "Phosphorite" (Kingisepp, Leningrad region)

VI Forecast of production and consumption of sulfur in the CIS up to 2015.

VI.1 Forecast of production of sulfur in the CIS up to 2015, broken by types of production and large producers

VI.2 Forecast of consumption of sulfur in the CIS up to 2015

Appendix 1: Contact information on the main Russian company-producers of sulfur in CIS countries

Appendix 2: Contact information on the main Russian company-consumers of sulfur

List of Tables:

Table 1: Conventional classification of various kinds of elementary sulfur

Table 2: CIS companies, having capacities on production of sulfur, and technologies, applied by them

Table 3: Large holdings affiliation of the main companies, producing sulfur in the CIS in 2007

Table 4: Deposits of native sulfur in the CIS and enterprises, mining them

Table 5: Characteristics of mined hydrogen sulfide-containing deposits of natural gas in the CIS

Table 6: Characteristics of oil of the greatest deposits in CIS

Table 7: Characteristics of oil refineries in the CIS, manufacturing sulfur (as of early 2008)

Table 8: Coking plants of Ukraine, manufacturing sulfur as by-product

Table 9: Mineralogical composition of copper and nickel concentrates, obtained by Norilsk and Talnakh concentrators from rich ores

Table 10: Kinds of sulfur, produced by leading producers in the CIS

Table 11: Requirements imposed on quality of technical sulfur (according to GOST 127-93)

Table 12: Production of sulfur in CIS countries in 1997-2007, kt

Table 13: Volumes of production of sulfur in the CIS in 2000-2007, broken by methods of obtaining, kt

Table 14: Production of sulfur in Russia in 1998-2007, kt

Table 15: Production of sulfur in Ukraine in 1998-2007, kt

Table 16: The greatest producers of sulfur in the CIS in 2006-2007

Table 17: The main foreign consumers of sulfur of production of LLC "Gazprom mining Astrakhan’" in 2005-2007

Table 18: The greatest Russian consumers of sulfur of production of LLC "Gazprom mining Astrakhan’" in 2005-2007

Table 19: The greatest Russian consumers of sulfur of production of LLC "Gazprom mining Orenburg" in 2005-2007

Table 20: Volume of Russian export and import of sulfur in 1997-2007, kt

Table 21. Share of sulfur export in total volume of its production in Russia in 1998-2007, %

Table 22: Export of sulfur by Russian enterprises in 2003-2007

Table 23: The greatest Russian consumers of imported sulfur

in 2005-2007, kt

Table 24: The main country-importers of Russian sulfur in 2003-2007, kt

Table 25: Directions of sulfur import by Russia in 2005-2007

Table 26: Foreign trade in sulfur of Ukraine in 1998-2007, kt, and share of export in production, %

Table 27: The greatest Ukrainian consumers of imported sulfur in 2005-2007

Table 28: Directions of sulfur exports by Ukraine in 2004-2007

Table 29: Country-suppliers of sulfur to Ukraine in 2004-2007

Table 30: Foreign trade in sulfur of Kazakhstan in 1999-2007, kt and share of export in production, %

Table 31: Directions of sulfur exports by Kazakhstan in 2002-2005, kt

Table 32: Directions of sulfur imports by Kazakhstan in 2004-2007

Table 33: Producer’s prices on sulfur in Russia in 2004-2007, Ruble/t (including VAT)

Table 34: The main financial results of Russian sulfur exports in 2004-2007

Table 35: Export prices of Russian producers of sulfur and its traders in 2004-2007, $/t

Table 36: The main financial results of sulfur exports by Ukraine in 2004-2007

Table 37: The main financial results of sulfur imports by Ukraine in 2002-2005

Table 38: Volume of consumption of sulfur in Russia in 1997-2007, kt

Table 39: The main data of production and consumption of sulfur in Ukraine in 1998-2007, kt

Table 40: The main data of production and consumption of sulfur in Kazakhstan in 1999-2007

Table 41: Pattern of consumption of sulfur in Russia in 2004-2007, kt

Table 42. Industrial production indices by sectors of industry in Russia in 2002 – 2007, % year-on-year

Table 43: The greatest Russian consumers of sulfur in 2005-2007, kt

Table 44. Supplies of sulfur to LLC "Balakovo mineral fertilizers" in 2005-2007, kt

Table 45: Supplies of resources to JSC "Ammophos" in 2005-2007, kt

Table 46. Supplies of sulfur to JSC "Voskresensk mineral fertilizers" in 2005-2007, kt

Table 47. The main consumers of sulfuric acid and oleum of JSC "Voskresensk mineral fertilizers" in 2005-2007, kt

Table 48. Supplies of sulfur to LLC "PG "Phosphorite" in 2005-2007, kt

Table 49: Forecast of production of sulfur in CIS countries up to 2015, mln t

Table 50: Forecast of production of sulfur by the greatest producers in the CIS

Table 51: Forecast of sulfur consumption in Russia up to 2020

List of Figures:

Figure 1: Production of sulfur in the CIS in 1997-2007, mln t

Figure 2: Production of sulfur in Russia, Kazakhstan and CIS as a whole in 1997-2007, mln t

Figure 3. Shares of CIS countries in total volume of sulfur production in the CIS in 1997-2007, %

Figure 4: Pattern of production of sulfur in the CIS in 2007

Figure 5: Production of sulfur in Russia in 1997-2007, mln t

Figure 6: Utilization of productive capacities on production of sulfur by the greatest Russian producers in 2007, %

Figure 7: Sectoral pattern of production of sulfur in Russia in 2003-2007

Figure 8: Utilization of productive capacities on production of sulfur by its producers in Ukraine in 2007, %

Figure 9: Production of sulfur by LLC "Gazprom mining Astrakhan’" in 1990-2007, mln t

Figure 10: Production of sulfur by LLC "Gazprom mining Orenburg" in 1980-2007, mln t

Figure 11: Utilisation of sulfur at JSC "MMC "Norilsk Nickel" in 1996-2007, kt

Figure 12: Dynamics of production of oil (with gas condensate) and production of sulfur by LTD. "Tengizshevroil" in 1997-2007, mln t

Figure 13. Dynamics of export-import operations in sulfur in Russia in 1997-2007, kt

Figure 14: Share of export in production of sulfur in Russia in 1998-2007, %

Figure 15: Share of export supplies of sulfur in volume of its production by Russian producers in 2005-2007, %

Figure 16: Pattern of Russian sulfur export in 2005 by kinds of the products

Figure 17: Pattern of import of sulfur in Russia in 2007 by kinds of the products

Figure 18: Geographic pattern of Russian sulfur export in 2007, %

Figure 19: Dynamics of production, export-import of sulfur in Russia in 1998-2007, kt

Figure 20: Geographic pattern of sulfur exports by Ukraine in 2006-2007, %

Figure 21: Dynamics of production, export-import of sulfur in Ukraine in 1998-2007, kt

Figure 22: Dynamics of average wholesale producer’s prices on sulfur in Russia in 2003-2007, Ruble/t (exclusive of VAT)

Figure 23: Dynamics of prices of export and import of sulfur by Russia in 1997-2007, $/t

Figure 24: The main financial results of Russian imports of sulfur in 2000-2007

Figure 25: Dynamics of prices of exports and imports of sulfur by Ukraine in 1999-2007 UAH/t

Figure 26: Dynamics of production, apparent consumption (kt), share of export in production, share of import in consumption (%) in Russia in 1997-2007

Figure 27: Dynamics of production, apparent consumption (kt), share of export in production, share of import in consumption (%) in Ukraine in 1998-2007

Figure 28: Pattern of consumption of sulfur in Russia by fields of application in 2007

Figure 29: Production of the main kinds of commodity products by LLC "Balakovo mineral fertilizers" in 2000-2007, kt

Figure 30: Dynamics of production of sulfuric acid and phosphate fertilizers by JSC "Ammophos" in 2000-2007, kt

Figure 31. Production of the main kinds of commodity products by JSC "Voskresensk mineral fertilizers" in 2000-2007, kt

Figure 32: Production of the main kinds of commodity products by LLC "PG "Phosphorite" in 1997-2007, kt

Figure 33: Forecast of consumption of sulfur in Russia up to 2015, kt

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