August 22, the US regional ethylene market closing price rose 24.5 US dollars / ton, FD US Gulf prices closed at 545-556 US dollars / ton.

August 22, the European ethylene market prices were mixed, FD Northwest Europe prices rose 2 euros / ton to close at 1034-1039 euros / ton; CIF Northwest Europe prices fell 2.5 US dollars / ton, to close at 1206-1211 US dollars /Ton.

Recently, the international mining giant Glencore Group CEO Ivan Glasenberg (Glasenberg) in the company’s half-year performance report said that with the global shift to the green economy, as well as the growth of demand for electric vehicles, the future will add copper Demand of 2 million tons / year.

Glasenberg predicted that by 2030, electric car sales will account for 30% of the total annual car sales, the amount of ownership from the current 2 million to 26 million.

Even as a 20% conservative estimate of car production in the future, electric car growth will also lead to increased consumption of copper, nickel and cobalt and prices.

In addition to copper, electric vehicle growth will bring 1.2 million tons of nickel, 260,000 tons of cobalt additional demand.

According to the results can be measured, an electric vehicle batteries need an average of 40-50 kg of nickel, 50-75 kg of copper and 5-15 kg of cobalt. And Glencore is the manufacturer of these metals.

This has not yet calculated the additional needs of the charging station for the metal.

According to the US Geological Survey estimates, 2016 global copper production of 19.4 million tons, 12.3 million tons of cobalt, nickel 225 million tons.

With the increase in agricultural production technology, the people for the demand for high-end pesticide products began to increase in the past, enterprises have just imitated pesticides to profit era has been formally, the next stage will be the era of pesticide innovation, pesticide companies how to Walk on the road?

Pesticide creation itself is not easy to add the registration information and registration test requirements to substantially improve, and the policy is not easy to grasp and other factors, it can be said that R & D and innovation difficulties, Wu suggested that pesticide companies to understand the situation, Identify innovative positioning, as the form of innovation can be divided into the classic innovation to create a new effective ingredients; practical innovation of the original drug synthesis of the process line transformation, preparation of innovation; quick innovation innovation (use of innovation). Mr. Wu reminded the pesticide enterprises in the future production process to pay special attention to six aspects, one is to strengthen the sense of responsibility, because the abolition of the license means that the responsibility completely conceited; the second is to update the concept of quality, attention to research and development, attention to the role of additives; Is to avoid low-level innovation; Fourth, establish a correct market philosophy, innovation must pay attention to quality; five is to pay attention to GLP, GEP management, because they will change the history of China’s pesticide registration;

Sinochem International Center, Shenyang Institute of Chemical Industry Professor Liu Changling to share the status of new pesticides and the cause of concern about the varieties of fungicides. As Professor Liu Changling 30 years of rich pesticide creation career, so in the introduction of the creation of products is also very familiar.

There are 50 varieties of pesticides that have been registered in our country, including 20 fungicides, 17 insecticides, 7 herbicides, 1 antiviral agent and 4 plant growth regulators. Professor Liu pointed out that pesticide creation can be from the new varieties, the new mechanism of action, resistance, important diseases, the market and several concerns to consider.

From the major multinational companies in 2015 sales of fungicides statistics, BASF accounted for the largest. And from the concern of the varieties of fungicides, SDHI is the fastest growing class of fungicides. From the beginning of 2002 to enter the Chinese market, first BASF’s pyridinamide, there are about 10 new products listed. The current sales rankings in the forefront of the SDHI products are: BASF’s fluoxacillamides, 2015 sales of about 390 million US dollars; BASF’s pyridinamide, 2015 sales of about 330 million US dollars; Syngenta of benzene And ibuprofen, sales of about 230 million US dollars in 2015; Bayer’s bipacillazole, sales in 2015 about $ 195 million; Bayer’s fluzolidone aniline, 2015 sales of about 120 million US dollars; Bayer Fluprofen, sales of about $ 60 million in 2015; Bayer’s fluoxetine amide, sales of about $ 50 million in 2015.