Not to dilute the lighting industry as the demand for rare earths has been drastically reduced

Huxue Fang in 2013, held the 12th annual meeting of the International Rare said that due to various reasons the lighting industry demand for rare earths has been drastically reduced, and the peak period (2010, 2011) compared to current demand for terbium oxide and europium oxide has been reduced by 60% -70%.

Huxue Fang said that the lighting industry has greatly reduced demand for rare earths main reasons: the global economic downturn, coupled with LED replacement, making the fluorescent demand decreased by 20% -30%; coated process improvements, high-coated phosphor appears with the saving of the amount of powder, reduced demand for fluorescent powder 50% -60%; phosphor technology to improve the utilization of reclaimed powder with reduced amount of rare earth.

Huxue Fang pointed out that the rare earth luminescent material costs accounted for the proportion is 80%, while the share of rare earth luminescent materials downstream applications, compared to just 6%, so the lighting industry, a significant reduction in demand for rare earth rare earth industry, the impact is limited.

According to the said 2012 production and sales of domestic rare earth phosphors of 4,000 tons, while the production capacity of 30,000 tons, "production capacity is far greater than the demand."

She said that this year sales of rare earth phosphors and probably last year, of 4,000 tons, "and in 2010, in 2011, when sales of rare earth fluorescent powder about 8000 tons, but some of them are inventory."


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