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 |