"Chasing vanadium and titanium" to create the "third pole" for comprehensive utilization of resources

In recent years, based on resource endowment, location advantage and industrial foundation, Hami in Xinjiang has actively built a green mining industry cluster, accelerated the exploration and development of strategic mineral resources, and vigorously developed the vanadium and titanium industry, in order to cultivate new productive forces and promote high-quality economic development.

On September 29, the China (Hami) Vanadium and Titanium chain Merchants Conference, sponsored by the National Vanadium and Titanium Industry Alliance, opened in Hami, Xinjiang. With the theme of "opportunities for New Vanadium and Titanium Hami", the conference aims to promote chain cooperation and cultivate new vanadium and titanium productivity.

"the vanadium and titanium industry is an important component of the new material industry in Hami. Hami actively integrates into the development pattern of the 'nine major industrial clusters' in the autonomous region in terms of industrial development, and will actively grasp the trend of accelerated iteration of technology and products in the vanadium and titanium industry. strengthen cooperation and exchanges with enterprises in the upper and lower reaches of China's foreign vanadium and titanium industry chain, actively explore new technologies, new products and new markets in the vanadium and titanium industry, and vigorously introduce and cultivate high-end talents and innovation teams in the vanadium and titanium industry. Strive to achieve a leap from scale leadership to science and technology leadership. " Hami Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Mayor Wulamujiang Reyimu said.

Vanadium and titanium is a strategic advantage resource and strategic emerging industry. The application of vanadium as "industrial monosodium glutamate" in steel and titanium alloy has changed the properties of steel and titanium, vanadium as energy storage medium has changed the form of energy storage and brought trillions of energy storage market; titanium is not afraid of corrosion, high temperature and low temperature. it is widely used in aerospace and other fields, and has the title of "flower of modern industry".

In September this year, the Hami Geological Brigade of Xinjiang Geological Bureau announced that a major breakthrough had been made in prospecting and exploration in the deep edge of Weiya vanadium-titanium magnetite: the estimated iron ore resources reached 358 million tons and associated titanium resources reached 21.5 million tons, reaching the scale of large iron ore and large titanium deposits. At present, the estimated reserves of vanadium-titanium magnetite in Hami region are 2 billion tons, ranking third in the country.

Hami is the "east gate" of Xinjiang and a typical resource industrial and mining city with unique geography and location, rich natural resources, and a titanium industry chain cultivated by the coupling of new energy and vanadium and titanium resources. it is the source force of Hami industry development.

Wang Yanping, member of the standing Committee of the party committee and deputy general manager of Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., said: "Hami has a very good foundation in terms of resources and enterprises to realize products, and has made very good achievements in accordance with safety, industry, independence, and controllability. high-end products, efficient green, efficient extraction, comprehensive utilization to do more investment, give full play to their advantages, and strive to do better."

In the past, it flourished because of coal, but now it rises with green energy. With the continuous gathering of industrial strength, inspired by technological breakthroughs, increased demand, application refreshing and pattern reshaping, it is the right time for Hami to develop vanadium and titanium.

Vanadium and titanium is an indispensable important metal element in modern industry, especially widely used in new energy storage, aerospace, marine engineering, medical equipment and other fields. The strategic position of vanadium and titanium resources is becoming increasingly prominent. Hami has advantages in location, resources and policies, and there are broad prospects for exploration, development and utilization of vanadium and titanium resources. " In his speech at the meeting, Xiao Wenjiao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of the Xinjiang Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said.

Through deep ploughing the comprehensive utilization of vanadium and titanium resources, Hami is seizing the opportunity of accelerated development of new industries and new forms of industry, such as new energy and new materials, and taking advantage of its strength to take the lead in strategic positioning, industrial scale, development mode and the construction of industrial chain supply chain. enlarge the "vanadium-titanium effect" and become the third pole of comprehensive utilization of vanadium-titanium magnetite in China after Panxi and Chengde.

In 2013, Hami introduced Hunan Wujiang holding Group Co., Ltd. and established Xinjiang Xiangsheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., focusing on promoting the construction of titanium industry chain.

By 2023, Xinjiang Xiangsheng New material Technology Co., Ltd. has formed the whole industry chain of "titanium concentrate-high titanium slag-titanium tetrachloride-sponge titanium (alloy) ingot-titanium material". It has an annual production capacity of 650000 tons of titanium concentrate, 60, 000 tons of high-titanium slag, 30, 000 tons of sponge titanium and 20, 000 tons of titanium materials; 272700 tons of titanium concentrate, 59500 tons of high titanium slag, 32800 tons of sponge titanium and 19500 tons of titanium materials The scale of sponge titanium and titanium materials ranks second in the country and has become an influential world-class titanium enterprise. At present, Xinjiang Huatian New material Technology Co., Ltd. is stepping up the construction of 30,000 tons of titanium and titanium alloy project.

Xiao Zhihai, chairman of Xinjiang Xiangsheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., said: "Hami is the best place to produce titanium. We are actively promoting the construction of the second phase of the 30,000-ton project. In September this year, the sponge titanium processing workshop has been put on trial run. The melting and casting workshop has also been successfully commissioned. By the end of 2025, 30,000 tons of titanium will be fully built, and the titanium industry in Xinjiang will have an annual output of 50,000 tons. At that time, the industrial scale will reach the largest single production capacity in the world, the output value will reach 10 billion yuan, and the profits and taxes will reach about 2 billion yuan. "

The leading vanadium and titanium industry in Hami has been firmly embedded in China's vanadium and titanium industry chain. At this conference, Hami signed a contract with Xinjiang Xinhua Hydropower Investment Co., Ltd. And Zhejiang Xingchen Xineng Technology Co., Ltd. to build a highly active electrolyte manufacturing base for all-vanadium flow batteries, with an investment of 3 billion yuan. The first phase invests 1 billion yuan to build an annual output of 100000 square meters of high-performance all-vanadium flow battery electrolyte. After all the investment in the third phase is completed and reached production, the annual output value will be 7 billion yuan.

Zhao Yanling, deputy general manager of Beijing Puneng Century Technology Co., Ltd., said: "This time when we came to Hami, we conducted an in-depth inspection of Hami's vanadium resources, deeply connected with enterprises and local governments, explored new market opportunities, and fully explored energy storage market opportunities in the west. Opportunities for green power development and the integration of vanadium and titanium resources."

The development and utilization of vanadium-titanium magnetite is a Hami scenario for Xinjiang to build a green mining industry cluster, and vanadium-titanium is a carrier for Xinjiang to build a characteristic industrial core area and vanadium-titanium hub economy. Hami takes the vision of "China's Titanium Capital and World's Titanium Valley" and implements chain-length management for the vanadium and titanium industry, strengthens development strength, and gathers development momentum.

Zhang Bangxu, secretary-general of the National Vanadium and Titanium Industry Alliance, said: "The development of Hami Vanadium and Titanium Industry Chain demonstrates a new map of vanadium-titanium development in China and promotes the vanadium-titanium industry to a new level. Today, we must seize the opportunity of the rapid development of the national vanadium-titanium industry chain, truly transform and embody resource advantages, and at the same time, we must match steel production capacity and vanadium production capacity in resource-rich areas. In the future, we will break through this window in the new round of comprehensive utilization technology of vanadium-titanium magnetite, and use non-blast furnace smelting technology to promote the green, low-carbon and efficient utilization of vanadium-titanium magnetite. It has many advantages, which can graft the talents, technology and capital of the entire industry, making Hami truly the third pole of China's vanadium and titanium industry.