- Published: January 2024
- Pages: 150
- Tables: 32
- Figures: 18
- Companies profiled: 61
The demand for carbon black continues to witness significant growth, driven by diverse applications ranging from tire manufacturing to various industrial processes, as well as rapidly expanding regional markets (e.g. India and Southeast Asia). Virgin carbon black, produced from fossil fuels, is widely used as a pigment in plastics, paints, printing inks and coatings. It also offers electrical conductivity, UV protection, increasing resistance to thermal degradation, and can be used as a reinforcing filler in rubber.
The Global Market for Carbon Black 2024-2034 forecasts global demand for carbon black across traditional and emerging markets like tires, plastics, energy storage, coatings, filtration and more - from 2018 to 2034. Multiple carbon black varieties are analyzed from traditional furnace/thermal feedstock grades to specialty, recovered and renewable offerings.
Regional demand analysis covers Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Middle East/Africa geographies. The report profiles over 60 leading producers, highlighting products, production capacities, technologies and target markets. Latest industry developments in areas like methane pyrolysis, circular carbon, tire recycling, renewable carbon black and sustainability targets are assessed.
Carbon black industry evolution, manufacturing processes, raw material supply chains and integrated business models are reviewed to project future industry growth and restructuring potentials. Pricing evolution analysis is provided across feedstocks, traditional carbon black types and niche recovered/renewable grades.
Emerging market opportunities in 3D printing, high-performance plastics, next-generation tires, filtration media, food contact and gas storage leveraging carbon black additives are examined to identify prospects. Competitor analysis evaluates the diversification and forward integration strategies amongst merchant suppliers and downstream rubber/plastics companies. Technology adoption roadmaps across automotive, industrials and green construction relevant to carbon black are also considered as demand drivers.
Sustainable innovation and greener manufacturing are becoming increasingly important, driven by consumer demand and legislation such as the plastic packaging tax. As the demand for carbon black surges, it is important to reflect on its environmental impact and look for more sustainable solutions.
Report contents include:
- Global carbon black market demand analysis from 2018 to 2034 – volumes and revenues
- Demand forecasting for specialty, recovered and renewable carbon black
- Competitor landscape across over 60 market players. Companies profiled include Birla Carbon, Jiangxi Black Cat Carbon Black Co., Monolith, Orion S.A., Our Carbon, Pyrum Innovations, and Tokai Carbon. A full list is provided in the table of contents.
- Review of major markets – tires, rubber, plastics, coatings, energy storage etc.
- Emerging opportunities in 3D printing, filtration, food contact, gas storage
- Development of alternative carbon blacks
- The role of sustainable carbon black in current and future markets
- Commercial production analysis covering capacities, technologies, assets
- Carbon black types overview – furnace, thermal, methane pyrolysis etc.
- Sustainability trends - circular carbon, tire recycling, renewable pathways
- New process innovations around methane cracking, biomass pyrolysis
- Raw material supply chain structure – feedstocks, integrated operations
- Pricing evolution analysis – traditional feedstocks, specialty materials
- Regional demand trends across Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Middle East/Africa
- Latest industry developments, partnerships, capacity expansions, mergers & acquisitions
- Technology adoption roadmaps for automotive, tire, plastics and construction sectors
- Market leaders in traditional and sustainable carbon black production and capacities
- Future market dynamics and regulatory outlook of sustainable carbon black.
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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 11
2 CARBON BLACK 13
- 2.1 Types 13
- 2.2 Furnace carbon black 15
- 2.3 Commercially available carbon black 16
- 2.4 Properties of carbon black 17
- 2.4.1 Particle size distribution 19
- 2.4.2 Structure-Aggregate size 19
- 2.4.3 Surface chemistry 20
- 2.4.4 Agglomerates 21
- 2.4.5 Colour properties 22
- 2.4.6 Porosity 22
- 2.4.7 Physical form 23
- 2.5 Manufacturing processes 24
- 2.6 Markets for carbon black 25
- 2.7 Sustainability 27
- 2.7.1 Tire industry sustainability targets 27
- 2.7.2 Methane Pyrolysis 28
- 2.7.3 Recovered Carbon Black (rCB) 28
- 2.7.4 Renewable Carbon Black 29
- 2.7.5 Circular Carbon Black 29
- 2.8 Current pricing and forecasts 31
3 METHANE PYROLYSIS CARBON BLACK 32
- 3.1 Overview 32
- 3.2 Sustainability 34
- 3.3 Markets and applications 35
- 3.4 Pricing 36
- 3.5 Market players 37
4 SPECIALTY CARBON BLACK 38
- 4.1 Overview 38
- 4.2 Markets and applications 39
- 4.3 Pricing 41
5 RECOVERED CARBON BLACK (rCB) 41
- 5.1 Overview 41
- 5.2 Specifications 42
- 5.3 Sustainability 43
- 5.4 Categories for recovered carbon black (rCB) 44
- 5.5 Production 46
- 5.5.1 Pyrolysis of End-of-Life Tires (ELT) 46
- 5.5.2 Discontinuous (“batch”) pyrolysis 47
- 5.5.3 Semi-continuous pyrolysis 47
- 5.5.4 Continuous pyrolysis 48
- 5.6 Markets for recovered carbon black 48
- 5.6.1 Tires 49
- 5.6.2 Plastic masterbatches 50
- 5.7 Pricing 51
- 5.8 Market players 51
6 RENEWABLE CARBON BLACK 54
- 6.1 Overview 55
- 6.2 Current market and outlook 56
- 6.3 Pricing 57
- 6.4 Market players 57
7 CIRCULAR CARBON BLACK 57
- 7.1 Overview 58
- 7.2 Current market and outlook 58
- 7.3 Pricing 59
- 7.4 Market players 60
8 GLOBAL MARKET FOR CARBON BLACK 62
- 8.1 By type (tons) 62
- 8.2 By market (tons) 62
- 8.3 By market (revenues) 65
- 8.4 By region (Tons) 66
- 8.5 Traditional markets 67
- 8.5.1 Tires and automotive 68
- 8.5.2 Non-Tire Rubber (Industrial rubber) 70
- 8.6 Recent market news and developments 72
- 8.7 Global market for Specialty Carbon Black (tons) 74
- 8.8 Global market for Recovered Carbon Black (Tons) 76
- 8.9 Growth markets 78
- 8.9.1 3D Printing 79
- 8.9.2 Energy storage 80
- 8.9.3 Sustainable Tires 81
- 8.9.4 High Performance Plastics 82
- 8.9.5 Filtration Media 83
- 8.9.6 Gas Storage 85
- 8.10 Market supply chain 85
- 8.11 Pricing 88
- 8.11.1 Feedstock 88
- 8.11.2 Commercial carbon black 88
- 8.12 Production capacities 89
9 COMPANY PROFILES 90
- 9.1 Asahi Carbon Co Ltd 90
- 9.2 Balkrishna Industries Limited 91
- 9.3 BB&G AWES Lda. 92
- 9.4 Beilum Carbon Chemical Limited 93
- 9.5 Birla Carbon 93
- 9.6 Black Bear Carbon BV 94
- 9.7 Bolder Industries 95
- 9.8 Bridgestone 96
- 9.9 Cabot Corporation 97
- 9.10 Cancarb Limited 97
- 9.11 China Synthetic Rubber Corporation (CSRC) 98
- 9.12 Circtec Group 99
- 9.13 Contec sp. z o.o. 100
- 9.14 Continental 100
- 9.15 Delta-Energy Group L.L.C. 101
- 9.16 Denka Company Limited 102
- 9.17 Ecolomondo 102
- 9.18 ecOTR 103
- 9.19 Elysium Nordic 104
- 9.20 Enrestec 105
- 9.21 Envigas 107
- 9.22 Epsilon Carbon 108
- 9.23 G3C Technologies 109
- 9.24 Geotech International B.V. 110
- 9.25 Hi-Green Carbon Ltd. 111
- 9.26 Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd 112
- 9.27 Imerys Graphite & Carbon 113
- 9.28 JSC Yaroslavskiy Tekhnicheskiy Uglerod (Yaroslavl Carbon Black Plant 113
- 9.29 Jiangi Black Cat Carbon Black 114
- 9.30 Jinneng Science and Technology Company Limited 115
- 9.31 Kal Tire 115
- 9.32 Klean Industries 117
- 9.33 Living Ink 118
- 9.34 Longxing Chemical Stock Co., Ltd. 118
- 9.35 Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 119
- 9.36 Monolith Materials Inc 121
- 9.37 Nature Coatings 122
- 9.38 New Energy Ltd. 123
- 9.39 Ningxia Shenzhou Tire Co., Ltd. 124
- 9.40 Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd. 125
- 9.41 OCI Company Ltd 126
- 9.42 Omsk Carbon Group OOO 127
- 9.43 Origin Materials 128
- 9.44 Orion Engineered Carbons SA 129
- 9.45 Our Carbon 129
- 9.46 Phillips Carbon Black Limited (PCBL) 130
- 9.47 PJSC Kremenchug Carbon Black Plan 131
- 9.48 Polimix Ambiental 132
- 9.49 PRTI Inc. 134
- 9.50 Pyrum Innovations AG 135
- 9.51 Ralson Carbon 135
- 9.52 RCB Nanotechnologies GmbH 136
- 9.53 Reoil Sp. z o.o. 136
- 9.54 Scandinavian Enviro Services AB 137
- 9.55 Shandong Oci-Jianyang Carbon Black Co., Ltd 138
- 9.56 Stadtwerke Osnabrück 138
- 9.57 Suzhou Baohua Carbon Black Co., Ltd. 139
- 9.58 Tokai Carbon Co Ltd 140
- 9.59 Turkmen-Carbon 141
- 9.60 Wastefront 143
- 9.61 Waverly Carbon 143
10 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 144
11 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 145
12 REFERENCES 146
List of Tables
- Table 1. Key types of carbon black. 13
- Table 2. Commercially available carbon black grades. 16
- Table 3. Properties of carbon black and influence on performance. 18
- Table 4. Carbon black compounds. 22
- Table 5. Carbon black manufacturing processes, advantages and disadvantages. 23
- Table 6. Markets for carbon black. 25
- Table 7. Methane pyrolysis carbon black markets. 34
- Table 8. Methane pyrolysis carbon black pricing. 36
- Table 9. Methane pyrolysis carbon black producers. 36
- Table 8. Specialty carbon black pricing. 40
- Table 10. Categories for recovered carbon black (rCB) based on key properties and intended applications. 44
- Table 11. rCB post-treatment technologies. 45
- Table 12. Markets for recovered carbon black. 47
- Table 13. Recovered carbon black pricing. 50
- Table 14. Recovered carbon black producers. 50
- Table 15. Pricing for renewable carbon black. 56
- Table 16. Market players in renewable carbon black. 56
- Table 17. Pricing for circular carbon black. 59
- Table 18. Market players in circular carbon black. 60
- Table 19. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by type (100,000 tons). 61
- Table 20. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by end user market (100,000 tons). 62
- Table 21. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by end user market (billion USD). 64
- Table 22. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by region (100,000 tons). 65
- Table 23: Market drivers for carbon black in the tire industry. 68
- Table 24. Global market for carbon black in tires (Million metric tons), 2018 to 2033. 69
- Table 25. Carbon black non-tire applications. 70
- Table 26. Recent carbon black market news and developments. 71
- Table 27. Specialty carbon black demand, 2018-2034 (000s Tons), by market. 74
- Table 28. Recovered carbon black demand, 2018-2034 (000s Tons), by market. 76
- Table 29. Market supply chain for carbon black. 84
- Table 30 Pricing of carbon black. 87
- Table 31: Carbon black capacities, by producer. 88
- Table 32. Glossay of terms. 144
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Electron microscope image of carbon black. 17
- Figure 2. Different shades of black, depending on the surface of Carbon Black. 19
- Figure 3. Structure- Aggregate Size/Shape Distribution. 19
- Figure 4. Surface Chemistry – Surface Functionality Distribution. 20
- Figure 5. Sequence of structure development of Carbon Black. 21
- Figure 6. Carbon Black pigment in Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) polymer. 22
- Figure 8. Current pricing and forecasts for carbon black, by type. 31
- Figure 9. Goodyear tire produced using carbon black produced via methane pyrolysis. 33
- Figure 10. Applications of specialty carbon black. 38
- Figure 11. Pyrolysis process: from ELT to rCB, oil, and syngas, and applications thereof. 46
- Figure 12. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by type (100,000 tons). 62
- Figure 13. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by end user market (100,000 tons). 63
- Figure 14. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by end user market (millions USD). 65
- Figure 15. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by region (100,000 tons). 66
- Figure 16 Break-down of raw materials (by weight) used in a tire. 67
- Figure 17. Specialty carbon black market volume, 2018-2034 (000s Tons), by market. 75
- Figure 18. Recovered carbon black demand, 2018-2034 (000s Tons), by market. 76
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