Pearlescent mica (titanium mica) industry has high technical barriers and a small number of market participants in my country

​​ ​​ Pearlescent mica, also known as titanium mica and pearlescent mica, refers to a new type of pigment made from mica powder and titanium sulfate or titanium chloride solution as raw materials and processed by special processes. Compared with traditional pigments, pearlescent mica is non-flammable, acid and alkali resistant, easy to disperse, non-toxic and odorless, and has broad application prospects in electronic and electrical, skin care products, cosmetics, packaging, coatings and other fields. There are many kinds of pearlescent mica, which can usually be divided into three types: colored pearlescent mica, silver-white pearlescent mica and interference colored pearlescent mica.

The main raw materials of pearlescent mica are mica powder, titanium sulfate and titanium chloride. my country is a major mica powder producer. Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and Xinjiang are the main mica powder producing areas in my country. Among them, Hebei Lingshou mica powder production ranks first in my country. Benefiting from the growth in market demand, my country’s mica powder production continues to increase, and the products are sold overseas while meeting local market demand. The sufficient supply of raw materials has laid a good foundation for the development of my country’s pearlescent mica industry.

The main preparation method of pearlescent mica is the liquid phase method, which uses mica powder as raw material, adds titanium sulfate, titanium oxide, chromium trioxide, iron oxide, titanium chloride and other coating agents, and then fully reacts to obtain the finished product. Due to factors such as high technical barriers, the number of companies with independent research and development capabilities for pearlescent mica in my country is relatively small, and demand is highly dependent on imports.

According to the “2023-2028 China Pearlescent Mica (Titanium Mica) Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center 》 shows that pearlescent mica is a new type of pigment with broad application prospects in electronic and electrical, skin care products, cosmetics, packaging, coatings and other fields. In the field of electronics and electrical appliances, pearlescent mica can be used to produce LCD display panels; in the field of skin care products and cosmetics, pearlescent mica can improve the gloss and moisturizing properties of lip gloss, loose powder and lotion; in the field of packaging, pearlescent mica can be used to produce plastic packaging and plastics Films, etc.; in the field of coatings, pearlescent mica has good dispersion and can be used to produce pearlescent coatings. In the future, as downstream demand becomes increasingly strong, the market space for pearlescent mica will continue to expand.

Compared with overseas developed countries, my country’s pearlescent mica industry started late and has fewer market participants, mainly including Kuncai Technology, Global New Materials, Seven Color Pearlescent, Sanbao Mica, Zhongjing New Materials, etc. Global New Materials is my country’s leading pearlescent mica enterprise. It has independent research and development capabilities and its product quality has a competitive advantage in the global market.

Industry analysts said that in recent years, benefiting from the increasingly strong market demand, the prosperity of the pearlescent mica industry has continued to increase. my country’s pearlescent mica industry started late and has a low market share due to factors such as high technical barriers and high production costs. In the future, as local companies improve their independent research and development capabilities, the market penetration rate of high-quality pearlescent mica will further increase.