Copper industry is optimistic about desalination market

The Symposium on Promotion of Seawater Desalination Thermal Technology jointly organized by the International Copper Association and the China Nonferrous Metals Association was held recently. Experts and companies from the conference focused on the "12th Five-Year Plan" for the development of seawater desalination technology and the "water power plant" The status quo of desalination engineering design specifications and thermal process technology and future development trends are discussed. (For more details, please login) Recently, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission formally issued the “12th Five-Year Plan” for the development of seawater desalination technology. During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, China will initially establish a seawater desalination technology innovation system in China. Currently, the localization rate of key desalination equipment in China is less than 50%, and the “planning” incorporates the “localization rate of key equipments above 75%” into the binding index, which means that there is a lot of room for development in the key desalination equipment market in the future. . In addition, since seawater contains a large amount of corrosive substances, the pipe network for seawater treatment must have strong corrosion resistance, and it is expected to benefit the copper pipe production industry with such corrosion resistance. However, in China's copper tube production industry, companies are small, total production capacity is insufficient, production technology and equipment levels are uneven, and product quality needs urgent improvement. It is imperative to vigorously promote technological innovation and establish industrial alliances to make the industry bigger and stronger.