Ishishini le-acetic acid kwihlabathi liphela lifumana utshintsho olukhulu kwikota yesithathu ka-2026, emva kokumiswa okungapheliyo kwemveliso yokugqibela ye-acetic acid eYurophu yi-INEOS Group, umenzi weekhemikhali ohamba phambili kwihlabathi liphela. Iqhutywa kukunyuka kwamaxabiso egesi yendalo, ukutshintsha kweendlela zokubonelela ngemveliso kwihlabathi liphela, kunye nemfuno eqinileyo, imakethi ye-acetic acid ibona utshintsho olukhulu kwipateni yokubonelela ngemveliso, ukuguquguquka kwamaxabiso, kunye nokuphuculwa kweteknoloji ngokukhawuleza kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo.
Ngasekupheleni kukaSeptemba ka-2026, i-INEOS yabhengeza ngokusesikweni ukuthengiswa kweeyunithi ezintathu zemveliso ye-acetyls ezikumgangatho wehlabathi eziseHull, e-UK, nto leyo ephawula ukurhoxiswa ngokupheleleyo kwamandla amakhulu okuvelisa i-acetic acid kwilizwekazi laseYurophu. Ngokwengxelo esemthethweni yenkampani, ezimbini kwimigca emithathu yemveliso sele ziyekile ukusebenza, kwaye iyunithi yokugqibela icwangciselwe ukuvalwa kwisithuba seentsuku. Ezi zakhiwo zimisiwe zimele inkqubo yokugqibela yemveliso ye-acetic acid edibeneyo yaseYurophu, iphelisa imeko yamashumi eminyaka yale ngingqi njengomthengisi oyintloko wehlabathi we-acetic acid kunye neemveliso ezivela kwezinye.
Eyona nto iphambili emva kokumiswa kwemveliso yimbali yeendleko eziphezulu zamandla ezihlala zihleli ezichaphazela amashishini okuvelisa aseYurophu. Njengoko amaxabiso egesi yendalo ehlala ekwizinga eliphezulu kulo lonke ilizwekazi, inkqubo yokuvelisa i-acetic acid ebiza kakhulu ilahlekelwe kukukhuphisana kwayo ngeendleko. Xa kuthelekiswa neziseko zemveliso ezibiza kancinci eTshayina, eMelika, naseMbindi Mpuma, abavelisi be-acetic acid baseYurophu babanjwe kukuhla kwenzuzo kunye noxinzelelo lokusebenza. Ukongeza, ukungena kweemveliso ze-acetic acid ezingenisiweyo ezingabizi kakhulu kuye kwacinezela isabelo semarike yasekuhlaleni, kwanyanzela i-INEOS ukuba yenze isigqibo esinzima sokumisa imveliso ngonaphakade.
Ukuvalwa kwemveliso kubangele impembelelo enkulu kushishino nakwintlalontle e-UK naseYurophu. Idatha yemizi-mveliso yasekuhlaleni ibonisa ukuba izityalo ezintathu zaseHull zixhasa phantse imisebenzi engama-4,000 ethe ngqo nengathanga ngqo, egubungela imisebenzi yemveliso, ukugcinwa kobugcisa, kunye neenkqubo zokufunda umsebenzi kwimizi-mveliso. Ukumiswa kwemveliso ngequbuliso kubangele inkxalabo enkulu phakathi koonjineli basekuhlaleni kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba kwikhonkco lobonelelo lwemizi-mveliso, ngelixa kudala umsantsa omkhulu wobonelelo kwimarike yengingqi yaseYurophu ye-acetic acid.
Nangona ukuncipha kobonelelo eYurophu, imakethi yehlabathi ye-acetic acid igcina ukukhula okuzinzileyo kwemfuno iyonke ngo-2026. Njengesixhobo esiphambili sekhemikhali esiphakathi, i-acetic acid, ngakumbi i-high-purity glacial acetic acid enobumsulwa obungaphezulu kwe-98%, isetyenziswa kakhulu kwi-vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), kwimveliso ye-purified terephthalic acid (PTA), ekulungisweni kokutya, kwimveliso yamayeza, nakwimizi-mveliso yokukhusela okusingqongileyo. Iingxelo zemarike yemizi-mveliso zibonisa ukuba i-glacial acetic acid ibangele i-87.6% yemfuno yemarike yehlabathi ngo-2026, kunye nemfuno yemveliso enobumsulwa obuphezulu eqhubeka nokunyuka phakathi kokuphuculwa kwemizi-mveliso okuphantsi.
Ukungalingani kobonelelo lwengingqi kuye kwaba luphawu oluphambili kwimarike yangoku. Ngelixa iYurophu ijongene nokurhoxiswa komthamo kunye nokunqongophala kobonelelo, imakethi yehlabathi ixhomekeke ngakumbi kumthamo wemveliso ovela e-Asia naseMntla Melika ukuvala umsantsa. Kwikota ezintathu zokuqala zowama-2026, ukunikezelwa kwe-methanol encinci kuMbindi Mpuma kwanyusa amaxabiso ezinto eziluhlaza zehlabathi, nto leyo eqhuba ukunyuka okuphakathi kwamaxabiso e-spot acetic acid kwiimarike zaseYurophu nakwamanye amazwe. Okwangoku, abavelisi behlabathi bakhawulezisa ukuphindaphinda kwetekhnoloji ukuze bajongane noxinzelelo lweendleko kunye notshintsho kwimarike.
Itekhnoloji yokwenziwa kweCarbonylation, elawula ngaphezulu kwe-75% yamandla emveliso ye-acetic acid yehlabathi, iye yaba yeyona ndlela iphambili yokuphucula amashishini ngo-2026. Amashishini amakhulu eekhemikhali agxile ekwenzeni ngcono i-catalyst, ukuhlanganiswa kobushushu bemveliso, kunye nokuguqulwa kolawulo lwenkqubo yedijithali ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwamandla kunye neendleko zemveliso. Iinkqubo zemveli zokuvelisa ukusetyenziswa kwamandla aphezulu ziyancitshiswa kancinci kancinci, ngelixa imigca yemveliso esebenza kakuhle kakhulu, enekhabhoni ephantsi ifumana ulawulo lwemarike.
Abahlalutyi bemizi-mveliso babonise ukuba ukuvalwa kwamandla aseYurophu akuyi kubangela ingxaki yokunikezelwa kwemveliso kwihlabathi liphela kwixesha elifutshane, kodwa kuya kuyila kwakhona indlela yorhwebo lwe-acetic acid kwihlabathi liphela. Imfuno yemarike yaseYurophu iya kuxhomekeka ngokupheleleyo kwiimveliso ezingenisiweyo ezivela eAsia naseMntla Melika kwixesha elizayo, nto leyo eya kukhuthaza ngakumbi ukuhamba korhwebo lweekhemikhali oluhamba phakathi kwemimandla. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, ishishini le-acetic acid kwihlabathi liphela liya kubonisa indlela yophuhliso lwe-uxinaniso lwengingqi lomthamo wemveliso, ukuphuculwa okuqhubekayo kweemveliso ezicocekileyo kakhulu, kunye nemveliso ekrelekrele engaphantsi kwekhabhoni.
Sijonge phambili kwikota yesine ka-2026 no-2027, ingqwalasela yemarike iya kutshintshela kwiindlela zamaxabiso amandla aseYurophu, umjikelo wokuqalisa kwakhona kweeyunithi ezingasebenziyo ze-INEOS, kunye nenkqubela phambili yokukhululwa kwamandla amatsha emveliso e-Asia. Ngenxa yemfuno ezinzileyo yezixhobo ezintsha, amayeza, kunye neekhemikhali ezintle, imarike yehlabathi ye-acetic acid kulindeleke ukuba igcine umkhwa onyukayo ngokuthe ngcembe, ngelixa ukhuphiswano lwemizi-mveliso luya kutshintsha ukusuka kukhuphiswano olulula lwamaxabiso ukuya kukhuphiswano lwamandla okuvelisa izinto zobugcisa kunye nolwendalo.
Ixesha leposi: Septemba-30-2026