The Global Market for Carbon Black 2024-2035

1             CARBON BLACK OVERVIEW    12

• 1.1         Types    12
• 1.2         Furnace carbon black  13
• 1.3         Sustainable Carbon Blacks       15
• 1.4         Commercially available carbon black 16
• 1.5         Properties of carbon black        19
  • 1.5.1     Particle size distribution            22
  • 1.5.2     Structure-Aggregate size           22
  • 1.5.3     Surface chemistry         23
  • 1.5.4     Agglomerates  24
  • 1.5.5     Colour properties           25
  • 1.5.6     Porosity              26
  • 1.5.7     Physical form   26
• 1.6         Manufacturing processes          26
• 1.7         Markets for carbon black            28
• 1.8         Sustainability  30
  • 1.8.1     Initiatives for furnace black      30
  • 1.8.2     Tire industry sustainability targets        31
  • 1.8.3     Methane Pyrolysis         32
  • 1.8.4     Recovered Carbon Black (rCB) 33
  • 1.8.5     Bio-based carbon black              33
• 1.9         Competing materials   34
• 1.10       Pricing and forecasts   35

2             METHANE PYROLYSIS CARBON BLACK             36

• 2.1         Overview            36
• 2.2         Sustainability  37
• 2.3         Markets and applications          37
• 2.4         Pricing 38
• 2.5         Market players 39

3             SPECIALTY CARBON BLACK    40

• 3.1         Overview            40
• 3.2         Sustainability  41
• 3.3         Markets and pplications             41
• 3.4         Pricing 42
• 3.5         Market players 43

4             RECOVERED CARBON BLACK (rCB)     45

• 4.1         Overview            45
• 4.2         Specifications 46
  • 4.2.1     Consistency     46
  • 4.2.2     Ash Content      47
  • 4.2.3     Char Content   47
  • 4.2.4     Volatile Content and PAH Content        47
  • 4.2.5     Contaminations             48
  • 4.2.6     Milling and Granulation              48
  • 4.2.7     In-Rubber Performance              48
• 4.3         Sustainability  49
• 4.4         Categories for recovered carbon black (rCB)    50
• 4.5         Production        52
  • 4.5.1     Pyrolysis of End-of-Life Tires (ELT)         52
  • 4.5.2     Discontinuous (“batch”) pyrolysis         53
  • 4.5.3     Semi-continuous pyrolysis       53
  • 4.5.4     Continuous pyrolysis   54
• 4.6         Markets and Applications          54
• 4.7         Pricing 55
• 4.8         Market players 56

5             BIO-BASED CARBON BLACK   59

• 5.1         Overview            59
• 5.2         Sustainability  60
• 5.3         Markets and Applications          60
• 5.4         Pricing 61
• 5.5         Market Players 62

6             GLOBAL MARKET FOR CARBON BLACK             64

• 6.1         By type (tons)    64
• 6.2         By market (tons)              66
• 6.3         By market (revenues)   68
• 6.4         By region (Tons)               70
• 6.5         Global market for Specialty Carbon Black (tons)            72
• 6.6         Global market for Recovered Carbon Black (Tons)        74
• 6.7         Traditional markets       76
  • 6.7.1     Tires and automotive   76
  • 6.7.2     Non-Tire Rubber (Industrial rubber)       80
• 6.8         Recent market news and developments, 2021-2024   80
• 6.9         Growth markets              82
  • 6.9.1     3D Printing        83
  • 6.9.2     Energy Storage 83
  • 6.9.3     Sustainable Tires           84
  • 6.9.4     High-Performance Plastics      84
  • 6.9.5     Filtration Media              85
  • 6.9.6     Gas Storage      86
  • 6.9.7     Wearable Electronics  86
  • 6.9.8     EMI Shielding   87
  • 6.9.9     Thermal Management 88
  • 6.9.10   Sensors and Actuators 90
• 6.10       Market supply chain     91
• 6.11       Pricing 93
  • 6.11.1   Feedstock          93
  • 6.11.2   Commercial carbon black         93
• 6.12       Production capacities (metric tons)     94

7             COMPANY PROFILES  96 (63 company profiles)

8             RESEARCH METHODOLOGY   140

9             GLOSSARY OF TERMS 141

10           REFERENCES   143

List of Tables

• Table 1. Key types of carbon black.       12
• Table 2. Markets and applications furnace carbon black.          13
• Table 3. Production of Sustainable Carbon Black.         16
• Table 4. Commercially available carbon black grades.               17
• Table 5. Comparative analysis of the properties of the carbon black types.      20
• Table 6. Typical properties of carbon black and influence on performance.     21
• Table 7. Carbon black compounds.       26
• Table 8. Carbon black manufacturing processes, advantages and disadvantages.      27
• Table 9. Markets for carbon black.         28
• Table 10. Carbon black pricing per type and forecast (2023, 2025-2030).          35
• Table 11. Methane pyrolysis carbon black markets.     38
• Table 12. Methane pyrolysis carbon black pricing.        39
• Table 13. Methane pyrolysis carbon black producers. 39
• Table 14. Production Methods for specialty carbon black.        40
• Table 15. Key Properties of Specialty Carbon Black.     41
• Table 16. Markets and applications for specialty carbon black.              41
• Table 17. Specialty carbon black pricing.           43
• Table 18. Specialty carbon black producers.    43
• Table 19. Production Methods for recovered carbon black (rCB).          45
• Table 20.Specifications of Recovered Carbon Black    49
• Table 21. Categories for recovered carbon black (rCB) based on key properties and intended applications.  50
• Table 22. rCB post-treatment technologies.     51
• Table 23. Markets and applications for recovered carbon black.            54
• Table 24. Recovered carbon black pricing.        55
• Table 25. Recovered Carbon Black (rCB) producers.    56
• Table 26. Production Methods for bio-based carbon black.      59
• Table 27. Markets and applications for Bio-based carbon black.           60
• Table 28. Pricing of bio-based carbon black.    61
• Table 29. Bio-based carbon black producers.  62
• Table 30. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by type (100,000 tons). 64
• Table 31. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by end user market (100,000 tons).        66
• Table 32. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034,  by end user market (billion USD).           68
• Table 33. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by region (100,000 tons).             70
• Table 34. Specialty carbon black demand, 2018-2035 (000s Tons), by market.              72
• Table 35. Recovered carbon black demand, 2018-2035 (000s Tons), by market.           74
• Table 36. Market drivers for carbon black in the tire industry.  77
• Table 37.  Global market for carbon black in tires (100,000 metric tons), 2018 to 2035.             78
• Table 38. Recent carbon black market news and developments.          80
• Table 39. Market supply chain for carbon black.             91
• Table 40. Pricing of carbon black by market and grade, per ton.               94
• Table 41. Carbon black capacities, by producer.            94
• Table 42. Glossary of terms.       141

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Electron microscope image of carbon black.                19
• Figure 2. Different shades of black, depending on the surface of Carbon Black.            22
• Figure 3. Structure- Aggregate Size/Shape Distribution.            23
• Figure 4. Surface Chemistry – Surface Functionality Distribution.        24
• Figure 5. Sequence of structure development of Carbon Black.             25
• Figure 6. Carbon Black pigment in Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) polymer.       25
• Figure 7. Methane-pyrolysis process.Image: C-Zero.   32
• Figure 8. Comparative analysis of carbon black with competing materials.     34
• Figure 9. Goodyear tire produced using carbon black produced via methane pyrolysis.            37
• Figure 10. Pyrolysis process: from ELT to rCB, oil, and syngas, and applications thereof.         53
• Figure 11. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by type (100,000 tons).               65
• Figure 12. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by end user market (100,000 tons).      67
• Figure 13. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by end user market (billion USD).          69
• Figure 14. Global market for carbon black 2018-2034, by region (100,000 tons).           71
• Figure 15. Specialty carbon black market volume, 2018-2035 (000s Tons), by market.              73
• Figure 16. Recovered carbon black demand, 2018-2035 (000s Tons), by market.         75
• Figure 17 Break-down of raw materials (by weight) used in a tire.          76
• Figure 18. Global market for carbon black in tires (100,000 metric tons), 2018 to 2035.             79
• Figure 19. The CIRCTEC process.           104
• Figure 20. Nike Algae Ink graphic tee.   120
• Figure 21. HTC primary particles (left) form as “grapelike” aggregates during the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to platform intermediates including CMF and HTC. The structure of these aggregates is complex and similar to (right) N660 carbon black derived from oil.   127
• Figure 22. UPM biorefinery process.     137

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