From Taiwan Economic News comes word that CSRC is planning to expand capacity for specialty carbon blacks and carbon nanotubes in China and India in 2011. The article reports that the expansion will total 10 million metric tons, but this is assumed to be incorrect as that volume is larger than the entire global carbon black market in 2010. I am awaiting word on the correct figure.
According to the article, CSRC said it will expand annual output of specialty carbon black by 10 million metric ton in its plant in Anshan City, northeastern China in 2011, as well as set up a new plant in India to produce carbon nanotubes, which will begin construction sometime in 2011.