Metallurgical Limestone Market - Forecast(2023 - 2028)

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The Global Metallurgical Limestone Market size is forecast to reach $1 billion by 2025, after growing at a CAGR of 6% during 2020-2025. Metallurgical limestone is an odorless, white, red or pink material that ranges from pebble to a granular powder. The growing uses of limestone to remove impurities like silica, phosphorus, and sulfur across various metallurgical applications likes steel manufacturing, gold processing, and mineral sand processing is driving the growth of global metallurgical limestone market size over the study period. Besides, the growth in mining activities in the emerging nations like Brazil. Argentina, China, and India is also contributing to the growth of metallurgical limestone market share worldwide during the forecast period.

Report Coverage
The report: “Global Metallurgical Limestone Market – Forecast (2020-2025)”, by IndustryARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the Global Metallurgical Limestone Market. 

By Product Type: Calcitic Dolomite/High-Calcium Dolomite, Dolomitic Limestone, Magnesium Limestone, and Others
By Application: Alumina Industry, Gold Processing, Minerals Sands Processing, Iron and Steel, Chemical, Cement, Glass and Paper, and Others
By Geography: North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and RoW

Key Takeaways
  • In Asia-Pacific region, China and India are the major market for the Metallurgical Limestone owing to growing manufacturing activities across the nations. 
  • The high investment required for mineral sand processing and presence of harmful chemical ingredients in limestone are hindering the growth of global market.
  • The outbreak of COVID-19 is also hampering the growth of this market globally.

Product Type - Segment Analysis
The Calcitic Dolomite/High-Calcium Dolomite segment holds the largest share of more than 50% in the Metallurgical Limestone market and is projected to grow at a substantial rate during the forecast period due to widely used across various industry verticals include cement, chemical, and iron and steel. Furthermore, the growing demand for calcitic dolomite product from the glass and paper industry is also driving the growth of Metallurgical Limestone market over the forecast period. 

Application - Segment Analysis
The iron and steel segment held the largest share of more than 25% in the global market in 2019. This is attributed to the growing uses of iron and steel in the building and construction sector worldwide. Furthermore, the growing consumption of limestone in steel production as a flux to remove phosphorus, sulfur, silica, and manganese from the molten steel is also contributing for the growth of this market during the forecast period. In addition, the use of high calcium and dolomitic as a flux in purifying steel in the electric arc furnace (EAF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) is likely to propell the market growth.

Geography - Segment Analysis
Among the regions, the APAC region is projected to witness the highest CAGR of around 8% in the global Metallurgical Limestone market followed by North America and Europe during the forecast period. The growing population, rise in building and construction activities, developing aviation sector, and growing metal industry across the region is driving the growth of this market in APAC region. Furthermore, the growing demand for metallurgical limestone from Australia and South East Asia due to growing production of high value products like ground calcium carbonate and white cement is also contributing for the growth of this market in APAC region.

Drivers – Metallurgical Limestone Market
  • Growing use of limestone as a impurity removal during metallurgical operations likely to drive market growth  
The growing focus by metal processing industry to overcome from dumping of low cost products, is expected to boost the demand for impurity removal limestone during the metallurgical operations is likely to drive market growth. A huge amount of limestone is used to remove impurities during the metallurgical operations including electric arc furnace (EAF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) processes in the manufacturing of ferrous (iron and steel) and non-ferrous (alumina & bauxite, magnesium, copper, zinc, and lead, among other metals. Furthermore, the growing developments in the metal industry in the emerging nations like Brazil, Argentine, China, and India, the demand for metallurgical limestone is also anticipated to experience a significant rise during the forecast period. For instance, according to National Steel Association Aco Brasil, in 2019, in Brazil, the steel production witnessed a fall of 8.2% accounting around 32.5 million MT. But, despite with the COVID-19 impact, the steel industry in Brazil, in 2020, has witnessed a growth of 5.3% increase in production to 34.2 million MT. So, the growth in steel production will contribute to the growth of this market during the forecast period owing to growing demand from construction sector. Besides, another key driver driving the demand for limestone in the global market is its increasing use for producing precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC). The growing use of PCC, specifically in the glass and paper industries, is expected to drive demand for metallurgical limestone over the forecast period.  

Challenges – Metallurgical Limestone Market
  • Fluctuating raw material prices
There are various internal and external factors responsible for the fluctuation of the raw materials such as geopolitical issues between countries, global trade war, foreign exchange movements, employability, labor cost, and growing population. For instance, in 2019, the trade war between the US and China has a major impact on the manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors of metal products including steel. Additionally, the imposing import duty on steel from both the US and China has fluctuated the cost of steel. Furthermore, due to the COVID-19 impact, various manufacturing sectors has shut down their operations owing to lack of workforce, disruption of supply chain networks globally, and lack of availability of raw material, act as a challenging factor for the growth of this market during the forecast period.

Market Landscape
Technology launches, acquisitions and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the Metallurgical Limestone market report. In 2019, the market of Metallurgical Limestone top 10 players accounting for xx% of the share. Major players in the Metallurgical Limestone Market outlook are Carriere De Merlemont, Cemex, Graymont Limited, Lhoist Group, Longcliffe Quarry Ltd, Mineral Technology Inc, Nittetsu Mining Co.,Ltd, Nordkalk Corporation, and Omya Ag, Sibelco, among others. 

Acquisitions/Technology Launches
  • In 2019, Graymont Limited and Grupo Calidra both entered into an agreement to purchase the Belgium-based Sibelco group, a global lime and limestone business company. With this agreement, both the companies extend their global reach in the Asia-Pacific and South America region with their operations across the Asia-Pacific region include Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines and in the South America region such as Argentina and Chile. 

1. Metallurgical Limestone Market - Market Overview
    1.1 Definitions and Scope
2. Metallurgical Limestone Market - Executive Summary
    2.1 Market Revenue, Market Size and Key Trends by Company
    2.2 Key Trends by Product Type
    2.3 Key Trends by Application
    2.4 Key Trends by Geography
3. Metallurgical Limestone Market - Landscape
    3.1 Comparative analysis
        3.1.1 Market Share Analysis- Top Companies
        3.1.2 Product Benchmarking- Top Companies
        3.1.3 Top 5 Financials Analysis
        3.1.4 Patent Analysis- Top Companies
        3.1.5 Pricing Analysis
4. Metallurgical Limestone Market - Startup companies Scenario Premium Premium 
    4.1 Top startup company Analysis by
        4.1.1 Investment
        4.1.2 Revenue
        4.1.3 Market Shares
        4.1.4 Market Size and Application Analysis
        4.1.5 Venture Capital and Funding Scenario
5. Metallurgical Limestone Market – Industry Market Entry Scenario Premium (Premium)
    5.1 Regulatory Framework Overview
    5.2 New Business and Ease of Doing business index
    5.3 Case studies of successful ventures
    5.4 Customer Analysis - Top companies
6. Metallurgical Limestone Market - Market Forces
    6.1 Market Drivers
    6.2 Market Constraints
    6.3 Market Opportunities
    6.4 Porters Five Force Model
    6.4.1Bargaining power of suppliers
        6.4.2 Bargaining powers of buyers
        6.4.3 Threat of new entrants
        6.4.4 Rivalry among existing players
        6.4.5 Threat of substitutes 
7. Metallurgical Limestone Market -Strategic analysis
    7.1 Value chain analysis
    7.2 Opportunities analysis
    7.3 Market life cycle
    7.4 Suppliers and distributors Analysis
8. Metallurgical Limestone Market – By Product Type (Market Size -$Million, KT)
    8.1 Calcitic Dolomite/High-Calcium Dolomite
    8.2 Dolomitic Limestone
    8.3 Magnesium Limestone
    8.4 Others
9. Metallurgical Limestone Market – By Application (Market Size -$Million, KT)
    9.1 Alumina Industry
    9.2 Gold Processing
    9.3 Minerals Sands Processing
    9.4 Iron and Steel
    9.5 Chemical
    9.6 Cement
    9.7 Glass and Paper
    9.8 Others
10. Metallurgical Limestone Market- By Geography (Market Size -$Million, KT)
    10.1 North America
        10.1.1 U.S.
        10.1.2 Canada
        10.1.3 Mexico
    10.2 South America
        10.2.1 Brazil
        10.2.2 Argentina
        10.2.3 Colombia
        10.2.4 Rest of South America
    10.3 Europe
        10.3.1 U.K
        10.3.2 Germany
        10.3.3 Italy
        10.3.4 France
        10.3.5 Spain
        10.3.6 Netherlands
        10.3.7 Russia
        10.3.8 Rest of Europe
    10.4 Asia-Pacific
        10.4.1 China
        10.4.2 India
        10.4.3 Japan
        10.4.4 Australia & New Zealand (ANZ)
        10.4.5 South Korea
        10.4.6 Rest of Asia-Pacific
    10.5 ROW
        10.5.1 Middle East
            10.5.1.1Saudi Arabia
            10.5.1.2UAE
            10.5.1.3Israel
            10.5.1.4Rest of Middle East
        10.5.2Africa
            10.5.2.1 South Africa
            10.5.2.2 Nigeria
            10.5.2.3 Rest of South Africa
11. Metallurgical Limestone Market- Entropy
    11.1 New Product Launches
    11.2 M&A’s, Collaborations, JVs and Partnerships
12. Market Share Analysis (Premium)
    12.1 Market Share by Country- Top companies
    12.2 Market Share by Region- Top companies
    12.3 Market Share by Product category- Top companies
    12.4 Market Share at global level- Top companies
    12.5 Best Practices for companies
13. Metallurgical Limestone Market- List of Key Companies by Country (Premium) 
14. Metallurgical Limestone Market- Company Analysis
    14.1 Market Share, Company Revenue, Products, M&A, Developments
    14.2 Company 1
    14.3 Company 2
    14.4 Company 3
    14.5 Company 4
    14.6 Company 5
    14.7 Company 6
    14.8 Company 7
    14.9 Company 8
    14.10 Company 9
    14.11 Company 10 and more
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LIST OF TABLES

1.Global Global Metallurgical Limestone Market, By Type Market 2019-2024 ($M)
1.1 Calcitic Dolomite/High-Calcium Dolomite Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Global Industry Research
1.2 Dolomitic Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Global Industry Research
1.3 Magnesian Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Global Industry Research
2.Global Global Metallurgical Limestone Market, By Type Market 2019-2024 (Volume/Units)
2.1 Calcitic Dolomite/High-Calcium Dolomite Market 2019-2024 (Volume/Units) - Global Industry Research
2.2 Dolomitic Limestone Market 2019-2024 (Volume/Units) - Global Industry Research
2.3 Magnesian Limestone Market 2019-2024 (Volume/Units) - Global Industry Research
3.North America Global Metallurgical Limestone Market, By Type Market 2019-2024 ($M)
3.1 Calcitic Dolomite/High-Calcium Dolomite Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
3.2 Dolomitic Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
3.3 Magnesian Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
4.South America Global Metallurgical Limestone Market, By Type Market 2019-2024 ($M)
4.1 Calcitic Dolomite/High-Calcium Dolomite Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
4.2 Dolomitic Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
4.3 Magnesian Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
5.Europe Global Metallurgical Limestone Market, By Type Market 2019-2024 ($M)
5.1 Calcitic Dolomite/High-Calcium Dolomite Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
5.2 Dolomitic Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
5.3 Magnesian Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
6.APAC Global Metallurgical Limestone Market, By Type Market 2019-2024 ($M)
6.1 Calcitic Dolomite/High-Calcium Dolomite Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
6.2 Dolomitic Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
6.3 Magnesian Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
7.MENA Global Metallurgical Limestone Market, By Type Market 2019-2024 ($M)
7.1 Calcitic Dolomite/High-Calcium Dolomite Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
7.2 Dolomitic Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research
7.3 Magnesian Limestone Market 2019-2024 ($M) - Regional Industry Research

LIST OF FIGURES

1.US Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
2.Canada Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
3.Mexico Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
4.Brazil Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
5.Argentina Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
6.Peru Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
7.Colombia Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
8.Chile Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
9.Rest of South America Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
10.UK Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
11.Germany Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
12.France Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
13.Italy Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
14.Spain Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
15.Rest of Europe Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
16.China Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
17.India Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
18.Japan Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
19.South Korea Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
20.South Africa Metallurgical Limestone Market Revenue, 2019-2024 ($M)
21.North America Metallurgical Limestone By Application
22.South America Metallurgical Limestone By Application
23.Europe Metallurgical Limestone By Application
24.APAC Metallurgical Limestone By Application
25.MENA Metallurgical Limestone By Application
26.Lhoist Group, Sales /Revenue, 2015-2018 ($Mn/$Bn)
27.Omya Ag, Sales /Revenue, 2015-2018 ($Mn/$Bn)
28.Sibelco, Sales /Revenue, 2015-2018 ($Mn/$Bn)
29.Mineral Technology Inc, Sales /Revenue, 2015-2018 ($Mn/$Bn)
30.Cemex, Sales /Revenue, 2015-2018 ($Mn/$Bn)
31.Nordkalk Corporation, Sales /Revenue, 2015-2018 ($Mn/$Bn)
32.Graymont Limited, Sales /Revenue, 2015-2018 ($Mn/$Bn)
33.Longcliffe Quarry Ltd, Sales /Revenue, 2015-2018 ($Mn/$Bn)
34.Carriere De Merlemont, Sales /Revenue, 2015-2018 ($Mn/$Bn)
35.Nittetsu Mining Co.,Ltd, Sales /Revenue, 2015-2018 ($Mn/$Bn)