Calcium is a chemical element that belongs to alkaline earth group. It can be both in liquid and powder state. As calcium is essential for crop growth, increasing agricultural activities in Asia-Pacific region owing to the population growth becomes one of the key drivers of the calcium market in the recent period. Another driver for the calcium market is the growing rate of instruction activities and expansion of oil and gas industry as it is used extensively in their processes.
Furthermore, be high demand in food and beverage sector due to fast population growth and hike in income level, developing economies extend profitable opportunity for the calcium market to grow. However, the fluctuating prices of raw materials and availability issues are hindering the market growth.
Covid-19 Impact Analysis
- The coronavirus's unfavorable global effects are already evident, and they will have a big impact on the calcium in 2020.
- The World Health Organization has declared a public health emergency after the COVID-19 virus outbreak in December 2019. The disease has spread to over 100 nations and resulted in massive deaths all across the world. Exports & Imports, global manufacturing, tourism, and financial sectors have all been heavily damaged.
- The downward pressure on the global economy, which had previously shown signs of improvement, has escalated once more. The outbreak of the virus has added danger factors to the international economy's already sluggish development. Many international groups have stated that the global economy is experiencing its most difficult moment since the financial crisis.
- The lockdown has resulted in hampering the imports and exports of various goods. Also, the uncertainty created in the market in the consumers’ buying pattern has resulted in hampering of the calcium market.
Top Impacting Factors
The industry comprises calcium chloride, silicate, and carbonate as the calcium by-products. These by-products find its use in plethora of applications. Development of industrial sector has anticipated to increase the demand for building constructions, which is expected to drive the overall growth of the market. Further, the rising demand for building materials owing to the growing population in developed as well as emerging countries may fuel the product demand. Calcium has numerous forms and can be used as decarbonizing, deoxidizing, reducing, desulfurization agent for applications including production of cement and motor, as a coagulator, during cheese production, as a catalyst in the manufacturing of aluminum alloys, magnesium, copper, lead, and beryllium.
Market trends
- Increasing demand from paper industry enhances the market growth.
- Calcium carbonate is widely used in paper mills as a filler material in the alkaline paper making process. Growing demand for a brighter and bulkier paper is the key driver behind a preference for calcium carbonate in the paper industry. Calcium carbonate is valued worldwide for its high brightness and light scattering properties, and it is used as an inexpensive filler to make bright opaque paper.
- Growing awareness regarding environmental issues resulted in market growth.
- Countries like China, India, Canada, the U.S., and European Union Countries are banning the single use plastic packaging products, and this is driving the demand for paper packaging solutions in grocery store, food delivery system, clothing stores and others, thus positively impacting the paper and therefore calcium market.
- Urbanization and industrialization in developing economies are helping the market to expand.
- The construction sector growth is rising due to increasing government spending on infrastructure development in emerging economies. The increasing demand for paper in Asia- Pacific is driving the market along with the construction of new buildings and industries, which has also resulted in increase in the demand.
Key Benefits of the Report
- This study presents the analytical depiction of the calcium industry along with the current trends and future estimations to determine the imminent investment pockets.
- The report presents information related to key drivers, restraints, and opportunities along with detailed analysis of the calcium market share.
- The current market is quantitatively analyzed to highlight calcium market growth scenario.
- Porter’s five forces analysis illustrates the potency of buyers & suppliers in the market.
- The report provides a detailed calcium market analysis based on competitive intensity and how the competition will take shape in coming years.
Key Market Segments
- By Type
- Calcium Chloride
- Calcium Carbonate
- Calcium Silicate
- Calcium Propionate
- Others
- By Application
- Food & Beverages
- Pharmaceutical
- Construction
- Paper Production
- Oil And Gas
- Others
- By Region
- North America
- Europe
- UK
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Rest of Europe
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Rest of Asia-Pacific
- LAMEA
- Brazil
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Rest of LAMEA
Key Market Players
- Imerys
- Minerals Technologies Inc.
- Excalibar Minerals LLC
- Shiraishi Kogyo Kaisha, Ltd.
- Schaefer Kalk GMBH
- Maruo Calcium Co. Ltd.
- Omya AG
- Mississippi Lime Company
- Huber Engineered Materials
- Solvay S.A.
- Okutama Kogyo Co. Ltd.
Other Key Market Players
- Minerals Technologies Inc.