You may have already felt the increasing price of PAC(polyaluminum chloride) products. While the PAM (polyacrylamide) price is likely to increase as well… Cold winter is coming~
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Since the third quarter of 2025, the water treatment chemical industry has been experiencing unprecedented price volatility. Polyaluminium chloride (PAC), a core product, led the price surge. In September, Gongyi City Water Purification Materials Company raised the unit price to 25 yuan per bag, reaching the industry’s peak for the year.
Following closely, polyacrylamide (PAM) manufacturers announced a 200 yuan per ton price increase in late September, resulting in a combined effect of rising prices for both raw materials.
This price fluctuation has transcended typical seasonal fluctuations. Rising costs for raw materials like bauxite, production capacity reductions due to tightening environmental protection policies, and surging demand for industrial wastewater treatment have combined to create a triple pressure for continued price increases.
More seriously, the price increase is being transmitted down the supply chain, causing operating costs for water treatment companies to rise sharply. Some small manufacturers have suspended production and are waiting to see what happens. The industry as a whole has entered a severe winter period of high costs and high barriers to entry.
The core drivers of this round of water treatment chemical price fluctuations are multifaceted. From the supply side, the persistently high prices of basic raw materials like bauxite directly drive up PAC production costs.
PAM, on the other hand, is subject to fluctuations in international oil prices, further exacerbating cost pressures.
Environmental protection policies have become another key variable. Following the implementation of the newly revised Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law, small and medium-sized enterprises have been forced to invest heavily in technological upgrades to meet emission standards. Some outdated production capacity has been withdrawn from the market, leading to a contraction in overall supply in the industry.
On the demand side, there has been a rigid growth trend. With stricter industrial wastewater discharge standards and expanded municipal wastewater treatment capacity, demand for PAC in the papermaking, printing and dyeing industries has increased by nearly 15% year-on-year. Meanwhile, the use of PAM, a deep treatment agent, in wastewater treatment in chemical parks has surged. This supply-demand disparity has been amplified by rising logistics costs. High fuel prices have increased transportation costs to 12% of total costs, forming the final link in the price transmission chain. Notably, the price increases of related products such as monoammonium phosphate reflect the fact that cost transmission across the entire chemical industry chain has entered a resonant phase.