Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group

What Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group does

Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group (贵州磷化集团) is a Chinese provincial state-owned enterprise established in June 2019 through the merger of Wengfu Group (founded 1990) and Guizhou Kailin Holdings (founded 1958). Headquartered in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, the group operates a vertically integrated phosphate chemicals value chain spanning phosphate ore mining (~17 million tons capacity), modern fertilizers (DAP, MAP, compound, water-soluble, slow-release), fine chemicals (the world's largest wet-process purified phosphoric acid plant), fluorine chemicals (world's first fluorine recovery technology from phosphate ore), coal chemicals, phosphogypsum-based building materials and packaging, and new energy battery materials (battery-grade ammonium phosphate, iron phosphate, lithium iron phosphate, lithium hexafluorophosphate). The group runs 8 production bases across China and serves 31 provinces domestically while exporting to over 100 countries with annual import/export volume exceeding USD 1 billion.

The group generates revenue across six streams: phosphate rock mining, fertilizers and agricultural products, fine chemicals, new energy battery materials, phosphogypsum products, and international trade. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales with a 40-central-warehouse distribution network enabling 1-day delivery, supplemented by regional agricultural service subsidiaries and 161+ key channel distributors (e.g., Heilongjiang partners handling 1.092 million tons of fertilizer orders). Customers span Chinese agricultural cooperatives covering approximately one-quarter of China's cultivated land, EV battery and energy storage manufacturers, food processing importers in Europe and Southeast Asia, and construction/packaging buyers for phosphogypsum-derived products. Pricing is negotiated bilaterally based on order volume, product specification, and delivery terms rather than publicly disclosed.

The group holds over 3,800 authorized patents and operates the industry's only State Key Laboratory, with two achievements winning First and Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. Its Wengfu Jiangshan smart factory (RMB 22 billion investment) leverages Huawei F5G, China Telecom 5G private network, and Zhongkong Technology's TPT time series model to power a 3D digital twin, AI predictive maintenance, computer-vision safety systems, and process optimization, generating documented outcomes including 25% efficiency gains, 22% cost reductions, and RMB 109.2 million in annual cost savings from a single AI application.

Name

Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group

Legal name

Guizhou Phosphate Chemical (Group) Co., Ltd. (贵州磷化（集团）有限责任公司)

Website

https://guizhoulinhua.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

10,001+ employees

Short description

Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group is a Chinese state-owned vertically integrated phosphate chemical enterprise that mines phosphate ore and produces fertilizers, fine chemicals, fluorine products, and new energy battery materials for agriculture, food processing, electronics, and EV battery markets across 100+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Phosphate Chemicals

NAICS

Phosphatic Fertilizer Manufacturing (325312), Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (21239), Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (2123)

SIC

Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400), Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810)

akta.pro primary industry

Phosphate Fertilizers (MAP, DAP, TSP, SSP) (AFABABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Phosphate Rock Mining (IMAKAGAA), Specialty Phosphorus Products (Low-Salt, High-Availability P, Polyphosphates) (AFABACAH), Phosphoric Acid & Phosphates (Food-Grade Phosphate Salts) (AFAJAGAD)

Keywords

• Phosphate mining
• Phosphate fertilizers
• Wet-process phosphoric acid
• New energy battery materials
• Phosphogypsum utilization

Headquarters

HQ city

Guiyang

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Fertilizer and Agricultural Products: Revenue from modern fertilizer products including DAP, MAP, compound fertilizers, water-soluble fertilizers, liquid fertilizers, efficiency-enhanced fertilizers, and slow-release fertilizers. The group is China's largest phosphate fertilizer producer and has secured multi-million ton fertilizer orders from major agricultural provinces.
2. Fine Chemicals Products: Revenue from purified phosphoric acid, phosphate salts (food grade and technical grade), fluorine chemicals including hydrofluoric acid, and coal chemical products. The group operates the world's largest wet-process purified phosphoric acid plant and is a major supplier of electronic-grade phosphoric acid.
3. New Energy Battery Materials: Revenue from battery-grade ammonium phosphate, lithium iron phosphate, iron phosphate, lithium hexafluorophosphate, and battery recycling services. The group has formed production capacity of over 2.4 million tons of new energy battery materials.
4. Phosphate Rock Mining: Revenue from phosphate ore extraction and processing. The group has established approximately 17 million tons of phosphate ore mining capacity and is one of China's largest phosphate mining enterprises.
5. Phosphogypsum Products: Revenue from phosphogypsum-based building materials, polymer materials, and eco-friendly packaging products. Includes anhydrous gypsum, gypsum-based construction materials, and high-value packaging boxes that have entered international markets including Australia and Middle East.
6. International Trade: Export revenue from fertilizers, fine chemicals, and new energy materials to over 100 countries and regions worldwide. Annual import and export volume remains above USD 1 billion, ranking first in Guizhou Province.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group is a vertically integrated phosphate chemical manufacturer that mines phosphate ore and produces modern phosphate fertilizers (DAP, MAP, compound, water-soluble, liquid, slow-release), fine chemicals (purified phosphoric acid, phosphate salts, fluorine chemicals, coal chemicals), phosphogypsum-based building materials and eco-friendly packaging, and new energy battery materials (battery-grade ammonium phosphate, lithium iron phosphate, iron phosphate, lithium hexafluorophosphate). The group operates ~17 million tons of phosphate ore mining capacity, the world's largest wet-process purified phosphoric acid plant, and 8 production bases across China, exporting products to 100+ countries.

Product overview

Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group operates a vertically integrated phosphate chemical industry value chain with five core business segments: Phosphate Rock (磷矿石) providing raw materials at approximately 17 million tons annual capacity; Modern Fertilizer (现代化肥) offering DAP, MAP, compound fertilizers, and specialty fertilizers (water-soluble, liquid, slow-release); Fine Chemicals including the world's largest wet-process purified phosphoric acid plant producing PPA, phosphate salts, fluorine chemicals (anhydrous HF, electronic-grade HF), and coal chemicals (DMF, methanol, synthetic ammonia); Industrial By-product Gypsum Resource Utilization converting phosphogypsum into building materials and polymer products including the innovative anhydrous gypsum packaging boxes; and New Energy Materials producing battery-grade phosphates and fluorine electrolytes. The company also operates Wengfu Jiangshan, a 220 billion yuan smart factory featuring AI-powered digital twin technology for predictive maintenance and operational optimization. Products serve agriculture, food processing, electronics, energy storage, and construction industries across 100+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wengfu Zijin: Subsidiary in Fujian Province, largest phosphorus chemical enterprise in western Fujian
• Wengfu Jiangshan
• Anhydrous Phosphogypsum Packaging Box

Products and services

• Phosphate Rock Natural phosphate ore extracted from mining operations, serving as the foundational raw material for downstream fertilizer and chemical production. Average P2O5 content of 33.67% at the Kaiyang Yangshui mining area. Supply: large-scale B2B industrial buyers and internal use.
• Modern Phosphate Fertilizers Agricultural fertilizers including DAP, MAP, compound fertilizers, water-soluble fertilizers, liquid fertilizers, efficiency-enhanced fertilizers, slow-release fertilizers, high-tower urea- and nitro-based fertilizers, and spray-granulation sulfur-based fertilizers. The product range also includes the recently launched 14-39-4 compound fertilizer. Customers: large agricultural distributors, provincial agricultural materials groups, and farming cooperatives; the fertilizers serve one-quarter of China's arable land.
• Feed Calcium Calcium-based feed supplements for livestock nutrition produced as part of the integrated fertilizer and feed calcium product line. Customers: livestock feed manufacturers.
• Wet-Process Purified Phosphoric Acid (PPA) Wet-process purified phosphoric acid (PPA) from the world's largest wet-process purified phosphoric acid plant, available in food grades (85%, 81%, 75%), technical grade, and electronic grade. Customers: food processing, beverages, detergents, water treatment, and electronics industries.
• Phosphate Salts Potassium phosphate salts (MKP, DKP, TKPP), sodium phosphate salts (STPP, SAPP, DSP, TSP), ammonium phosphate salts (MAP, DAP, APP), and calcium phosphate salts (MCP, DCP, TCP) for food additives, feed, and industrial applications. Customers: food additives importers (Europe, Southeast Asia), feed manufacturers, and industrial buyers.
• Fluorine Chemicals Fluorine chemicals including anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF), industrial and electronic-grade hydrofluoric acid (HF), sodium fluoride, ammonium fluoride, ammonium bifluoride, reactive silica, and tire-grade silica. Group pioneered the world's first technology for recovering fluorine resources from phosphate ore. Customers: electronics, battery electrolyte, rubber/tire, and industrial chemical manufacturers.
• Coal Chemical Products Coal chemical products including dimethylformamide (DMF), organic amines, methanol, formamide, dimethyl ether, carbon dioxide, synthetic ammonia, and M100 methanol fuel produced at the Gansu Wengfu and other bases. Customers: industrial chemical buyers and fuel blenders.
• Phosphogypsum Building Materials Building materials manufactured from industrial by-product phosphogypsum, including modified roadbed filling, phosphogypsum kerbs, fiber-reinforced gypsum board, plastering gypsum, self-leveling mortar, partition strips, sprayed composite walls, gypsum-based tile adhesives, and high-precision interlocking gypsum blocks. Customers: construction industry, municipal engineering projects, and infrastructure developers.
• Phosphogypsum Polymer Products High-transparency, zero-precipitation modified anhydrous gypsum used as polymer filler (replacing calcium carbonate, talcum powder, and barium sulfate), plus anhydrous gypsum-based masterbatch, hollow boards, and packaging boxes. Annual output of 100,000 tons of recrystalized calcium gypsum as functional filler. Customers: polymer and plastic manufacturers.
• Anhydrous Phosphogypsum Eco-Friendly Packaging Box Eco-friendly packaging box replacing traditional corrugated cartons. Made from crystal-transformed calcium gypsum (phosphogypsum by-product), with waterproof, moisture-proof, anti-microbial, and pest-resistant properties. Over 320,000 boxes sold in Guizhou for agricultural products and liquor packaging, plus exports to Australia and Dubai. Customers: packaging/logistics companies, agricultural product shippers, and liquor producers.
• New Energy Battery Materials Battery materials portfolio including 2 million tons of wet-process purified phosphoric acid, 210,000 tons of battery-grade ammonium phosphate, 150,000 tons of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, 82,000 tons of iron phosphate, plus lithium iron phosphate and lithium hexafluorophosphate. Total new energy battery material capacity exceeds 2.4 million tons. Customers: EV battery cell manufacturers and energy storage system companies. Group's lithium iron phosphate reportedly powers one in three electric vehicles in China.

Quantifiable outcome

• Production efficiency increased 25%, operational costs reduced 22%, 90% unmanned operation rate achieved in smart factories
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.coreTechnology or Integration · 25 April 2026Strategic partnership for smart factory digital transformation. Wengfu Jiangshan partnered with Huawei to establish the first 'Tian Sheng Zhi Hui' (天生智慧) global demonstration point in China's chemical industry. Huawei provides F5G all-optical network and 5G private network infrastructure combined with Zhongkong Technology's time series large model TPT for intelligent manufacturing.
• Xiamen UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint research partnership with Xiamen University for selective separation of HCl from industrial HCl/SiF4 gas mixtures using glycerol-based absorption. Researchers from Xiamen University and Guizhou Phosphate Chemical jointly investigated the technology with demonstrated superior selectivity.
• Tsinghua UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity-industry research partnership for joint tackling of key technical challenges in phosphate ore utilization and phosphoric acid purification. Part of innovation consortium with over 20 universities and research institutes including Tsinghua, Sichuan University, and Central South University.
• Sichuan University and Central South UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of university-industry innovation consortium collaborating with over 20 units including Tsinghua University for joint research on phosphorus chemistry, fluorine resource utilization, and technology transformation from laboratory to industrialization.
• Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemicals Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner for Wengfu Jiangshan New Materials and Electronic Chemicals Project. The RMB 22 billion project is Guizhou's largest phosphorus chemical project under construction, spanning 3,000+ mu with yellow phosphorus, TCP, chlor-alkali and other production lines. Partnership combines Wengfu's phosphorus expertise with Jiangshan's agrochemical capabilities.
• Chongqing Smart Agricultural ServicestrategicGTM or Marketing PartnerParty building partnership with 21 county-level companies fully connected. Annual cooperation volume grew from less than 300 tons to 14,000 tons (46x growth), establishing a '10,000-ton level' cooperation benchmark.
• Hainan Agricultural Production Materials GroupstrategicGTM or Marketing PartnerStrategic partnership through party building cooperation. Partnership resolved previous concerns through candid exchanges at joint meetings and resulted in on-site cooperation orders. Subsequent collaboration expanded to affiliated enterprises seeking similar partnerships.
• China Telecom Guizhou BranchcoreTechnology or Integration5G private network infrastructure provider for Wengfu Jiangshan smart factory. Combined with Huawei F5G all-optical network to provide digital foundation for intelligent manufacturing transformation.
• Zhongkong TechnologycoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides time series large model TPT for Wengfu Jiangshan smart factory AI applications including predictive maintenance, intelligent alarms, and operational navigation systems.
• Fujian Farmland Construction and Soil Fertilizer Technology General StationstrategicGTM or Marketing PartnerGovernment-enterprise cooperation for rice intelligent fertilization demonstration fields and water-fertilizer integration technology. Station provides guidance on adding medium and trace elements to fertilizers for soil acidification remediation in Fujian Province.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ICL Group: Israel-based specialty fertilizers and phosphate chemicals producer with operations in specialty plant nutrition, food additives, and industrial phosphates. Comparable in specialty phosphate salts, food-grade phosphoric acid, and downstream specialty products rather than bulk commodity fertilizers.
• The Mosaic Company: One of the world's largest phosphate rock miners and phosphate fertilizer producers, with concentrated Florida mining operations and global distribution. Directly comparable on phosphate mining, MAP/DAP production, and integrated downstream chemicals; differs as a US-listed public company without battery-materials exposure.
• Yunnan Yuntianhua: Chinese state-owned phosphate fertilizer and chemicals producer, ranked among the Top 100 Chinese Fertilizer Enterprises. Closest Chinese peer given overlapping DAP/MAP/compound fertilizer production, phosphate rock mining, and government ownership structure.
• OCP Group: Morocco's state-owned phosphate mining and fertilizer giant; the world's largest phosphate rock producer and a direct vertical-integration peer with phosphate mining, fertilizers, and downstream chemicals. Most comparable to GPC given the SOE structure, vertical integration, and phosphate-led portfolio.
• PhosAgro: Russian vertically integrated phosphate producer and Europe's largest phosphate-based fertilizer supplier. Direct peer on phosphate rock mining-to-fertilizer integration with comparable product breadth including feed phosphates and food-grade phosphates.
• Hubei Yihua Chemical: Chinese phosphate chemicals producer with phosphate rock mining, fertilizer, fine chemicals, and new energy materials businesses. Comparable on the same vertical-integration model within China, though smaller in scale than GPC's RMB 90 billion asset base.

Emerging players

• Shenzhen Dynanonic: Chinese leader in lithium iron phosphate cathode materials serving EV and energy storage battery customers. Comparable on the LFP and iron phosphate product lines where GPC is building scale; Dynanonic is a pure-play specialist while GPC is vertically integrated upstream from phosphate rock.

Broad incumbents

• Sinochem Holdings: Chinese central state-owned chemicals and fertilizer conglomerate with fertilizer, agrochemicals, seed, and oil trading businesses. Comparable as a fellow Chinese central/provincial SOE in the fertilizer value chain with overlapping distribution and agrochemical presence, but at a larger conglomerate scale.
• Nutrien: World's largest fertilizer producer by capacity with significant phosphate and potash mining operations across North America. Broad incumbent peer across phosphate fertilizer and integrated agricultural retail, though its potash-heavy mix and global retail footprint differ from GPC's phosphate-and-battery focus.
• Yara International: Norwegian global nitrogen-focused fertilizer producer with phosphate and specialty crop nutrition segments and a worldwide distribution network. Comparable as a broad incumbent in phosphate-based fertilizers, though nitrogen is its dominant product and it does not operate integrated phosphate mining.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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