Argon why the price increase

1, in order to respond to the national stage of energy saving and emission reduction call, resulting in high energy consumption of ordinary steel mills and small air branch company shut down, large air branch company to limit the production (production volume decreased). Large steel mills to produce high-quality stainless steel and silicon steel (argon gas usage increased). Now leads to the national argon gas source is tight, there has been a break in the sale of the situation. 2, the state to implement the integration of steel mills, to be reduced from 800 to 200. 3, photoelectric enterprises with argon increased, while the production of argon manufacturers did not increase the supply and demand is out of whack. 4, as a result of inflation, foreign industrial gases giants have to raise prices. (Nearly half of China's gases are imported.) 5, the world's three major iron ore suppliers to manipulate the price of iron ore. 6, the Yangtze River Delta's demand for a big increase, resulting in an imbalance between supply and demand.