Canada cost-effectiveness pricing

In the U.S., the primary methanol production location is in the Gulf Coast area. Methanol is also produced in Canada, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Methanol production and price is not controlled by any single country or consortium of countries. Any country with remote natural gas reserves is a candidate for methanol production since production of methanol usually represents the most cost-effective means of developing those reserves. 

The specific use appHcations of sodium chlorite varies from country to country. Important factors are the regulatory and environmental laws in effect for air and water quaUty standards. Sodium chlorite is generally priced at about four to six times the cost of sodium chlorate. The Hst price of 80% technical-grade NaC102 in January 1991 was 2.65/kg (146). In 1990, the estimated consumption of sodium chlorate for the production of sodium chlorite in Canada was about 2700 metric tons and about 9100 metric tons in the United States (74). In Western Europe, the 1990 chlorate consumption estimate was about 11,000 metric tons. A summary of 1991 U.S. and foreign sodium chlorite producer annual plant capacities in various world market areas is given in Table 3. 

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