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August 2018
14 August 2018
Prices came down for two grades of bauxite, refractory-grade white-fused alumina (WFA) and abrasive-grade brown-fused alumina (BFA), while white refractory-grade BFA held stable.
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02 August 2018
The Trump administration has asked its trade authorities to consider a 25% import duty rate on Chinese minerals rather than the 10% rate it officially proposed in July.
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01 August 2018
Two of the world’s largest refractory companies report growing demand for their products despite rising raw material prices.
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01 August 2018
The new company - RHI Magnesita India - will be better positioned to expand its presence in the Indian refractories market, which has significant growth opportunities while steel capacity develops and local companies innovate.
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July 2018
30 July 2018
The refractories producer managed to offset the rise in raw material costs while it achieved higher turnover and profits.
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27 July 2018
The producer is aiming to expand tabular alumina output in India to serve growing demand from the local refractory industry.
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24 July 2018
The Alunorte alumina refinery was closed in late February on water contamination concerns.
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18 July 2018
A summary of Rio Tinto's second-quarter production figures for alumina and bauxite for the three months ended June 30 (year-on-year changes in brackets).
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13 July 2018
Calcined alumina suppliers warn of further price rises in 2019 on widespread shortage; Global iodine spot price strengthens; Chinese carbonate prices drop for second week; seaborne market resists lower bids; Proposal to discontinue four European graphite prices; Ilmenite prices stable amid China’s latest environmental protection campaign; Domestic European antimony trioxide price softens but global markets largely stable; Chinese soda ash prices hold firm for another week, production stable; Chinese TiO2 export prices tick lower; Bauxite, fused alumina prices stable amid concerns of new shutdowns
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13 July 2018
Prices for bauxite, brown-fused alumina (BFA) and white-fused alumina (WFA) have held since the drop in May and June, but supply may suffer yet another hit if calcination plant closures in Shanxi were to go ahead.
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13 July 2018
China's customs department will introduce a much stricter system that local exporters and importers must follow to carry out international trading.
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11 July 2018
The evident imbalance of the calcined alumina market will result in new price increases next year, sellers said.
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11 July 2018
The US/China trade war is heating up, and industrial minerals are in the firing line.
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09 July 2018
Environmental officials briefly suspended operations at the port of Okha, a non-major bauxite and coal hub, due to dust control issues. Soda ash producers may have had their raw material supplies temporarily disrupted.