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April 2018
20 April 2018
Bauxite calcination plants in Shanxi shut on government orders. Market fears rise in prices as Liaoning stops magnesite mining. PRICING NOTICE: Extension of consultation period on proposal to discontinue kyanite prices. European, North American lithium spot markets up; Chinese spot market unchanged. Spherical graphite price grows on tight supply. PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of one zircon grade, launching another. Lower Chinese prices push white fused alumina market down. PRICING NOTICE: Extension of consultation period regarding olivine price
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20 April 2018
Industrial Minerals understands no calcined bauxite operation in the Chinese province is being allowed to run, and the disruption may last for up to two months.
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20 April 2018
The material has depreciated somewhat from the heights reached at the beginning of the year, with an evident split between cheaper Chinese material and more expensive prices from other regions.
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18 April 2018
Bauxite production increased from last year but was down by 8% from Q4 last year due to wet weather affecting mining operations.
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17 April 2018
A summary of ten of the most valuable points to be learnt at the 2018 Ceramitec conference, held in Munich, Germany, on April 10-13.
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16 April 2018
The Australian company has a number of supply agreements in place with China-based alumina and aluminium producers, which have been affected by disruptions of their local bauxite supplies during rounds of government inspections and closures last year.
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13 April 2018
IM's monthly price movements.
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09 April 2018
Reviews by Hydro and a third-party environmental consultancy have found no indications of contamination from the company's Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil, Hydro said on Monday April 9.
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09 April 2018
Market concerns that Hydro’s production cuts would affect alumina hydrate output seem to be proving accurate after both March and first-quarter exports dropped on an annual comparison.
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06 April 2018
Users of silicon carbide, brown-fused alumina and calcined alumina are having to wait longer to get their consignments amid limited availability and firm prices.
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March 2018
29 March 2018
Imports for the mineral increased in both China and Guyana due to demand from steelmaking end-markets improving, boosting demand for refractory products.
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28 March 2018
Higher shipments of ATH from Brazil confirm the uptrend seen over the previous two years but, with Hydro due to halve its production, future exports may be in jeopardy.
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26 March 2018
Shanxi is gearing up to clamp down on illegal bauxite mining while it maintains its focus on improving local environmental conditions. But the sector fears an impact to supply flows.
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23 March 2018
China supply uncertainty pushes brown fused-alumina price up; Chinese spherical graphite prices up on tight supply; Chinese lithium carbonate prices soften amid slip in consumption; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of caustic soda prices; Chinese, European seaborne antimony trioxide markets move up slightly; rest of world prices stable; High-grade magnesia prices steady on lack of raw material supply; PRICING NOTICE: Extension of consultation period for proposal to discontinue celestite price
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23 March 2018
Refractory grade brown fused-alumina (BFA) is trading above $800 per tonne while producers see no end to government-led production limitations on processing plants as part of Beijing’s quest for ‘blue skies’.
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14 March 2018
Imerys has made a number of changes to its management board, with Gilles Michel appointed to chairman of the board while the role of chief executive officer will go to ex-AkzoNobel head of performance coatings, Conrad Keijzer.
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07 March 2018
The material is a feedstock of choice for flame retardants, aluminium fluoride and water treatment chemicals, among others, with expansion in its end-markets is driving demand.
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05 March 2018
The company will achieve higher output of wet hydrate alumina and new output of dry hydrate to supply growing demand in North America, while benefiting from the stability of non-metallurgical alumina markets.
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05 March 2018
The change in shipping strategy could shave several dollars off the cost of transportation.
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05 March 2018
The refractories maker benefited last year from a growing steel sector as well as increased demand for high quality materials in China.
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05 March 2018
Any drop in output from Hydro’s Alunorte refinery may affect the company’s ability to uphold alumina hydrate volumes and supplies of Brazilian material to the United States at a time of rising prices.
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05 March 2018
China’s bauxite imports could increase to 130-150 million tonnes per year within the next ten years, as it seeks to fill a domestic supply gap, according to Mark Roggensinger, senior market analyst at Hydro.
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05 March 2018
The global alumina supply picture would likely look very different were it not for the introduction and adoption of alumina indices published by price reporting agencies, according to Mark Roggensinger, senior market analyst at Hydro.
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05 March 2018
Northeast Asia is becoming the “price-maker” for caustic soda going forward, with the market in a price upswing cycle, according to an analyst at IHS Global Chlor-Alkali.
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01 March 2018
High volumes of inquiries cannot be met by current availability after years of low investment, delegates told Industrial Minerals in Jamaica.
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01 March 2018
As authorities require vessels to reduce their pollution footprint, owners are forecast to experience a rise in costs that will be transferred to customers in the form of higher freight rates.