Price Briefing: Week 14 – alumina, rare earths, iodine
07 April 2011
by Mark Watts
Non-met alumina market tightens as rare earth prices continue to rocket
Keywords: mineral prices, alumina, ATH, rare earths, iodine, TiO2, rutile
Prices could rise further in the non-metallurgical alumina market due to robust global demand and a run on prices in metallurgical markets.Most non-met suppliers are locked in to six-month pricing contracts, so the market has not immediately reacted to the tightening of supply.Industry sources said that the market for commodity hydrates has now become so constrained in North America in...
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