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By Carrie Shi
Published: 15 Nov 2019
China’s domestic battery-grade lithium market remains under downward pressure, with lower offers for carbonate bringing the assessment down by 1.8% week on week on Thursday November 14, while the downtrend in Chinese prices is weighing on the seaborne Asia market, market sources said.
By William Clarke
Published: 13 Nov 2019
Iluka, the world’s largest zircon miner, says that increasing monazite usage could be the solution to a shortage of new projects.
By Davide Ghilotti
Published: 11 Nov 2019
Persistent price weakness could lead to a rationalization in the supply of foundry-grade chromite in the near term, with the most exposed or high-cost producers exiting the market, delegates at a chromium conference said.
By Michael Greenfield
Michael Greenfield
Published: 11 Nov 2019
Following months of market speculation, Eloisa iodine plant has been acquired by another Chilean producer and will resume production in 2021, Fastmarkets understands.
By Jon Stibbs
Published: 11 Nov 2019
Syrah Resources will not ramp up its graphite flake production to the levels seen earlier this year until prices recover and the market is back in balance, the company has told Fastmarkets.