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Market eyes potential Brazilian bauxite supply disruption on upstream tailings ban resolution

Tuesday, 19 March 2019

There could be a metallurgical bauxite shortage if the resolution to ban upstream tailings dams is put into effect.
LME alumina contract provides new hedging tool for volatile market

Tuesday, 12 March 2019

The new alumina contract will allow market participants to hedge against risk.
China’s finished steel exports down in February

Monday, 11 March 2019

Chinese finished steel exports decreased in February on both a yearly and a month-on-month basis amid uncompetitive prices and fewer working days as a result of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday.
Altech expects EV market to unlock high-purity alumina demand

Friday, 08 March 2019

The market for extremely pure alumina is set to more than double in the next five years due to the growing electric vehicle (EV) sector, Altech claims.

Low demand, inconsistent supply keep bauxite market weak

Friday, 08 March 2019

Prices for two grades of bauxite have ticked downward, as has the price for white fused alumina, but brown fused alumina remained stable, with the market said to be mostly flat on limited activity.
Calcined alumina contract prices settle higher, participants expect softening in H2

Friday, 08 February 2019

Markets saw a second consecutive round of contract price increases for calcined alumina material, but a change in feedstock costs dynamics and availability could soften the market later in the year.
Hydro Q4 earnings down significantly due to Alunorte curtailment

Thursday, 07 February 2019

Producer Norsk Hydro's underlying operating profit dropped almost 85% in the fourth quarter due to the effects of its production curtailment at its Brazilian alumina refinery, Alunorte.
Argentina's crude steel output up 12% in 2018

Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Argentina’s crude steel output grew by 11.6% in 2018, according to figures released by national steel association Acero Argentino on Monday January 21.

Will the Chinese supply crisis continue during the Year of the Pig?

Thursday, 31 January 2019

Refractories bounced back in 2018, driving demand for bauxite and alumina raw materials, but the market continues to face what is becoming a perennial state of crisis affecting supply from China.
Prospects for ceramics shaping up nicely

Thursday, 31 January 2019

Whether you call them technical ceramics, engineering ceramics or advanced ceramics, these materials have advanced steadily through the past year, and 2019 holds a great deal of potential for more widespread adoption, notably in the high performance industrial arena, as Charlie Wallin reports.
YEAR IN REVIEW 2018: Bauxite & alumina

Wednesday, 02 January 2019

A round-up of the year’s main events in the global bauxite and alumina markets.
Bauxite, fused-alumina market in supply limbo in Q4

Thursday, 20 December 2018

The spreads in the bauxite market have been widening, while concerns over China's 2019 supply flow increase and keep brown-fused alumina (BFA) and white-fused alumina (WFA) prices stable.