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September 2020
30 September 2020
China’s export shipments of bauxite and fused alumina increased month-on-month in August for the first time since March-April 2020, reflecting a bottoming-out of trading volumes in July and signs of a slow recovery, according to market sources.
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29 September 2020
The formal consultation process for collective dismissal at Alcoa’s San Ciprián aluminium smelter in Spain has ended without an agreement with the workers’ representatives, the producer said on Tuesday September 29.
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23 September 2020
Factors including an improving oil price and increased demand will support a recovery in the cif China bauxite price in the second half of this year but market participants should keep a close eye on the effect of a weakening domestic alumina price, Fastmarkets aluminium analyst Yang Cao said on Monday September 21.
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21 September 2020
Prices of bauxite, white fused alumina (WFA) and abrasive-grade brown fused alumina (BFA) all ticked upward on exchange-rate fluctuations and rising freight rates during the two weeks to Thursday September 17, the first positive pricing moves in all three commodities for several months.
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21 September 2020
New Day Aluminum has increased its production of chemical grade alumina and is gearing up to make additional investments in the specialty chemicals business, particularly in Europe, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer said.
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21 September 2020
Argentinian crude steel production decreased by 22.80% year-on-year in August, according to figures from national steel association Acero Argentino.
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21 September 2020
Sales of passenger cars in Europe slumped again in August after brief signs of a revival in July, according to the latest data from the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
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16 September 2020
The refractories environment was unlikely to return to a pre-Covid-19 state before 2022, attendees at an industry conference were told on Wednesday September 16.
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14 September 2020
ArcelorMittal has decided not to restart blast furnace (BF) No1 at its plant Fos-sur-Mer in France, the company’s spokesman told Fastmarkets on Friday September 11.
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11 September 2020
ArcelorMittal Poland has denied accusations from local trade union Sierpien 80 that it was abandoning plans to relight blast furnaces in its Krakow plant, saying that operations in the steelworks’ hot area will be resumed but “only when it is economically viable,” the company’s spokesperson told Fastmarkets on Wednesday September 9.
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07 September 2020
Fastmarkets is proposing to discontinue its assessment of the price of alumina hydrate (ATH).
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04 September 2020
Prices of brown fused alumina (BFA), white fused alumina (WFA) and refractory-grade bauxite remained stable on limited trading during the two weeks ended Thursday September 3, pausing a sharply bearish trend that had affected both commodities in recent months.
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04 September 2020
The European Commission unveiled an updated list of critical raw materials on Thursday September 3 that it aims to secure the supply of while avoiding over-dependence on third countries, alongside an action plan to create domestic supply chains for raw materials.
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01 September 2020
A summary of German specialty alumina and flame retardants producer Nabaltec AG’s financial results for the first half of 2020.
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01 September 2020
Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on its pricing methodology for its industrial minerals, as part of its annual methodology review process and compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for PRAs.
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August 2020
28 August 2020
Exports of Chinese refractory-grade bauxite and fused alumina declined steeply in July owing to sluggish demand brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and the traditional summer slowdown
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24 August 2020
Refractory grade bauxite prices in China dropped in the two weeks to Thursday, August 20 amid “extremely slow” demand, while both brown fused alumina (BFA) and white fused alumina (WFA) prices remained under pressure.
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12 August 2020
The global refractories market has been severely hit by weak demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, yet refractory-grade bauxite prices have held firm due to tightening supply - a situation industry participants see as a "short-term new normal".
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11 August 2020
The industrial mineral group Imerys will buy Turkish refractory producer Haznedar to further establish itself in the attractive Turkish market, it said.
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07 August 2020
The price of white fused alumina (WFA) made a further downward move during the past fortnight despite participants’ expectations the market had bottomed out owing to changes in feedstock prices during previous weeks.