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March 2020
26 March 2020
Global crude steel production rose 2.8% year on year in February, according to the Worldsteel Association (Worldsteel), with a strong performance from steel mills in China.
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24 March 2020
South Africa will enter a 21-day nationwide lockdown from midnight on Thursday March 26 and ordered the country’s metals and mining operations to be placed on care and maintenance.
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23 March 2020
Fastmarkets will continue to provide the price data, news and analytics you rely on in these turbulent times.
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20 March 2020
Poor availability has continued to support prices for refractory-grade bauxite over the past fortnight, while the price for white fused alumina (WFA) ticks upward and brown fused alumina (BFA) remains flat.
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20 March 2020
The world’s largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, has announced that it intends to reduce steel output at its European plants due to the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pandemic, the company said on Thursday March 19.
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19 March 2020
ArcelorMittal Poland had decided to postpone the restart of its blast furnace (BF) at its Krakow plant, the company said on Tuesday March 17.
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19 March 2020
Automotive manufacturers in Europe have announced temporary production shutdowns at sites throughout the continent, because of the problems being created by the measures taken by governments to restrict the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak.
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19 March 2020
More European steel producers have announced production cuts and equipment stoppages because of the measures being taken to combat the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pandemic, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday March 18.
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17 March 2020
European car manufacturers have announced temporary stoppages at production sites across Europe due to the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pandemic, Fastmarkets learnt on Monday March 16.
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17 March 2020
China’s crude steel output increased in the first two months of the year despite the spread of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) across the country in February, according to data released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday March 16.
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10 March 2020
The Shandong provincial government in China has removed its restrictions on the resumption of industrial operations based on the individual situations of the 1,268 companies in the province, according to a recent government statement on economic development and the fight against the 2019-nCoV coronavirus infection.
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09 March 2020
The specialty alumina market continues to suffer bearish pressure of weak end market conditions and high availability, forcing suppliers to give in to price cuts to move volumes.
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09 March 2020
Member mills of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) cut their daily steel output rates and stock levels in late February, but spot market inventories continued to rise, according to data released late on Thursday March 5.
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06 March 2020
Bauxite prices in China have increased again over the past fortnight on low restart rates of mining and calcination activities in producing areas, market participants said.
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02 March 2020
The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has issued 1,615 force majeure certificates to businesses in China affected by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV) outbreak.
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February 2020
28 February 2020
The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is set to accelerate what the trade wars started: the diversification of global supply chains.
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28 February 2020
Vesuvius attributed a 4.9% drop in its 2019 revenues to £87.6 million ($112.9 million) and a 40.4% slump in profits to weak steel and foundry end-markets.
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27 February 2020
Detailed Chinese import and export figures for January and February will not be published separately from 2020 onward, Fastmarkets has learnt.
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27 February 2020
Global crude steel production totaled 154.44 million tonnes in January, a year-on-year rise of 2.1%, according to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel).
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27 February 2020
China’s steel industry has faced difficulties in production and sales since the first working day after the Lunar New Year holiday due to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, which has led to some 78,000 infections and close to 2,700 deaths in the country so far.
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25 February 2020
The Shanxi provincial government in China has reduced its public health emergency status to Level Two from Level One (the highest), based on the situation for control of the coronavirus infection (2019-nCoV) in the province on Monday February 24.
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24 February 2020
The price of refractory-grade bauxite rose in the two weeks to Thursday February 20 due to a low production recovery rate and limited logistics in the main Chinese production hub of Shanxi province, while fused alumina remained unchanged on production and delivery uncertainty in Henan.
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17 February 2020
Mineral company Imerys reported falling revenues and earnings, as industrial conditions in Europe decline.
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14 February 2020
A recovery of China’s bauxite and fused alumina production remained uncertain in the major production hubs of Henan and Shanxi provinces due to the coronavirus outbreak, creating concern about supply and delivery of the refractory material in the short term.
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14 February 2020
Chinese mineral producers trying to return to work amid the coronavirus disruptions are being hampered by the continuing shortage of land freight options and restrictions on border crossings.
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13 February 2020
Major Chinese mills’ daily crude steel output edged up in late January, but finished steel inventories dropped sharply.
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10 February 2020
LME Week Asia 2020 could be in doubt due to the coronavirus outbreak, with Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing evaluating all their events taking place over the next few months.
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07 February 2020
Participants active in the bauxite and fused alumina markets expect short-term supply shortages to affect consuming destinations in areas including Europe, while sellers take stock of the shipping disruptions arising from measures taken to contain the coronavirus outbreak in China.
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05 February 2020
Alfada Anodes Production and MOVAN Industries plan to build two plants to produce 600,000 tonnes per year of carbon anodes and 50,000 tpy of recycled material in Kuwait by 2025.
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03 February 2020
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