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October 2021
19 October 2021
German calcined alumina supplier Nabaltec AG will increase prices by “up to 20%” across all of its products starting next year, the company announced.
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15 October 2021
Market prices in China for brown fused alumina (BFA) and white fused alumina (WFA) continued to surge over the past fortnight on escalating power shortage-related operations closures in production hubs, while bauxite prices remained stable despite supply risks.
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15 October 2021
By Yiwen Ju and Sybil Pan
Market participants in the bauxite industry in China, both metallurgical and non-metallurgical grades, have downplayed the effect of heavy rainfall in Shanxi earlier this month despite a temporary closure of alumina operation lines. But sources expressed concerns over operations in the coming winter because of the traditional environmental regulations and energy shortages.
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11 October 2021
Industrial minerals producer and processor Imerys Group has applied a surcharge on fourth-quarter shipments of fused alumina products from two European facilities following recent increases in local energy costs, the company confirmed to Fastmarkets.
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08 October 2021
The congestion at major ports that has affected shipping operations for metals and minerals on the China-to-Europe route is set to worsen in the next three or four months, sources told Fastmarkets during last week’s International Colloquium on Refractories conference in Aachen, Germany.
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01 October 2021
Market prices for fused alumina mineral products surged over the past two weeks to Thursday September 30 because of severe power shortages in Chinese production areas that hit availability, while bauxite prices held firm again.
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September 2021
29 September 2021
French specialty alumina producer Alteo will apply temporary surcharges on its sales prices from next month to offset the surging energy costs in Europe, the company confirmed to Fastmarkets on Wednesday.
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24 September 2021
A summary of China’s refractory raw materials exports in August 2021.
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17 September 2021
Prices for brown and white fused alumina increased further in the two weeks to Thursday September 16, with power availability issues in central China worsening, adding to ongoing logistics issues and limiting availability and sellers’ capacity to ship material.
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08 September 2021
China’s exports of finished steel products fell by more than 10% month on month in August, preliminary Chinese customs data showed on Tuesday September 7. By Tianran Zhao.
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03 September 2021
The continuing shortage of container freight space and vessels could intensify further in the coming weeks, shippers of ferrous scrap told Fastmarkets this week.
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03 September 2021
Bauxite refining and alumina production will resume at New Day Aluminum's facility in Gramercy, Louisiana, in the United States, after operations were halted due to Hurricane Ida, major shareholder Concord Resources said on Thursday September 2.
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03 September 2021
Prices for white fused alumina (WFA) hit new highs in the fortnight to Thursday September 2, on surging feedstock costs, while brown fused alumina (BFA) followed, with tighter supply and power scarcity affecting output, but the price of bauxite was stable on strong fundamentals.