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July 2021
26 July 2021
Speciality alumina producer Alteo will increase its capacity for very fine grinding production by 50% over the next nine months, the company announced on Friday July 23.
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23 July 2021
White fused alumina (WFA) prices increased for a third consecutive fortnight to Thursday July 23 amid high freight costs, while brown fused alumina (BFA) and bauxite held stable despite severe supply disruptions brought about by heavy rainfalls in Henan and environmental regulations in Shanxi province.
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20 July 2021
Supplies of brown fused alumina (BFA) were at increasing risk because of the current torrential rain, which has also caused a second explosion in Dengfeng city, sources said.
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16 July 2021
Fastmarkets has corrected the date of the June assessments of its calcined alumina prices, which were published incorrectly on May 27 due to a reporting error.
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02 July 2021
Prices for calcined alumina products increased again in early July for a second consecutive assessment, reflecting deals concluded at higher levels for the second half of the year amid strong demand for all products.
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02 July 2021
Fastmarkets has corrected its assessment of the alumina, calcined, ground and unground, long-term contract price, which was published incorrectly on Thursday July 1 due to a reporting error.
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June 2021
25 June 2021
Prices for brown and white fused alumina (BFA and WFA) jumped during the fortnight to Thursday June 24 on supply issues and spiking freight rates from China to Europe, but bauxite held firm with some mining activities in Shanxi province reported to be halted.
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24 June 2021
A summary of China’s refractory raw materials exports for May 2021.
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23 June 2021
China’s export shipments of refractory-grade bauxite dropped in May by 21.84%, compared with a month earlier. And shipments of white and brown fused alumina (WFA and BFA) over the same period went down by 16.54% and 14.59% respectively, according to Chinese customs data.
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18 June 2021
China’s heightened efforts to tackle pollution and safety controls in 2021 are set to widen supply tightness in refractory-grade bauxite and fused alumina, sources told Fastmarkets.
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16 June 2021
Andalusite market participants said availability is tightening and prices have risen owing to a combination of supply hiccups in some origins and increasing costs of shipping.
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11 June 2021
Prices for brown fused alumina (BFA) moved up in the fortnight to Thursday June 10 amid increasing supply tightness following temporary closures in China’s Henan province. The price of white fused alumina (WFA) imports into Europe was supported by soaring freight costs, while bauxite also held firm.
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11 June 2021
The European Commission (EC) plans to set a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) for imports of some goods, including steel and aluminium, to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, according to a draft of the EC’s proposal seen by Fastmarkets on June 10.
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09 June 2021
Imerys has expanded its presence in India with a new plant serving the refractory and infrastructure markets.
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02 June 2021
The chaos being experienced in the global container shipping industry is expected to continue for some time with a shortage of an estimated four million boxes creating havoc with congestion, routes and freight rates, according to an executive at logistics conglomerate DP World.
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01 June 2021
Rising production costs, a more expensive Chinese yuan and the continuing global logistics issues continued to support prices for both brown and white fused alumina (BFA and WFA) and for bauxite in the fortnight to Thursday May 27.