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May 2017
30 May 2017
The company has signed a deal for a three-year supply of bauxite to China’s fifth-largest bauxite importer, Shandong Aluminium Company.
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30 May 2017
The company reported high demand for cement grade bauxite as well as an increase in metallurgical bauxite enquiries from China.
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24 May 2017
Shipping companies are charging an additional handling fee for loading heavy cargoes in China, further increasing shipping costs for many minerals buyers and leading to some delivery delays.
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22 May 2017
The US-based alumina producer, recently spun out from the bankrupt Noranda Aluminium, gets backing for expansion from Louisiana state government
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19 May 2017
The ongoing draconian anti-pollution controls in China continue to disrupt production in a number of minerals, which has lifted prices in bauxite and antimony trioxide. Meanwhile, fused magnesia is no longer available in China; producers announced another rare earth price hike; chromite and silicon carbide prices remained stable; and lithium carbonate spot have risen in China again.
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19 May 2017
Chinese bauxite spot prices increased again in May as the ongoing anti-pollution related production shutdowns caused severe shortages in the market.
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18 May 2017
Industrial Minerals proposed to revise the refractory-grade brown fused alumina specifications at the end of June.
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17 May 2017
Container shipping costs have been increasing since end-2016 and the uptrend is expected to stay in the near-term. Despite higher freight rate, industrial minerals market participants reported delays and limited vessels availability.
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16 May 2017
The high-purity alumina (HPA) manufacturer saw its net loss in Q1 increase amid ongoing struggle to secure its financial position and remain in business.
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16 May 2017
Mineral deliveries were impacted by tighter security checks in Tianjin, where much of China’s refractory minerals were exported.
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16 May 2017
The German engineering company will handle the construction process of Altech’s high-purity alumina (HPA) plant to be set up in Johor, Malaysia.
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15 May 2017
Three refractories manufacturers based in the city have carried out an upgrading process of local operations to comply with the stricter environmental norms.
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15 May 2017
China’s largest refractory contractor to the steel sector returned to profitability after a net loss the previous year, as turnover posted a single-digit increase.
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12 May 2017
The surge in Brazilian deliveries of alumina trihydrate to US customers that characterised the second half of 2016 has continued this year to date.
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11 May 2017
The Brazilian company saw improved revenues for refractories sales to steelmakers and industrial customers, while raw material turnover surged.
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05 May 2017
Chinese magnesia output disruption worsens; fresh mining restrictions lift bauxite prices; brown fused alumina remains unchanged but raw material cut could support prices.
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05 May 2017
Brown fused alumina (BFA) prices were unchanged over the fortnight, but market sources warned that new bauxite mining restrictions in China could impact BFA production in the near-term. BFA operations remained intermittent due to the ongoing environmental inspections.
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05 May 2017
China-origin refractory-grade bauxite prices have increased for the second time this year as the government ramped up efforts to reduce pollution. Only a tiny minority of plants is still allowed to operate following the environmental inspections, and traders are struggling to find material to fulfil contracts.