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March 2019
19 March 2019
The number of new passenger car registrations in the EU decreased by only 0.96% year-on-year in February 2019.
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19 March 2019
There could be a metallurgical bauxite shortage if the resolution to ban upstream tailings dams is put into effect.
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12 March 2019
The new alumina contract will allow market participants to hedge against risk.
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11 March 2019
Chinese finished steel exports decreased in February on both a yearly and a month-on-month basis amid uncompetitive prices and fewer working days as a result of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday.
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08 March 2019
The market for extremely pure alumina is set to more than double in the next five years due to the growing electric vehicle (EV) sector, Altech claims.
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08 March 2019
Prices for two grades of bauxite have ticked downward, as has the price for white fused alumina, but brown fused alumina remained stable, with the market said to be mostly flat on limited activity.
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08 March 2019
China’s major mills continued to raise their daily output rates for crude steel in mid-February, while their finished steel inventories also rose.
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07 March 2019
The Russian aluminium producer forecasts a positive 2019 after a volatile aluminium market last year.
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04 March 2019
Fastmarkets IM has begun a consultation on its proposal to increase the frequency of its andalusite price assessments to quarterly.
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February 2019
28 February 2019
UK refractory material producer Vesuvius has bought a refractory products company in the United States to develop its presence in North America.
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28 February 2019
The andalusite market remains buoyant on refractories demand and ongoing issues with alternative raw materials such as Chinese bauxite, but participants are hopeful the ripple effects of the 2017 shortage may finally be coming to an end.
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28 February 2019
Production increased in Asia and North America but fell in the EU and CIS.
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26 February 2019
Imerys will focus on cash generation and cost control this year to combat challenging business that will spill over from the end of last year, it said.
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26 February 2019
New Day Aluminium Holding's new NICHE unit will incorporate Gramercy’s alumina hydrate operation and ARC’s white fused alumina business in France.
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26 February 2019
Alunorte could be subject to higher scrutiny following the dam failure at Vale’s Córrego do Feijão mine.
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25 February 2019
Flat steel consumption fared worst out of the ferrous products year on year.
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21 February 2019
Weak sentiment was blamed for the lower output in the domestic market.
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18 February 2019
The number of new passenger car registrations in the EU decreased by 4.62% year-on-year in January 2019, making it the fifth consecutive month of decline, the European Automotive Manufacturers Assn (ACEA) said on Friday February 15.
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18 February 2019
The company, which sees volatile market conditions continuing this year, will focus on cash generation and cost control to reduce business risk.
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15 February 2019
Finished steel shipments in January are higher both annually and since December.
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13 February 2019
The outlook for the Brazilian mining industry has become very murky following a major accident in one of Vale’s mines and the consequent increased scrutiny on operations by authorities, according to analysts.
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12 February 2019
Tariffs and quotas on steel and aluminium imported from the European Union could continue and even be extended, industry figures said.
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11 February 2019
Aluminium producer UC Rusal’s profits from aluminium sales in the fourth quarter of 2018 were down by 16% year on year because the company was operating under trading sanctions imposed by the United States, according to an earnings statement published on Friday February 8.
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08 February 2019
Markets saw a second consecutive round of contract price increases for calcined alumina material, but a change in feedstock costs dynamics and availability could soften the market later in the year.
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07 February 2019
Producer Norsk Hydro's underlying operating profit dropped almost 85% in the fourth quarter due to the effects of its production curtailment at its Brazilian alumina refinery, Alunorte.
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04 February 2019
Slowing EU steel demand, global overcapacity and weaker worldwide demand could become a major threat to European steel market stability.
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01 February 2019
The newly launched business for specialty alumina, NICHE, will incorporate Gramercy’s alumina hydrate operation and ARC’s white fused alumina business in France; the company does not rule out further acquisitions in future.