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March 2017
27 March 2017
Industrial Minerals proposes changes to the calcined alumina prices.
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24 March 2017
Lithium prices unchanged; brown fused alumina spreads widen; fluorspar continues to climb; antimony trioxide stable; chromite stand-off continues
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24 March 2017
Some deliveries of brown fused alumina and bauxite contracts may not arrive in May and April, as a result of the ongoing production problems in China, a number of suppliers have told IM. Most European consumers are also not fully covered in the short term, and suppliers are also seeing quality issues.
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17 March 2017
Antimony trioxide spot prices spike; magnesia unchanged but supply to remain tight; China-origin soda ash falls.
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15 March 2017
Market participants are looking ahead to a continuation of the current stability in alumina trihydrate (ATH) prices in the current year, amid a scenario that failed to be shaken by the closures of Alcoa and Sherwin over the past 12 months.
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10 March 2017
Magnesia held unchanged, as brown fused alumina and titanium dioxide prices increased while iodine remained stable.
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10 March 2017
Brown fused alumina prices have moved higher as anti-pollution controls continue to hamper production in China.
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09 March 2017
Congestion at the three Gorges lock in the Yantze river in China is causing delivery delays in brown fused alumina, which has further compounded supply tightness in Europe.
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03 March 2017
Environmental controls in China continued to disrupt production for a number of industrial minerals; magnesia prices could rise; antimony trioxide climbed week-on-week; pigments producers announced price hikes for iron oxide.
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02 March 2017
Local governments in Chinese provinces Henan and Shanxi have imposed a new round of strict production stoppages impacting fused alumina and bauxite output, following massive shut downs seen last year. This is set to further reduce supply, which was already tight from months of disruption and it is widely anticipated to impact prices.