Alumina/Bauxite pricing news

• August 2017

  Chinese brown fused alumina prices hit new high

  25 August 2017

  Brown fused alumina prices in China reached a 1.5-year high this week. The ongoing anti-pollution checks continue to cap production in Henan while scrutiny on export documents is ridding the market of lower offers.

• Price Briefing 18-24 August

  25 August 2017

  Dwindling supply lifts Chinese calcined bauxite prices; Renewed supply pressure lifts Chinese antimony trioxide prices; Firm chromite prices amid improving demand; Stricter inspections in China force graphite prices up; Chinese brown fused alumina hit 1.5-year highs

• Dwindling supply lifts Chinese calcined bauxite prices

  25 August 2017

  Further crackdown on environmental rule-breaking plants in Shanxi have slashed calcined bauxite output, pushing prices up over the past fortnight.

• Shanxi to shut all polluting minerals production by end-September

  15 August 2017

  Key refractory-minerals producing region Shanxi will implement a new environmental measure to shut down all facilities that do not meet standards by end-September. This is set to further affect calcined bauxite production.

• China tax evasion clampdown leads to wave of arrests

  14 August 2017

  Several refractory minerals suppliers alleged to have committed tax evasion have reportedly been arrested in China, with many wary of Beijing’s clampdown on the practice warning that there could be more prosecutions.

• Price briefing 4-10 August

  11 August 2017

  Two Chinese producers announced another price hike for rare earth; while strict environment checks pushed brown fused alumina higher.

• Brown fused alumina prices spike on supply cut

  11 August 2017

  Environmental controls in Henan are choking brown fused alumina supply and pushing prices upwards.

• IM's July Price Movements

  03 August 2017

  IM's monthly price movements.