Price Briefing: Week 19
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Published: Thursday, 13 May 2010
Magnesite market “a mess”; price rises for talc, BFA, cerium oxide and iron oxide
Chinese magnesia export licences are in the news this week.
As quotas levels are run down, the price of licences is
escalating and beginning to affect price levels.
When seeking clarification, one source exclaimed that
“the magnesite market is a mess” at the moment. It
looks as though prices will...