Price Briefing: Week 14 – alumina, rare earths, iodine
By Mark Watts
Published: Thursday, 07 April 2011
Non-met alumina market tightens as rare earth prices continue to rocket
Prices could rise further in the non-metallurgical alumina
market due to robust global demand and a run on prices in
metallurgical markets.
Most non-met suppliers are locked in to six-month pricing
contracts, so the market has not immediately reacted to the
tightening of supply.
Industry sources said that the market...