Price Briefing: Week 44 — Magnesia, boron, barytes
By Siobhan Lismore-Scott
Published: Thursday, 03 November 2011
Boron prices to remain stable to 2012; magnesia fire sale to end
Chinese magnesia has experienced an unusual
period of low price levels this autumn as exporters and
traders have rushed to sell their official 2011 export quotas
of the material
One US buyer described the situation as a “magnesia
fire sale” and said that prices had come down
considerably, some by...