China's anti-pollution checks hit brown fused alumina output
By Yoke Wong
Published: Friday, 22 July 2016
Chinese-origin brown fused alumina prices held unchanged despite a looming supply tightness due to stricter anti-pollution checks shutting down production in recent months.
Chinese-origin brown fused alumina (BFA) prices were largely
unchanged this week amid stricter environmental checks, which
clamped down polluting plants and cutting production capacity
in the country.
Spot prices for 95.5% Al,O3 min
BFA (refractory sized) traded at $580-590/tonne on a FOB
China basis in the past week, two producers and several
traders...