Price Briefing March 23 - April 5
By Siobhan Lismore-Scott, Davide Ghilotti, Martim Facada, Cameron Perks, Carrie Shi
Published: Friday, 06 April 2018
Tightening supply gives zircon, rutile prices a boost as Q2 gets underway; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of wollastonite prices; Chinese lithium market remains slow but prices rise globally; Low-grade magnesia prices fall while stocks rise; Foundry chromite prices strengthen; chemical grade stable; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of sulphur prices
Continued supply tightness pushed zircon prices higher
heading into the second quarter of 2018, with rutile prices
also benefiting from similar market conditions.
Spot prices in the domestic Chinese market for lithium have
softened before Easter due to lower consumption, while prices
in the rest of the world have gone...