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Calcined alumina market on hold as participants assess fallout from Covid-19

Thursday, 02 April 2020

Calcined alumina prices remained stable in early April after a decline over previous months, with both producers and consumers assessing the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic for local operations.
INDIA LOCKDOWN: Plants closed, logistics at a standstill

Wednesday, 01 April 2020

A government-decreed lockdown in India has resulted in closed factories and import and export markets stalled by a lack of workers for the transport and processing of goods.
China’s refractory materials output up 3.7% in 2019, MIIT says

Wednesday, 01 April 2020

The total output of refractory materials in China increased by 3.7% year-on-year to 24.31 million tonnes in 2019. But most refractory raw materials prices were still under downward pressure.
HOTTER ON METALS: Mine finance requests step up amid Covid-19

Tuesday, 31 March 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has opened up financing opportunities for metals and mining-focused investment firms. It’s also created a problem.

Calcined alumina market on hold as participants assess fallout from Covid-19

Thursday, 02 April 2020

Calcined alumina prices remained stable in early April after a decline over previous months, with both producers and consumers assessing the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic for local operations.
China’s refractory materials output up 3.7% in 2019, MIIT says

Wednesday, 01 April 2020

The total output of refractory materials in China increased by 3.7% year-on-year to 24.31 million tonnes in 2019. But most refractory raw materials prices were still under downward pressure.
Bauxite prices tick up again on supply scarcity; WFA up, BFA flat

Friday, 20 March 2020

Poor availability has continued to support prices for refractory-grade bauxite over the past fortnight, while the price for white fused alumina (WFA) ticks upward and brown fused alumina (BFA) remains flat.
Bauxite prices tick higher on supply shortage; WFA rises while BFA remains flat

Friday, 06 March 2020

Bauxite prices in China have increased again over the past fortnight on low restart rates of mining and calcination activities in producing areas, market participants said.

BFA and WFA markets decouple

Tuesday, 04 February 2020

The market for fused alumina has been characterized by an increasing separation of brown fused (BFA) and white fused (WFA) alumina. As these factors strengthen, the decoupling is expected to drive these markets further apart in the near term, writes Davide Ghilotti
Impact of China’s environmental push on mineral downstream sectors

Tuesday, 04 February 2020

Most provinces in China are still facing strict environmental restrictions during the winter months, with raw materials production and demand from the downstream sector affected to some degree, report Carrie Shi and Sybil Pan.
Restricted refractory-grade bauxite supply offset weak end-user demand in 2019

Tuesday, 04 February 2020

Weakening refractories business affected trade flows of Chinese bauxite to international customers, but the supply tightness in mining and processing acted as a counterbalance, reports Sybil Pan.
Steely determination: The revival of India’s refractories sector

Friday, 30 August 2019

Indian refractories output rebounded in 2018, after three successive years of decline. Sunder Singh analyzes what was behind the shift in the industry’s fortunes and hears reasons for both optimism and consternation, from some of the market’s key participants.