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Weak demand to weigh on China’s bauxite, fused alumina exports

Friday, 13 September 2019

China’s shipments of refractory-grade bauxite to the international markets was lower year-on-year in July on slow demand from global buyers and disrupted supply within the country.
Turkey targets refractories development

Friday, 30 August 2019

Domestic R&D in Turkey will be a priority in the country’s latest economic plan for the years to 2023, with emphasis on refractories.
Chinese fused alumina prices down slightly on weak demand

Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Brown and white fused alumina prices are easing in China, even with the emergence of supply concerns caused by pollution controls in Henan province.
China’s environmental restrictions threaten supplies of refractory-grade bauxite

Friday, 23 August 2019

Bauxite prices were steady in China, with supply falling and only weak demand in end-user markets. But China’s environmental policies may create new challenges.

Weak demand to weigh on China’s bauxite, fused alumina exports

Friday, 13 September 2019

China’s shipments of refractory-grade bauxite to the international markets was lower year-on-year in July on slow demand from global buyers and disrupted supply within the country.
Chinese fused alumina prices down slightly on weak demand

Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Brown and white fused alumina prices are easing in China, even with the emergence of supply concerns caused by pollution controls in Henan province.
GIFA 2019: More calcined alumina available but market ‘will soften in H2’

Tuesday, 02 July 2019

Buyers of calcined alumina are putting downward pressure on producers’ prices during second-half contract negotiations, with sentiment turning because of weaker end markets.
Spreads in brown fused alumina prices increase as market mulls direction

Monday, 17 June 2019

Refractory grade brown fused alumina (BFA) sellers report thin trading conditions on low demand, but concerns over availability are sending mixed messages to the market, sources said this week.

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.
Will the Chinese supply crisis continue during the Year of the Pig?

Thursday, 31 January 2019

Refractories bounced back in 2018, driving demand for bauxite and alumina raw materials, but the market continues to face what is becoming a perennial state of crisis affecting supply from China.
YEAR IN REVIEW 2018: Bauxite & alumina

Wednesday, 02 January 2019

A round-up of the year’s main events in the global bauxite and alumina markets.
Bauxite, fused-alumina market in supply limbo in Q4

Thursday, 20 December 2018

The spreads in the bauxite market have been widening, while concerns over China's 2019 supply flow increase and keep brown-fused alumina (BFA) and white-fused alumina (WFA) prices stable.