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The latest data from official Chinese sources shows that domestic production in the country has continued to increase after dipping last summer due to environmental inspections.
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Metspar was trading at higher levels than acid-grade material, market participants said this week, but Fastmarkets IM's fluorspar price assessments remained unchanged due to a lack of confirmation from the buy-side of the market.
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Pilbara Minerals will restrict its lithium production in June and July due to reduced demand in the second quarter of 2019 caused by delays in the commissioning of chemical conversion capacity by the company's key offtake partners in China.
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The iodine spot price range reached its widest point for three and half years last week as prices from Japan continued to lag behind increases instigated by Chilean sellers.
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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.
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Having already missed several of its own production deadlines, Sepfluor is still yet to produce any material at 97% grade, three sources have told Fastmarkets IM.
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Prices of refractory-grade bauxite have proved resilient of late despite the slowdown in demand in Europe and other major consumer markets.
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EV-inspired price volatility in lithium creates a need for risk management tools, the London Metal Exchange said
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday June 6.
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The non-metallurgical chromite market remains sluggish in major consuming regions.
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US President Donald Trump is attempting to place a tariff on Mexico-origin imports, which would levy an initial 5% tariff on 300,000 tonnes of fluorspar.
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Lithium spodumene prices have fallen by 2.3% month on month on low carbonate and hydroxide prices in China, with global lithium contract prices also softening in reaction to the lower lithium price in China.
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Prices for metallurgical-grade fluorspar have risen above those for acidspar in China for the first time in more than two years, despite reports that demand in China is picking up.
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Titanium dioxide availability in China is increasing as exports to the United State slowed in response to trade measures and currency fluctuations.
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The contract price for iodine rose again amid speculation of dwindling supply, but consumers are questioning whether the price hikes are backed by fundamentals.
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Spreads in the price for wet bulk foundry-grade chromite have shrunk in the past two weeks with suppliers competing for what little business is available.
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Fastmarkets looks at recent developments in the lithium industry and key topics likely up for discussion at 11th Lithium Supply & Markets conference in Santiago on June 10-12.
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China's exports of spherical graphite jumped by 15.2% in the first four months of the year, with Japan and South Korea remaining the top destinations for the material.
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A new producer has entered the market while iodine prices continued to rise on reports of undersupply.
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Lower lithium prices and higher lease payments to the Chilean development agency, Corfo, led to the reduction in lithium margins and dented SQM's performance in the first quarter of 2019, despite strong iodine and potassium chloride results.
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China's imports of flake graphite soared year on year, while exports are lower due to material being offered from Mozambique at cheaper levels.
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The traditional peak consumption season for fluorspar in China will arrive in the coming months, with market participants starting to predict price movements.
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China has been increasing soda ash production at a time of slowing demand, market sources told Fastmarkets.
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Fastmarkets IM today launches six graphite-flake price assessments to improve its coverage of the global graphite market:
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The European Union Council of Ministers has accepted a proposal that steel, iron and non-ferrous metal producers should be allocated free carbon allowances under the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) until 2030.
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