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Fastmarkets’ fluorspar price assessments in two markets have risen this week, which reflects the earlier-than-usual settlement of contracts for next year’s supplies, a sign of urgency among buyers.
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Galaxy Resources produced 35% less lithium spodumene in the third quarter due to lower feed grade, higher proportion of weathered ore and reduced recovery rates.
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Developing countries in Asia, excluding China, are expected to be the major drivers of steel demand growth in 2019, according to the chairman of the Worldsteel economics committee.
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Domestic acidspar prices rose after Fujian province launched safety inspections on non-coal mines in Qingliu county, home to China's major fluorspar reserves.
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Fears about access to sensitive information that could result in harm to both SQM and the market prompted the lithium producer to file a motion for reconsideration by Chile’s antitrust regulator.
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Steel mills in the northern Chinese steelmaking hub have received an order to halve production.
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Production will halt at Syrah Resources' Balama graphite project for around five weeks after a fire damaged equipment at its processing plant
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Fastmarkets IM has extended the consultation period regarding its proposal to refine specifications of its soda ash prices.
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Key takeaways from the 61st International Colloquium on Refractories, held September 25-26 in Aachen, Germany
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The supply and demand balance, acidspar and metspar end-use demand and areas of growth for fluorspar were among the leading themes discussed on the panel hosted by Fastmarkets IM at the latest fluorspar conference.
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The tightness in the fluorspar market that has been experienced by producers globally and by consumers outside China so far this year meant that the country’s imports and exports of the commodity were a key topic of discussion at Fastmarkets IM’s fluorspar conference.
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Global antimony trioxide market prices have remained unchanged this week on low trading levels due to the Golden Week holiday in China.
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Prices for chemical-grade chromite were stable in China and Asia this week on low activity, although the market took differing views on the level of demand for foundry sand.
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Pilbara Minerals completes first lithium spodumene shipment four years after drilling the first hole at the Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project.
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For the fourth year since 2011, there was a permanent reduction in the global supply of fluorspar in 2017, resulting in shortness of material and price increases, factors which were among the main topics at conversation at Industrial Minerals’ annual fluorspar event.
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Chinese producer Ganfeng has signed a lithium supply agreement with BMW ahead of its Hong Kong share offering.
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AMG has shipped 1,000-2,000 tonnes of lithium spodumene to a long-term offtake partner amid a ramp-up and commissioning process at its Brazilian Mibra mine.
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Most delegates seem to agree that prices for raw materials, including bauxite, alumina, magnesia and graphite, will continue at high levels with small fluctuations.
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Attendees discuss how market participants will secure supply for the coming year, and how prices are expected to perform going forward.
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The company expects to produce some 15,000 tonnes of flake graphite material for this month, lower than previously estimated.
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The Indian refractory industry is heading into an exciting period. It is heavily dependent on the domestic steel sector, and government plans for greatly expanded capacity for production of steel and cement in the next few years is expected to propel the refractory sector to new highs, Industrial Minerals correspondent Sunder Singh reports.
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