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October 2018
11 October 2018
Syrah's third-quarter production came below revised forecasts, it said in its activities report which also identified the cause of the fire at its Mozambique project.
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09 October 2018
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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04 October 2018
Key takeaways from the 61st International Colloquium on Refractories, held September 25-26 in Aachen, Germany
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September 2018
28 September 2018
China’s domestic magnesia prices edge up on regulatory restrictions, export prices unchanged; China’s unshaped refractory materials output up 10% in August; Aachen 2018: Prices of refractory minerals expected to remain firm
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27 September 2018
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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26 September 2018
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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26 September 2018
China's unshaped refractory materials output rose in August, supported by the strong demand downstream.
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26 September 2018
The company expects to produce some 15,000 tonnes of flake graphite material for this month, lower than previously estimated.
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19 September 2018
The graphite production capacity of a new plant in Quebec will be ramped up by miner Nouveau Monde Graphite once full commissioning is achieved later this month.
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18 September 2018
Graphite, magnesia, alumina and silicon carbide are excluded from the list of China-origin materials subject to a new US tariff, as are antimony, rare earths and barite. Pigments such as titanium dioxide will also be subject to the duty, as will refractory finished products, some ceramic minerals such as kaolin, and lithium.
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12 September 2018
Problems with achieving workable concentration levels and yield have delayed the development of Imerys’ Otjiwarongo graphite mine in Namibia.
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11 September 2018
Demand for graphite is expected to show unprecedented growth over the next two years, supported by rapid development among lithium-ion battery manufacturers.
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10 September 2018
New capacity to be added over the next two years may outpace the growth in demand and lead to oversupply of as much as 69% by 2020 on the global market, according to Asbury chief Stephen Riddle.
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07 September 2018
How the global graphite market will be split between natural flake material and synthetic graphite in the coming years continues to be a source of debate among market participants.
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06 September 2018
Environmental inspections continue to disrupt the graphite production chain at both the mining and processing stage in China, which will lead to closures in the near term.
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06 September 2018
Many major minerals could be affected if the US goes ahead with a plan to raise the import tariff on China-origin materials as the trade war between the two countries gathers pace.
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03 September 2018
The price of flake graphite in Europe is holding steady after a dip in August because of the weakness of the Chinese yuan, but some suppliers warn that they are sold out.