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May 2020
22 May 2020
Syrah Resources missed its corporate key performance indicators (KPIs) set in the beginning of 2019 and Covid-19 is adding further challenges to market conditions, the company said on Friday May 22.
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21 May 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 21.
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21 May 2020
Sales of passenger cars in Europe dropped by 76.32% year on year in April 2020, making it the fourth consecutive month of declines.
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21 May 2020
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21 May 2020
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15 May 2020
China’s minus mesh graphite price fell for a fourth consecutive week on Thursday May 14, while the market for plus mesh strengthened due to supply scarcity.
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14 May 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 14.
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11 May 2020
China's refractories output fell to 4.10 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2020, mainly due to a slowdown in production caused by the response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
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11 May 2020
China produced 6.08 million tonnes of crude stainless steel in the first quarter of 2020, down by 9.04% from a year earlier, according to data released by the China Stainless Steel Council (CSSC) on Thursday May 7.
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07 May 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 7.
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05 May 2020
Key data from refractory producer RHI Magnesita's trading activity for the first quarter and an operational outlook for the second quarter of 2020, as released on Tuesday May 5.
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04 May 2020
Syrah Resources resumed operations at its battery anode material plant in Vidalia, Louisiana, United States, on Friday May 1, the company said on May 4.
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01 May 2020
Refractory and industrial minerals producer Imerys has reported a drop in revenue for the first quarter of 2020, with the Covid-19 pandemic hitting its international markets, on top of pre-existing weakness in the steel and automotive sectors.
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April 2020
30 April 2020
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30 April 2020
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30 April 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday April 30.
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30 April 2020
United States-based car manufacturer Ford will restart production at various sites in Europe in a phased approach from May 4, the company said on Tuesday April 28.
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27 April 2020
The China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) is revising its forecast for Chinese steel consumption in 2020 to take into account the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the association said earlier this week.
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24 April 2020
The price for minus-mesh graphite flake has fallen by $10 per tonne, ending a period of stability that has lasted since August 22 last year, against the backdrop of demand reduced by the effects of measures being used to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
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23 April 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday April 23.
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23 April 2020
Global crude steel production declined by 6% year on year in March as the Covid-19 pandemic hammered demand, World Steel Association (Worldsteel) data show.
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22 April 2020
Australian graphite producer Syrah Resources showed a significant sales decline in natural graphite in the first quarter of 2020, driven by weak end-markets, but predominantly by supply-chain disruptions in China amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the company said on Wednesday April 22.
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21 April 2020
Restrictions to production in South Africa imposed in response to the Covid-19 virus have increased sentiment in the chromite market over the week to Tuesday April 21.
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20 April 2020
Volvo Cars announced on Friday April 17 that it will restart production at its plant in Torslanda, Sweden, on April 20 after several weeks of suspended activity under lockdown measures brought in to help stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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20 April 2020
China’s crude steel output edged up in the first quarter while finished steel production fell slightly, according to data released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday April 17.
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16 April 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday April 16.
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15 April 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has inevitably drawn comparison with the global financial crisis of 2008-09. But while there are similarities, the differences are greater, meaning the remedy needs to be different too.
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14 April 2020
The aerospace industry has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with companies in the sector forced to take drastic measures to adapt to the new market environment.
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13 April 2020
Trucking and depot businesses are returning to normal in China since some patchy recovery in the middle of February after the extension of the Chinese New Year due to the Covid-19 virus pandemic. At the same time, overseas demand has been curbed due to the spread of the virus globally.
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08 April 2020
Member mills of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) cut their steel and hot-metal output rates from the preceding 10 days in late March and mills’ inventory of finished steel also dropped, according to data released on Saturday April 4.
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07 April 2020
British refractories producer Vesuvius has withdrawn its 2020 financial guidance due to “insufficient visibility” to assess the full consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on its wider business.
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02 April 2020
Most prices were steady in the graphite markets in China and Europe over the past week, but demand was softening under the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on global logistics.
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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.
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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.