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China’s output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) kept increasing year-on-year in September, supported by the continuing upward momentum of the sector. But lithium prices kept falling on slow buying.
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Industrial Minerals has today discontinued its micronised zircon, zircon opacifiers, zircon flour, and fused zirconia prices.
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Chinese TiO2 prices fall further as yuan exchange rate slides; GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Chinese battery-grade lithium carbonate, hydroxide prices soften after Golden Week; China's DBM price edges up on magnesia industry consolidation in Haicheng; PRICING NOTICE: Extending consultation period on proposal to amend soda ash prices
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Concerns over water supplies, and sales that exceed production, have made market participants worry that the already-tight iodine market could move into undersupply unless SQM, the world’s largest producer, boosts its capacity utilization.
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Chinese battery-grade lithium compound prices fell this week after market participants returned to the market from Golden Week, while other regions were unchanged in quiet conditions.
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Iodine derivative producers have reported that they are unable to pass raw material price increases on to customers because they are being undercut in the market.
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Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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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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TiO2 prices in China are under pressure from a weak yuan, and muted local demand.
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US frac sand miner Vista Proppants is planning to begin new operations in Oklahoma and Texas.
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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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The falling grade of available sand deposits will discourage new mining projects, Iluka sales boss warned conference delegates.
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Market participants expect alumina prices to plunge below the psychological $500 per tonne level after the planned shutdown at the Alunorte refinery in Brazil was called off.
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Steel mills in the northern Chinese steelmaking hub have received an order to halve production.
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The Chinese titanium dioxide producer is in the middle of a massive chloride-route TiO2 capacity expansion.
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Fastmarkets IM's monthly price movements.
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US paint maker PPG has warned that its third-quarter earnings will show net sales steady year-on-year but reduced earnings per share, blaming rises in materials costs and weaker demand in China.
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China’s dead-burned magnesia (DBM) prices showed a slight increase due to Haicheng province's consolidation plan for its magnesia industry being moved forward.
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A Chilean court has approved an agreement between the country's antitrust regulator and Chinese lithium producer Tianqi, paving the way for its purchase of a 24% stake in SQM.
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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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The mine, which produced its first ore earlier this year, has produced the first rare earth product from xenotime to be refined outside of China.
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Market participants are waiting for this week's pharmaceuticals event to gauge market sentiment and see where prices might settle for the remainder of the year.
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Regional sand supply and peak sand intensity is finally starting to balance the frac sand market, but cheapness still trumps quality.
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The Alunorte alumina refinery will resume operations on the authorization of the Brazilian government.
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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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Supply and demand outlooks and predictions for where prices will be in 2019, as well as expectations for traditional and new end-markets were all discussed at this year's fluorspar conference in South Africa.
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The cif Rotterdam price has increased to $500 per tonne at the top end of the range as a result of consumer nervousness amid market tightness.
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In a world of razor-thin margins and fierce competition, there is unprecedented pressure to make better decisions faster.
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Chinese domestic lithium compound prices were unchanged week on week on Thursday October 4 due to a national holiday, while spot prices in the other regions Fastmarkets assesses were softer on slow consumption and lower prices offered.
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Letters seen by Fastmarkets IM call for titanium dioxide (TiO2) price increases of 5 cents per lb in the United States.
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The Australian rare earth miner calls for "fairness, objectivity, and transparency" from the Malaysian government.
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Key takeaways from the 61st International Colloquium on Refractories, held September 25-26 in Aachen, Germany
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Rutile prices have strengthened this week due to tightened supply and strong demand, resulting in a narrowing price spread.
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Strong European demand and weakness in China has resulted in steady zircon prices for the fourth quarter.
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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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China’s month-on-month new electric vehicles (NEV) sales rebounded in August after month-on-month declines in June and July.
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The alumina refinery has halted all operations, having maintained 50% production since March.
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Strandline Resources has announced it has secured a binding offtake agreement for 100% of its rutile production with Industrial Minerals and Metals Ltd (IMMCO), and will use prevailing welding market prices as its sale price.
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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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Image Resources has increased the certainty of product sales by modifying its existing offtake contract with Shantou Natfort Zirconium and Titanium Co Ltd (Natfort) to allow for a new offtake agreement to be signed with Hainan Wensheng High-Tech Materials Co Ltd (Wensheng).
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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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US frac sand giant Covia has reduced its out-of-basin frac sand capacity, calling it a “necessary step,” even as it plans to ramp up in-basin capacity.
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Divestment talks between titanium dioxide producers Tronox and Venator continue, as the former looks to make divestments to placate US anti-trust regulators.
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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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Frac sand miner Select Sands is the latest to report waning demand for high-grade material.
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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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