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• August 2019

  GLOBAL GRAPHITE SNAPSHOT: China, Europe flake prices fall on oversupply, weak demand

  22 August 2019

  Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ending Thursday August 22.

• Tirupati Graphite ramps up flake output in Madagascar

  19 August 2019

  Tirupati Graphite is looking to expand its production in Madagascar, especially of expandable graphite, to satisfy the growing demand in India.

• GLOBAL GRAPHITE SNAPSHOT: Fine flake participants await offers from China mine; Europe slow on weak refractories

  15 August 2019

  Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ending Thursday August 15.

• Seaborne antimony trioxide prices keep softening on low demand

  13 August 2019

  Seaborne antimony trioxide prices fell in the week to Tuesday August 13, with domestic US prices also sliding.

• Non-steel sales saves RHI Magnesita in H1; more uncertainty ahead

  12 August 2019

  The producer expects market uncertainty to continue in the second half of the year, potentially leading to more destocking from customers in the steel division, while the industrial and non-ferrous sectors performed better.

• Chinese bauxite exports down 42% in H1; alumina exports decline

  09 August 2019

  Chinese shipments of alumina products to international markets dropped by 34% year on year in the first half of 2019, Fastmarkets learned.

• GLOBAL GRAPHITE SNAPSHOT: Markets stable while attention turns to potential new flake supplier

  08 August 2019

  Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ending on Thursday August 8.

• GLOBAL GRAPHITE SNAPSHOT: Graphite flake, amorphous and spherical prices hold up despite falling liquidity

  01 August 2019

  Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ending on Thursday August 1.

• July 2019

  BREAKING: Andalusite Resources to resume production by July-end

  23 July 2019

  The South African andalusite producer should restart operations over the coming week, after a hiatus of a month and some 6,000 tonnes of lost output.

• Production remains idled at Andalusite Resources

  15 July 2019

  There is still no timeline for a resumption of andalusite production by the South African miner.

• Chromite market drops on seasonal demand slowdown

  10 July 2019

  Buyers are holding off ahead of scheduled plant closures, forcing market prices down.

• GIFA 2019: What we learned

  09 July 2019

  Here is a selection of main takeaways from the GIFA and Metec trade show held in Dusseldorf, Germany, on June 25-29.

• Fastmarkets partners with the London Metal Exchange to develop lithium price benchmark

  08 July 2019

  Fastmarkets and the London Metal Exchange will collaborate on a price benchmark for lithium and related risk-management tools.

• GIFA 2019: RHI Magnesita’s Borgas expects further M&A activity in refractories

  03 July 2019

  The chief executive of major refractories producer RHI Magnesita says that consolidation in the industry is likely to continue.

• EU-Mercosur trade deal offers minerals traders improved access to South America, Europe

  03 July 2019

  A deal struck between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur trading group will boost trade between the two blocs in industrial minerals and related products, Fastmarkets heard this week.

• GIFA 2019: More calcined alumina available but market ‘will soften in H2’

  02 July 2019

  Buyers of calcined alumina are putting downward pressure on producers’ prices during second-half contract negotiations, with sentiment turning because of weaker end markets.

• GIFA 2019: Demand for refractories in Europe expected to weaken further, sources warn

  01 July 2019

  Planned reduction in steel output will continue to dampen demand in the coming months, sources at the Dusseldorf trade show said.