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January 2019
31 January 2019
Cameron Perks, IM correspondent, looks back at the events that shaped the titanium and zirconium industries in 2018 and looks forward to what may play out in 2019
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31 January 2019
Refractories bounced back in 2018, driving demand for bauxite and alumina raw materials, but the market continues to face what is becoming a perennial state of crisis affecting supply from China.
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31 January 2019
Vietnam has ambitions to become one of Asia’s biggest glass exporters. Tran Kim Phuong looks at how the country is trying to achieve this by exploiting its high quality domestic silica sand reserves.
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31 January 2019
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31 January 2019
Exports of magnesia from China picked up ahead of the year's end in 2018, with prices rising on tight supplies and increasing interest from international buyers.
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31 January 2019
Whether you call them technical ceramics, engineering ceramics or advanced ceramics, these materials have advanced steadily through the past year, and 2019 holds a great deal of potential for more widespread adoption, notably in the high performance industrial arena, as Charlie Wallin reports.
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30 January 2019
China’s exports of all grades of magnesia were up in 2018 on an annual basis, and export prices kept firm on mining restrictions and strict environmental inspections.
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29 January 2019
Asia led global crude steel output growth in 2018, accounting for 1.3 billion tonnes of production - an 8.33% increase - according to statistics published by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) last Friday January 25.
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29 January 2019
Unshaped refractory materials output in China dropped slightly in 2018 because of the decreasing production of magnesia-based unshaped refractory material.
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24 January 2019
Major Chinese mills’ daily crude steel output increased in early January, but their finished steel inventory levels dropped slightly.
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23 January 2019
Chinese export prices for fused magnesia (FM ) and dead burned magnesia (DBM) have gone on a downtrend, tracking recent falls in the domestic market after production resumed in Dashiqiao.
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23 January 2019
Argentina’s crude steel output grew by 11.6% in 2018, according to figures released by national steel association Acero Argentino on Monday January 21.
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23 January 2019
Brazil's steel consumption was lower than expected due to lower demand in December.
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14 January 2019
New brand to unify RISI, FOEX and associated brands into world-leading price reporting agency
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09 January 2019
China’s domestic magnesia prices edged down on increasing stocks after more producers in Dashiqiao resumed production recently, while export prices remained unchanged with exporters maintaining less buying interest.
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07 January 2019
Shipments of all grades of magnesia were up in November 2018 on an annual basis due to increasing buying interest from international buyers before the year-end.
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04 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global frac sand market.
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04 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global iodine market.
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04 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global antimony trioxide market.
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03 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global TiO2 feedstocks and zircon markets.
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03 January 2019
Fastmarkets worked to empower its customers in 2018 - a year when they had to navigate metal markets in which fundamentals were often tightening even as greater political restraints were placed on trade than for many years.
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03 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global rare earths market.
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03 January 2019
Major Chinese steel mills’ daily crude steel output dropped in mid-December, with their finished steel inventory levels decreasing slightly.
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03 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global lithium market.
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02 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global fluorspar market.
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02 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global graphite market.
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02 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global bauxite and alumina markets.
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02 January 2019
Unshaped refractory materials output in China increased in November, with a jump in alumina-silicon refractory materials production offsetting lower magnesia-based products.