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July 2019
31 July 2019
Exports of dead burned magnesia (DBM) and caustic calcined magnesia (CCM) increased in June due to increasing buying on falling prices, while sluggish overseas markets kept fused magnesia (FM) exports in a downtrend.
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30 July 2019
Strict environmental inspections and decreasing production continued to add pressure to China’s refractories output in the first half of 2019, while magnesia and graphite prices were under downward pressure on weak demand.
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24 July 2019
Fastmarkets lithium reporters consider why Chinese average marginal tonnage has prompted market participants to rethink their business practices and why the domestic spot price in China is becoming increasingly more relevant as the price proxy for the lithium industry.
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24 July 2019
The Chinese magnesia market stabilized this week after news of a three-month stoppage of magnesite mining in China ending October 31 prompted downstream buyers to send more inquiries.
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18 July 2019
The ACEA said the year-on-year drop was due to there being fewer working days in June this year.
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18 July 2019
The daily crude steel output rates among China’s major mills held steady in mid-June in spite of steelmaking restrictions in the country’s production hub of Tangshan.
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15 July 2019
Liaoning Magnesite Mining Co and its 28 shareholder enterprises in Haicheng unanimously agreed to implement a suspension of magnesite mining.
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10 July 2019
A drop in the Turkish currency is good news for mineral exporters.
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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.
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09 July 2019
Brazil’s steel import volumes decline on lower volumes from China, Turkey
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09 July 2019
Abundant reserves, robust price forecasts and a lack of major catastrophes have dampened enthusiasm for innovation in the global potash industry, but does this approach risk missing important chances to improve production of one of the world’s most important minerals? Rose Pengelly reports.
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09 July 2019
Mutares has completed the purchase of the TrefilUnion wire products mills in France for an undisclosed sum. The mills are a “perfect” fit, the Mutares CEO said.
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09 July 2019
The downtrend in the Chinese magnesia market continues, on high stocks and low demand.
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09 July 2019
China’s exports of finished steel in May fell back from the high prices earlier in the year when seasonal demand recovered.
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09 July 2019
Driven by demand from multiple sectors - from construction and horticulture to fire protection and steelmaking - the global vermiculite and perlite market remains in growth mode, underscored by a healthy supply-demand balance, reports Ross Davies.
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08 July 2019
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08 July 2019
Wollastonite has been described as “a white mineral for a greener world” and it seems governments, businesses and industries agree – with wollastonite set for increased market growth in its traditional uses plus a new focus on its powerful qualities to help tackle climate change.
Sarah Gibbons, Keith Nuthall, Raghavendra Verma and John Pagni
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08 July 2019
Markets for oilfield minerals have had a slow start to the year while global drilling activity remains limited and oil markets repeatedly fail to break new highs.
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03 July 2019
The chief executive of major refractories producer RHI Magnesita says that consolidation in the industry is likely to continue.
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01 July 2019
Exports of dead burned magnesia (DBM) and fused magnesia (FM) fell in May on an annual basis in May on quiet buying from global buyers.
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01 July 2019
Unshaped refractory materials output in China increased slightly in May year on year, attributed to increasing production of alumina-silicon refractory material.
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01 July 2019
Planned reduction in steel output will continue to dampen demand in the coming months, sources at the Dusseldorf trade show said.