Magnesia features

• September 2019

  Chinese magnesia oversupply, refractory outlook weigh in short term – industry sources

  13 September 2019

  Fastmarkets rounds up the key talking points from the 8th China Liaoning International Magnesia Materials Exposition in Haicheng on September 11.

• China’s finished steel exports in August at six-month low

  10 September 2019

  Exports in August and the first eight months of the year were both down year on year due to weak overseas demand.

• Chinese DBM exporters cut high-grade offer prices to combat soft demand

  04 September 2019

  China’s magnesia market remained under downward pressure due to high stocks and quiet buying from downstream refractory sector.

• Europe, US drift away from Chinese fluorspar

  02 September 2019

  The consequences of China’s environmental inspections crippled supplies of fluorspar to the rest of the world in 2018, and the material now comes at a premium although quality and delivery are not guaranteed. Michael Greenfield examines how European and US consumers of the mineral are looking elsewhere to secure their supply chains.