Magnesia features

• April 2021

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  14 April 2021

  Welcome to the April 2021 issue of Metal Market Magazine, where we look at how lithium is getting hot again after a long price slump amid expected supply shortage issues, as well as the multiple pressure points that could hit the global graphite market.

• Syrah Resources returns

  14 April 2021

  Graphite company Syrah Resources plans to ramp up its flake output with a flexible approach to production, chief executive officer Shaun Verner told Jon Stibbs in late-February

• Graphite outlook

  14 April 2021

  The flake graphite market, especially for fines, looks set to come under pressure through 2021 while increasing supply outweighs the growth of demand, Jon Stibbs and Sybil Pan report.

• LFP battery resurgence alters price dynamics

  14 April 2021

  Changing preferences for lithium-ion battery chemistries in China have altered relative lithium prices, Susan Zou and Carrie Shi report.

• Tight supply forecast

  14 April 2021

  Lithium supply is set to be tight in 2021, despite a ramp-up in output, William Adams reports.

• China sends environmental teams to 8 provinces in anti-pollution campaign

  08 April 2021

  China will send inspection teams to eight provinces and regions as part of its efforts to fight pollution, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said on Tuesday April 6. The eight provinces include Shanxi, Liaoning, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Guangxi and Yunnan.

• China’s caustic calcined magnesia producers raise offers on tight supplies

  08 April 2021

  Strict enforcement of environmental regulations in China's Liaoning province production hub has led to supply tightness and higher offer prices for caustic calcined magnesia (CCM), sources said this week.