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July 2020
02 July 2020
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01 July 2020
Chinese exports of magnesia mostly fell year on year in May due to the reduced buying from traditional buyers due to global Covid-19 lockdowns, Fastmarkets understands.
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June 2020
25 June 2020
Crude steel production in Germany fell by 27% year-on-year in May 2020, following a 24% drop in April due to output adjustments made by mills to address the Covid-19-driven deterioration in steel demand, German steel federation WV Stahl said on Wednesday June 24.
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24 June 2020
Sales of passenger cars in the EU will fall by 25% year on year in the full 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said on Tuesday June 23.
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17 June 2020
Henan refractory production recovered in April and May compared with the first quarter of 2020 with more enterprises returning to normal but refractory raw materials’ markets remain under pressure under a broadly sluggish market.
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11 June 2020
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10 June 2020
China’s magnesia market fell in the week to Tuesday June 9, with lower prices heard in the spot market due to fiercer competition between producers and weak downstream buying, while talks on a new round of stops to magnesite mining in Liaoning province have started, market participants said.
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09 June 2020
Honda and Nissan will restart operations at their respective UK facilities today following pandemic related shutdowns, the companies said on Monday June 8.
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05 June 2020
Global demand for steel will decrease by 6.40% year-on-year in 2020 due to the effects of Covid-19 pandemic lockdown measures, the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) said on Thursday June 4.
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04 June 2020
Lower rates of operation and a new round of environmental inspection in Liaoning province failed to support China’s magnesia market, with sufficient stocks and slow downstream buying keeping prices constrained.
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03 June 2020
Refractories production in China fell to 1.65 million tonnes in April, down by 4.1% year on year, according to data from the China Association of Refractories.
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03 June 2020
Spain’s steel production declined in April due to Covid-19-related restrictions, with output sinking below the figures reached over the “worst months of the financial crisis in 2008,” Unesid, the country’s steel association, said.
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02 June 2020
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01 June 2020
Chinese exports of dead burned magnesia fell in April from the corresponding month of 2019 due to slow activity from global buyers, while caustic calcined magnesia and fused magnesia exports increased.
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01 June 2020
ArcelorMittal plans to restart production at its mill in Bosnia, while Italy’s AFV Beltrame puts one plant on pause and Acciai Terni Speciali cuts output in the week ended Friday May 29.