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Iodine market participants reported hearing of prices as high as $33 per kg during this week’s price assessment, but no transactions were confirmed at that price.
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Following extensive market engagement, Fastmarkets has decided to extend the consultation period on a proposal to amend and delist some flake and amorphous graphite prices.
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China’s domestic battery-grade lithium spot market held steady week on week on Thursday April 18 on stable demand from downstream cathode producers, while rest-of-world prices continued to stagnate on weak spot consumption and ahead of the Easter holiday starting on Friday.
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Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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Spreads in foundry grade chromite prices are closing again as the top end of both the wet bulk and dried and bagged assessments comes down in bearish market conditions.
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Here are three things we learned at China Refrigeration 2019 held in Shanghai from April 9-11.
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Fastmarkets IM has decided to extend the consultation period on its proposal to discontinue the US fluorspar price again.
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Prices for antimony trioxide have changed only slightly in all the global markets this week, with more stability expected.
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Fastmarkets IM proposes to launch two new European magnesia prices.
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Fastmarkets IM proposes to discontinue the assessment for fused magnesia, fob Europe, $/tonne.
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Fastmarkets IM has corrected its antimony trioxide, min 99.5% Sb2O3, in-warehouse Baltimore, $/lb, which was published incorrectly on April 2 due to an error.
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China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate market stabilized on Thursday April 11 after a slight decrease last week following a cut to the country’s value-added tax (VAT) on April 1, while the battery-grade lithium hydroxide price edged down due to deals reported at lower prices.
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Fastmarkets IM's monthly price movements.
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China’s fluorspar acidspar prices held steady this week despite operations in Inner Mongolia being halted for government inspections after a fatal mining accident.
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Varying reports have come through on exactly how much inventories are being held by the producers in Chile, after undersupply had pushed iodine prices up for the past 18 months.
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Lower antimony ingot prices, the VAT cut in China, and widespread low demand pushed global antimony trioxide prices further down this week.
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Fastmarkets IM is increasing the frequency of its andalusite price assessments to quarterly.
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Shipment volumes of dead burned magnesia (DBM) went down in February 2019 year-on-year on reduced buying activities, but the volumes of fused magnesia (FM) and caustic calcined magnesia (CCM) went up slightly on an annual basis.
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Domestic fluorspar demand has been recovering, which has enabled a rebound in the Chinese price after several falls since the Lunar New Year.
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Market participants have reporter higher offers for the next quarter but the spot market was steady this week.
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Chinese domestic lithium spot prices held in the week ended Thursday March 28 with most producers resisting consumer expectations for lower prices from the reduced value-added tax (VAT) cut and the new Chinese new energy vehicles (NEVs) subsidies.
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The alumina contract will help the London Metal Exchange to continue to provide options throughout the supply chain and keep the exchange in position as the global reference point.
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Global seaborne antimony trioxide prices soften week on week on soft demand and reduced VAT. European domestic prices remain stable, US prices move down.
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The iodine price range has stayed as wide as as $2 per kg.
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Fastmarkets is proposing to amend the price specifications of all grades of flake graphite, and to delist two flake graphite prices and three amorphous graphite prices.
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China’s domestic lithium spot market stabilized in the week ended Thursday March 21 after price dips a week ago, while assessments in the seaborne markets weakened on low demand and thin trading activity.
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Most refractory companies in China's Henan province are still under strict environmental inspections, reducing demand for refractory raw materials.
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China’s flake graphite export prices dipped this week after exporters in the country cut their offer levels amid an abundance of the material in the market, while low buying interest compounded the weakness.
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Buyers sellers and traders at the European Coatings show reported a cautious increase in prices.
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The price for Chinese acidspar stayed flat this week, putting an end to the slippage which has seen the price narrow downward by $80 per tonne over the past month.
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China’s fused magnesia market remained stagnant on increasing stocks and slow downstream demand, with export prices staying soft following the weaker domestic market.
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The two-tier market structure in the price of dried chromite materials continues to widen, with aggressive offers from new entrants to the sector pulling the low end downwards.
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Global seaborne antimony trioxide prices were steady week on week on March 19, but domestic European and US prices softened because of the continuing low levels of demand.
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The fall in China’s output of unshaped refractory materials output in January reflects lower output of alumina-silicon refractory materials, data shows.
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Fastmarkets IM has extended the consultation period for its proposal to discontinue one fluorspar price.
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The price for acidspar on an fob China basis has fallen for the second time in three weeks, on sluggish end market demand and adequate supplies.
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Chinese domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices edged down this week in a quiet market, while the seaborne lithium carbonate assessment dropped by 3.8% on material offered at lower levels from China and South America.
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The price range for China-origin soda ash has narrowed to its smallest gap for two years at $5 per tonne, with supplies of light-grade material becoming tight.
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Antimony trioxide prices fob China have been on a downtrend for the past 10 months after suppliers were forced to cut prices on weak demand.
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Different factors are affecting price trends at the top and bottom of the price ranges for foundry grade chromite materials. Spreads are increasing again in dried and bagged product.
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Quiet buying activity and rising stock levels have put Chinese magnesia prices on a downtrend, especially dead burned magnesia and fused magnesia. With the market so flat, producers have lowered their prices to boost cash flow.
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The iodine price was flat again although one iodine producer reported an increasing number of inquiries from consumers, while in Chile heavy rains affected production and logistics but only for a few days last month.
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Prices for two grades of bauxite have ticked downward, as has the price for white fused alumina, but brown fused alumina remained stable, with the market said to be mostly flat on limited activity.
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Chinese sellers reduced their offers on weak market demand, while the market remained flat in the US.
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New entrants looking to establish a position in chromite supply are bidding aggressively to secure business, amid a bearish market scenario.
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Fastmarkets IM's monthly price movements.
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China's caustic calcined magnesia and fused magnesia shipments were down in January 2019 on an annual basis on weaker demand from international buyers, while dead burned magnesia (DBM) exports were up slightly.
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Fastmarkets IM has begun a consultation on its proposal to increase the frequency of its andalusite price assessments to quarterly.
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The prices of fluorspar products in China have moved down on sluggish domestic demand since the new year break, for the first time since 2010, but the cif Rotterdam price has climbed slightly in reported purchases.
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The Chinese domestic lithium hydroxide price fell by 1.5% on Thursday February 28 due to unimproved downstream demand while the lithium carbonate market was steady week on week after most producers stood firm on offer prices.
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