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Metspar was trading at higher levels than acid-grade material, market participants said this week, but Fastmarkets IM's fluorspar price assessments remained unchanged due to a lack of confirmation from the buy-side of the market.
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The iodine spot price range reached its widest point for three and half years last week as prices from Japan continued to lag behind increases instigated by Chilean sellers.
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Refractory grade brown fused alumina (BFA) sellers report thin trading conditions on low demand, but concerns over availability are sending mixed messages to the market, sources said this week.
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Prices of refractory-grade bauxite have proved resilient of late despite the slowdown in demand in Europe and other major consumer markets.
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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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Fastmarkets IM's monthly price movements.
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China’s output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) showed sluggish growth in May 2019 compared with previous four months, while lithium prices weakened because of quiet buying activity.
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday June 6.
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The price in China’s domestic market for battery-grade lithium carbonate moved down week on week on slow demand because of the forthcoming Dragon Boat Festival on June 7-9; prices in the rest of the world were stable.
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Fastmarkets IM has corrected the date of assessment of its calcined alumina monthly contract prices, which were published incorrectly on May 30 due to a reporter error.
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The non-metallurgical chromite market remains sluggish in major consuming regions.
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China’s fused magnesia market has continued its downward trend in response to increasing stocks and weakening demand from the downstream refractory sector, pushing prices down to a two-year low.
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The global market for antimony trioxide continues to soften week on week on poor demand and sufficient supplies. Producers of antimony in China gathered last week to explore ways to prevent further drops in the price.
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Fastmarkets has begun price assessments of single carbon-grade, fixed mesh-size flake graphite because the evolution of the market demands greater depth and detail of pricing data for the industry. It is also launching a tool to calculate prices for different grades of flake material.
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Chinese exports of fused magnesia were down on an annual basis in April on reducing buying activity, while dead burned magnesia and caustic calcined magnesia shipments rose.
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Lithium spodumene prices have fallen by 2.3% month on month on low carbonate and hydroxide prices in China, with global lithium contract prices also softening in reaction to the lower lithium price in China.
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Prices for metallurgical-grade fluorspar have risen above those for acidspar in China for the first time in more than two years, despite reports that demand in China is picking up.
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The contract price for iodine rose again amid speculation of dwindling supply, but consumers are questioning whether the price hikes are backed by fundamentals.
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Fastmarkets IM has corrected the historical weekly price assessments for the graphite flake 94% carbon prices, which were published incorrectly on Tuesday May 28 due to a technical error.
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The cif China, Japan and Korea battery-grade lithium hydroxide price fell by 3.3% in the week to Thursday May 30 due to buyer reluctance at current prices, while the Chinese domestic lithium market held steady, with downstream consumers buying on a hand-to-mouth basis.
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Spreads in the price for wet bulk foundry-grade chromite have shrunk in the past two weeks with suppliers competing for what little business is available.
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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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Unshaped refractory materials output in China edged down year on year in April, attributed to decreasing production of magnesia-based unshaped refractory products.
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The traditional peak consumption season for fluorspar in China will arrive in the coming months, with market participants starting to predict price movements.
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China has been increasing soda ash production at a time of slowing demand, market sources told Fastmarkets.
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China’s domestic lithium hydroxide market dropped by 2.3% on Thursday May 23 on a gloomy downstream demand outlook, while the lithium carbonate price adjusted upward and the rest of the global market followed the recent price downtrend in China.
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Fastmarkets IM today launches six graphite-flake price assessments to improve its coverage of the global graphite market:
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Global antimony trioxide prices fell this week due to the falling yuan, lower demand and ample supplies in the market.
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Soda ash prices have continued to narrow in China amid strong demand for the light grade material, leaving both dense and light grade prices at the same level.
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Further constraints in the supply of rutile are pushing the price of the material in Australia to new long-term highs.
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Two separate European traders reported hearing prices for metspar as high as $550 per tonne, although the weekly assessment was kept stable.
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Fastmarkets IM has today discontinued its assessment for fused magnesia, fob Europe, $/tonne.
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Prices for both wet bulk and dried-and-bagged foundry-grade chromite have contracted further, while the chemical-grade price has also fallen.
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Chinese domestic lithium prices were stable week on week on Thursday May 16 due to slow demand and sufficient stocks at hand, Fastmarkets learned.
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Fastmarkets IM's new European fused and dead burned magnesia prices better reflect the current shape of the market.
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Low demand pushes down global antimony trioxide market prices week on week.
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Fastmarkets IM today launches two new European magnesia prices: dead burned magnesia, 95% MgO, fob Europe, $/tonne, and fused magnesia, 97% MgO, cif Europe, $/tonne.
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Fastmarkets IM's pricing database is currently showing correct prices after a technical issue temporarily affected how some prices were displayed on May 13.
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China’s exports of lithium carbonate and hydroxide were up in the first quarter year on year due to more competitive prices offered from China compared with the rest of the world, while imports were down on an annual basis on a supply surplus within the country.
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One market participant reported tracking a fifth shipment leaving CFI’s Canadian shipping port and arriving in the US. Meanwhile, the China fob acidspar price narrowed by $15 per kg at the top end.
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The spot price for iodine has suddenly jumped by $1.50 per kg, with Asian consumers reported to be willing to pay prices at the top of the new range.
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The Chinese domestic battery-grade lithium hydroxide price dropped by more than 5% week on week due to ample stocks and buyer reticence, while there was good demand for technical and industrial grade carbonate from lithium manganese oxide (LMO) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery manufacturers, supporting the price in the latest pricing session.
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Unshaped refractory materials output in China fell in the first quarter of 2019, causing the price of raw materials, such as magnesia, to fall due to the reduced demand.
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Fastmarkets' benchmark fob Australia metallurgical-grade alumina index fell to its lowest level in 14 months at the start of May in a subdued buyers' market.
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Fastmarkets MB will start publishing six lithium prices, previously only available on its Battery Raw Materials Tracker, on Friday May 3.
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Offer prices for iodine were rejected by one consumer, while another was looking for cheaper sources of supply although the market was still facing upward price pressure.
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White fused alumina from China is becoming cheaper while western suppliers have managed to push their own prices upward.
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Lithium spodumene prices have fallen by 30.48% over the past year, dragged down by the lower lithium prices in China.
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Fastmarkets IM is waiting for confirmation from the buy side of spot deals at $30 per kg or higher before moving the range, while positive sentiment pushes up contract prices for the second quarter.
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The Chinese domestic technical & industrial grade lithium carbonate price edged up in the week to Thursday April 25 on increasing demand and squeezed supply due to maintenance work carried out by some producers in China; other spot lithium prices were steady to lower.
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