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Brisk export demand and rising feedstock prices are supporting Chinese titanium dioxide prices.
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Seaborne prices for bauxite and fused alumina in China moved up in the fortnight ended Thursday January 21 on rising land transport costs and long lead times, compounded by persistently tight supply.
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Tightness in the Chinese domestic battery grade lithium compound market drove further price upswings and supported a similar move up in the Asian seaborne lithium carbonate market in the week to Thursday January 21.
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe
for the week ended Thursday January 21.
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China’s overall magnesia market was slow over the week to Tuesday January 19 with prices unchanged amid poor end-user demand, while producers started to lower offer prices for some grades of magnesia, sources said.
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Fastmarkets’ assessment price for wet bulk foundry grade chromite moved up after five months of stability amid improving market sentiment in the week to Tuesday January 19, while the chemical grade market also gained against the end of last year.
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Fluorspar acidspar export prices remained stable in China last week amid weak demand. China’s domestic fluorspar transport has been partly disrupted in north China due to increased Covid-19 cases in Hebei province.
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China’s domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate prices rose by 5.6% to a 14-month high on Thursday January 14, 2021 on tightening spot supply while battery-grade lithium hydroxide also surged by 10.3% week on week on low availability of cheap materials, Fastmarkets heard.
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Prices of antimony trioxide in Europe and the United States continued their upward trend in the seven days to Tuesday January 12 due to tight availability of feedstock antimony metal as well as soaring freight costs.
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday January 14.
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Sentiment in the chromite market appeared to be firming with market participants on the sell side suggesting during the latest pricing session that there are signals of improved conditions in the short term.
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The European flourspar contract market dipped in December 2020 after a turbulent year for end consumer markets due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Chinese automotive output and sales dipped by just 2% in 2020 from a year earlier after a sustained recovery in the second half of the year. Continuous year-on-year growth in December in both sales and output continued to provide support to upstream raw material prices.
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Fastmarkets proposes to reduce the frequency of two of its amorphous graphite price assessments to monthly from weekly.
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China’s fluorspar acidspar export market was flat in the first full trading week of 2021, with downstream buying exhibiting no recovery after the New Year break.
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China’s domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate market hit a 14-month high in the first trading week of the year after the price rose by 8% week on week on Thursday January 7 on soaring offer prices and heightened buying appetite.
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Refractory raw material consumers are likely to face shortages in bauxite, with the continued supply and logistics bottlenecks from China coming against a low-stock situation in destination markets.
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday January 7.
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China’s magnesia export market has remained quiet, with few new deals reported this week because most market participants were just back from New Year holidays, although market sentiment remained upbeat due to tight supply.
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China’s spot prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate moved up further on tight supply, and deals were secured at even higher prices over the week Thursday December 31
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday December 31
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Chinese lithium producer Sichuan Yahua Lithium, a subsidiary of Sichuan Yahua Group, has signed a long-term supply agreement for battery-grade lithium hydroxide with United States-based electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla on December 29, it said on Wednesday December 30.
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Both bauxite and fused alumina prices jumped during the two weeks to Thursday December 24, with supply tightness continuing to affect the market amid ongoing winter closure restrictions and additional supply issues related to power availability and land transport, in addition to soaring freight costs on the main routes from China to Europe.
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday December 24.
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Key pricing data from the pricing sessions in Europe and Asia for the week ended December 24.
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The Australian-listed AVZ Minerals Ltd has signed a long-term offtake agreement with GFL International, a subsidiary of Chinese lithium producer Ganfeng Lithium, the company said on Thursday December 24.
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Andalusite buyers are seeking flexibility for 2021 supply volumes due to uncertain conditions in refractories' end market, as negotiations for new contracts proceed slowly.
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The price of antimony trioxide, fob China continued its upward trend in the seven days to Tuesday December 22, with sources citing tight availability of antimony metal, a feedstock in the antimony trioxide production.
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Most China’s magnesia prices rose further on Tuesday December 22 due to a shortage of availability, while market participants are keeping a watchful eye on new cases of Covid-19 infections reported in Dalian, Liaoning province, that could affect magnesia delivery through Dalian ports.
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The Chinese domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate price continued its bullish run in the week to Thursday December 17 after most producers insisted on higher sale prices and buyers reported difficulty acquiring material below the new range.
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China’s fluorspar acidspar export prices remained stable over the week to Thursday December 17, although downstream buying activity remained slow without any significant improvement, sources told Fastmarkets.
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday December 17.
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The Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule is below.
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China domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate prices narrowed up by 2.3% week on week on Thursday December 10 supported by short supply, while other battery-grade prices were steady.
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Chinese prices of both brown (BFA) and white fused alumina (WFA) as well as refractory grade bauxite rose in the two weeks to Thursday December 10 due to tightened pollution controls in major producing regions in line with winter environmental regulations.
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday December 10.
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The chemical grade chromite price fell after holding for two months amid slow liquidity and bearish market conditions, while foundry prices were stable following a previous drop in the dried and bagged assessment.
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China domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate prices increased again, up by 3.6% week on week due to tight supply from suppliers, with the respective European and United States’ lithium hydroxide spot prices moving up also, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday December 3.
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday December 3.
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A new round of winter environmental regulations in China’s Henan province complicates further the picture for brown fused alumina (BFA) amid slow refractories demand, surging freight rates and currency volatility.
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Prices for iodine on both a spot and a contract basis were unchanged in the week to Thursday November 26 while the market looked ahead to a potential recovery in 2021.
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The Chinese domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate price moved up by 2.4% on Thursday November 26, resuming the uptrend that began in mid-October as a result of resolutely high offers from producers and tight spot supply.
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Brown fused alumina (BFA) and refractory-grade bauxite prices climbed in the latest fortnightly pricing session on Thursday November 26 due to support from environmental regulations in China for the winter months, while the Chinese white fused alumina (WFA) assessment rose by 5% on the low end amid fast-rising container freight rates.
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday November 26.
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China’s small flake graphite prices ticked up slightly on Thursday November 19 in only the second upward adjustment in the year so far, amid a stronger yuan against the dollar and rising cost.
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Soaring shipping costs have continued to push the manganese flake market up, with the European price jumping by more than 9% this past week to a nine-month high.
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Chinese battery-grade lithium carbonate prices moved up by 1.2% week on week on Thursday November 19 with producers raising offers on tight spot supply while the battery-grade lithium hydroxide spot price edged down amid limited domestic demand.
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Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday November 19.
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The price of antimony trioxide fob China was stable for a second consecutive week on Tuesday November 17, following a sustained period of increases over the preceding seven weeks, shrugging off any bullish impact from soaring logistics costs on major shipping routes.
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Most of China’s magnesia export prices increased for the first time in 2020 due to falling supply, recent positive government regulations and a stronger yuan against the US dollar, sources said.
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