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April 2020
06 April 2020
North America lithium producer Livent has resumed operations at its Argentinian production facility after the local government gave the company the green light to restart its activities, it said on Monday April 6.
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02 April 2020
Calcined alumina prices remained stable in early April after a decline over previous months, with both producers and consumers assessing the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic for local operations.
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March 2020
27 March 2020
Australian graphite producer Syrah Resources announced overnight it will suspend graphite production at its Balama site in Mozambique from Saturday March 28.
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26 March 2020
Global crude steel production rose 2.8% year on year in February, according to the Worldsteel Association (Worldsteel), with a strong performance from steel mills in China.
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25 March 2020
Australian lithium spodumene concentrate producer Pilbara Minerals said on Wednesday March 25 that it has secured a five-year offtake agreement to supply spodumene concentrate from its Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project in Western Australia to Chinese lithium manufacturer Yibin Tianyi.
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25 March 2020
South Africa’s andalusite producers are in the process of closing their mining operations in the country for three weeks in line with a government directive to contain the spread of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the country.
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23 March 2020
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20 March 2020
Poor availability has continued to support prices for refractory-grade bauxite over the past fortnight, while the price for white fused alumina (WFA) ticks upward and brown fused alumina (BFA) remains flat.
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16 March 2020
Galaxy Resources expects to meet its production target of around 14,000-17,000 dry metric tonnes (dtm) of lithium concentrate for the first quarter of 2020 at its Western Australia spodumene project, Mt Cattlin, following the resumption of activities there in February.
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06 March 2020
Bauxite prices in China have increased again over the past fortnight on low restart rates of mining and calcination activities in producing areas, market participants said.
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04 March 2020
The chrome mine operated by Lanxess in South Africa has not been in operation for over two weeks as of the time of writing, with a restart expected next week, Fastmarkets has learned.