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• January 2021

  Foundry grade chromite breaks above five-month price range, chemical grade follows

  20 January 2021

  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.

• FOCUS: Refractories sector to face short-term bauxite shortage in H1

  08 January 2021

  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.

• AT A GLANCE: Pilbara Minerals’ spodumene sales hit record levels in Q4 on lithium recovery

  06 January 2021

  A summary of Australian spodumene concentrate miner Pilbara Minerals‘ results for the fourth quarter of 2020, released on Wednesday January 6.