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January 2020
24 January 2020
Specialty alumina producer Almatis said it will rely on its global supply chain of manufacturing facilities to fulfill existing orders of tabular alumina following a fire at its German plant last week.
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24 January 2020
Argentina’s crude steel output dropped by 10% in 2019 compared with a year earlier, according to figures released by national steel chamber Acero Argentino on Wednesday January 22.
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24 January 2020
Merger and acquisition activity in the metals sector may remain subdued in 2020 because of the uncertainty surrounding trade policies and the lingering geopolitical risks, according to an executive with consultancy PwC.
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23 January 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday January 23.
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23 January 2020
Samancor Chrome plans to reduce annual chrome ore and ferro-chrome production by 29% and 20% respectively due to poor market conditions, it said on Thursday January 23.
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22 January 2020
Australian miner Syrah Resources reported a significant drop in graphite flake production the fourth quarter of 2019 and said the curtailment would continue until the market improves in the first quarter.
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21 January 2020
Beginning in 2020, Fastmarkets will review its pricing methodologies and price specifications across all its Price Reporting Agency (PRA) divisions - Metals & Mining and Forest Products - on an annual basis rather than twice per year.
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21 January 2020
Chinese steel production increased in 2019 amid stronger demand from the construction sector, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics on Friday January 17.
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21 January 2020
South Star Mining has submitted its licensing documentation for a 5,000-tonne-per-year graphite flake pilot project at its Santa Cruz project, Brazil.
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20 January 2020
Fastmarkets proposes changes to the specification of three titanium dioxide prices.
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20 January 2020
Samancor Chrome has provisionally decided to restructure its mining and smelting operations in a move that will reduce staff and production levels due to the deteriorating chrome markets and rising power costs, Fastmarkets has learned.
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17 January 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday January 16.
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16 January 2020
The company said the calcination and grinding operations at the site are not affected but the extent of the damage is unknown.
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16 January 2020
China’s domestic minerals markets will be largely quiet with limited volatility for the coming three weeks due to the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.
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15 January 2020
China's finished steel exports in December tumbled on a year-on-year basis despite being higher compared with a month earlier.
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14 January 2020
The company’s South African chromite chemicals business has been sold to Brother Enterprises while its mining operation is also in the process of being sold to fellow producer Clover Alloys.
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14 January 2020
Tharisa's chrome production was steady quarter on quarter and compared with last year, while the company said the low chrome prices achieved over the period were "unsustainable."
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13 January 2020
Mineral sand miner Base attributed the higher production forecasts at its Kenya site to investments to counter ore depletion.
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10 January 2020
The appreciation of the Chinese yuan against the US dollar is adding pressure to the quiet markets for fused alumina and bauxite before the Chinese new year holiday period.
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10 January 2020
ArcelorMittal will resume production from blast furnace (BF) B at its Asturias plant in Spain on January 11, the company said on Tuesday January 7.
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10 January 2020
Member mills of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) lowered their daily steel output rate in late December, according to data released on Thursday January 9. Finished steel inventories also fell.
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09 January 2020
Another new producer, South Africa’s Sepfluor, has entered the fluorspar market with its first commercial shipment of acidspar material that achieves the industry benchmark of 97% CaF2 content.
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09 January 2020
The cuts will target overcapacity with the aim of upgrading the steelmaking industry in China's major steel production hub.
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08 January 2020
The Chinese government has canceled official customs commodity inspections on magnesia, thereby simplifying export procedures.
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07 January 2020
After a year of sluggish demand and overhanging stocks in 2019, markets will be looking to see if a shift in sales strategy by the largest producer will usher in a new era of price stability to the traditionally volatile titanium dioxide market.
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06 January 2020
The acquisition of an abrasives producer in Shandong province will give France’s Imerys access to an additional 25,000 tonnes per year of fused alumina capacity, as well as smaller volumes of semi-friable and ceramic alumina.
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06 January 2020
Chinese exports of dead burned magnesia and fused magnesia fell in November on an annual comparison due to slow buying interest from global buyers, while caustic calcined magnesia exports rose.
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03 January 2020
Lower prices supported China’s exports of white fused alumina in 2019, while shipments of bauxite and brown fused alumina both fell on weak demand.
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03 January 2020
Bearish market sentiment in the end-markets for refractories continued to dent silicon carbide prices.
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02 January 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday January 2, 2020.
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02 January 2020
A new exchange trading rare earths, cobalt and other minor metals has been launched.
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02 January 2020
Operations at Paragominas are back on track after production was restricted by a power cut in mid-December.
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02 January 2020
The year-on-year rise in chrome ore imports was due to higher ferro-chrome prices in China during September as well as earlier-than-usual buying ahead of the Lunar New Year.
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01 January 2020
Can calcined alumina break the oversupply wall in a bearish 2020 scenario? Suppliers share their views.