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July 2019
15 July 2019
There is still no timeline for a resumption of andalusite production by the South African miner.
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15 July 2019
Fastmarkets reporters present six main takeaways from the Lithium-ion Battery & Material Supply Chain conference hosted by Shanghai Xinluo Network Technology in Qiandaohu, China, on July 11-12.
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15 July 2019
Liaoning Magnesite Mining Co and its 28 shareholder enterprises in Haicheng unanimously agreed to implement a suspension of magnesite mining.
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15 July 2019
Almatis said it will focus on core businesses and expand its footprint in higher value-added products.
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11 July 2019
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ending Thursday July 11.
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10 July 2019
Buyers are holding off ahead of scheduled plant closures, forcing market prices down.
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09 July 2019
Here is a selection of main takeaways from the GIFA and Metec trade show held in Dusseldorf, Germany, on June 25-29.
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09 July 2019
South African Tharisa secured an average price of $174 per tonne for chrome concentrates sold in the second quarter.
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09 July 2019
Chinese exports of spherical graphite were higher in May and the first five months of the year, unconfirmed figures show.
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09 July 2019
Brazil’s steel import volumes decline on lower volumes from China, Turkey
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09 July 2019
Mutares has completed the purchase of the TrefilUnion wire products mills in France for an undisclosed sum. The mills are a “perfect” fit, the Mutares CEO said.
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08 July 2019
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday July 5.
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08 July 2019
Syrah Resources has signed an exclusive deal with China's Gredmann Group for the supply of graphite flake fines.
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08 July 2019
Drilling rates continue to slow in the Permian basin in the United States, but fracking is even slower. This is bad news for frac sand sellers in the short term, but leaves a backlog of unfracked wells, which will need sand in the future.
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05 July 2019
Alcoa has signed a conditional share purchase agreement with Swiss private equity firm Parter Capital Group for the firm to acquire Alcoa’s La Coruña and Avilés smelters in Spain, the aluminium producer said on Friday July 5.
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05 July 2019
Metspar with 90% CaF2 content is now being sold at a higher price than the higher-purity acidspar, sources confirmed this week.
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04 July 2019
Walkabout Resources is seeking finance to allow potential production of expandable graphite in 2020 and the start of an off-take deal with Wogen.
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04 July 2019
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ending Thursday July 4.
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03 July 2019
The chief executive of major refractories producer RHI Magnesita says that consolidation in the industry is likely to continue.
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03 July 2019
Rare-earth miner Rainbow looks to capital markets to fund increased production in Burundi.
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02 July 2019
Buyers of calcined alumina are putting downward pressure on producers’ prices during second-half contract negotiations, with sentiment turning because of weaker end markets.
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02 July 2019
Fastmarkets IM compiles the key takeaways from the 34th edition of the fine and speciality chemicals event, Chemspec, held in Basel, Switzerland on June 26-27.
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01 July 2019
Exports of dead burned magnesia (DBM) and fused magnesia (FM) fell in May on an annual basis in May on quiet buying from global buyers.
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01 July 2019
Unshaped refractory materials output in China increased slightly in May year on year, attributed to increasing production of alumina-silicon refractory material.
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01 July 2019
Planned reduction in steel output will continue to dampen demand in the coming months, sources at the Dusseldorf trade show said.
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June 2019
28 June 2019
South Africa's Andalusite Resources has halted the production of the refractory raw material after the exacerbation of financial difficulties, Fastmarkets understands.
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26 June 2019
Asian and North American crude steel output rose year on year, while European production fell in May.
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24 June 2019
Active drilling rigs are falling in West Texas, while unfracked wells pile up, but frac sand sellers hope that demand could recover before the end of the year.
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24 June 2019
A source has reported that Canada Fluorspar is close to hitting 50% capacity utilization.
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21 June 2019
Fastmarkets has standardized the names of our metals and minerals prices across our product suite for ease of use and greater transparency.
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19 June 2019
Fused magnesia prices fell in Europe in June while prices eased in China.
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19 June 2019
Syrah has signed a sales agreement with Gredmann Group in China for the export of graphite flake fines.
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19 June 2019
Chinese magnesia market remains weak due to increasing stocks and slow buying activity from downstream buyers.
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19 June 2019
Fastmarkets IM has today discontinued its price for acidspar, 97% CaF2, wet filtercake, cif, US Gulf Port, USA, $/tonne.
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18 June 2019
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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17 June 2019
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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14 June 2019
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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13 June 2019
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended on Thursday June 13.
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11 June 2019
Higher prices in March and April led to a 16.5% fall in exports of finished steel products in May 2019.
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07 June 2019
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday June 6.
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06 June 2019
The non-metallurgical chromite market remains sluggish in major consuming regions.
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05 June 2019
US President Donald Trump is attempting to place a tariff on Mexico-origin imports, which would levy an initial 5% tariff on 300,000 tonnes of fluorspar.
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05 June 2019
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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04 June 2019
Mutares has added wire and steel rope maker TrefilUnion to its earlier acquisition of Aperam's French stainless welded tubes division.
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03 June 2019
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.