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  • Zirconia market remains stable in December 2019-12-13

    Dec. 13, 2019 - At the moment, nationwide zirconia market demonstrates stabilized supply and market price. Compared with previous month, no visible fluctuation appears to mainstream quotations of yellow zirconia (ZrO2≥94.5%) and desilicated zirconia.  When it comes to production status of Henan province, it is still getting through environmental inspections, which results in com…

  • Brown fused alumina prices edge down on muted market demand 2019-12-13

    Dec. 13, 2019 - Market prices for brown fused alumina and high-purity grades of refractory bauxite have kept sliding down this month on thin trading amid lackluster end markets. Producers in Henan province, a production hub for brown fused alumina, told Refwin that they had to lower the prices because of the falling demand and also the pressure of withdrawing funds.   The ex-work pr…

  • Prices of silicon metal powder held firm in December 2019-12-13

    Dec. 13, 2019 - Recently, the silicon metal market price temporarily remain stable, and the overall transaction scale is relatively small. Most of the customers are regular customers with long-term contracts.   According to manufacturers, although raw material prices have risen, weak downstream demands have made it difficult to increase prices of silicon metal powder.   T…

  • Prices of industrial alumina drop 2019-12-13

    Dec. 13, 2019 - Compared with November, industrial alumina market continues to maintain weak performance as the price drops this month, down RMB 150/t. At the moment, demand from electrolytic aluminum industry is lukewarm and capacity release is in poor condition amidst overall sluggish market of industrial alumina. In addition, industrial alumina prices of overseas market are relati…

  • Henan: white fused alumina market sees downward trend 2019-12-12

    Dec. 12, 2019 – Price of white fused alumina in Henan sees downward trend this month. According to a recent Refwin survey, around half of WFA producers have been in production halt or production curtailment because of the stricter environmental policies. As a consequence, the total output of WFA in Henan province during heating season is lower than last year. This not only happens to WFA prod…

  • Aluminum metal powder in sluggish buying 2019-12-12

    Dec. 12, 2019 – Aluminum metal powder prices have been in a stable level in recent four months according to Refwin price data.   However, the trading volume of aluminum metal powder in November is not as much as last year although it is the pre-holiday stockpiling period now. The producers in Northeast China told Refwin that the number of procurement orders they received had decrea…

  • Zircon sand price slides down further 2019-12-12

    Dec. 12, 2019 - In December, domestic zircon sand shows further downtrend due to unrelenting slack demand. Compared with last month, market price of zircon sand (65%, 80-120 mesh) from Australia slides down by around RMB 300/t. That of zircon sand (66%, 80-120 mesh) is adjusted downwards by RMB 400/t. Under this bleak demand situation, traders don’t have enough effective counterme…

  • Prices of ladle filler sand keep stable in December 2019-12-06

    Dec. 6, 2019 - Market prices remain stable for both chrome-based ladle filler sand (Cr2O3≥29-31%, pouring rate≥95%) and silica-based ladle filler sand (SiO2≥95%, H2O<0.5%, pouring rate≥95%) in Henan. Currently, prices of chrome ore and quartz sand keep stable, and the market supply is sufficient, laying a foundation for the stable production of ladle filler sand. At present, t…

  • Carbonized rice husk still in tight supply 2019-12-06

    Dec. 6, 2019 – Prices of carbonized rice husk remained stable compared with last month.   Affected by environmental protection, some carbonized rice husk enterprises stopped production, which lead to the tight supply of carbonized rice husk in the market. Meanwhile, downstream steel mills started stocking since the year end, leading to increased demand.   Refwin believes…

  • Market Review on China Refractory Raw Materials for November 2019-12-04

    Looking back to the past 3 years, this is the quietest winter for China refractory raw materials market, with no sharply price shooting, no serious supply shortage scene, and less concerns to the production restriction. Calcined bauxite market met a new balance with recession from demand and unremitting shortage of supply; brown fused alumina fell down in prices against slumping demand; Market…

  • Prices of petroleum coke recarburizer increase 2019-11-29

    Nov. 29, 2019 - In recent days, petroleum coke recarburizer market shows slight upward momentum in Tianjin and Liaoning, two major sources of the metallurgical auxiliary material in China. According to Refwin source, when it comes to the producers in possession of adequate stock, they are not inclined to adjust the price. What’s more, lukewarm demand of steel plants represents another …

  • Calcined coal recarburizer market shows unobvious changes 2019-11-29

    Nov. 29, 2019 - Compared with last month, the prices of calcined coal recarburizer maintain stable, an analyst from Refwin said. The landscape of full-scale production of calcined coal recarburizer is not seen in Ningxia, China this month as the authority requires related producers carry out off-peak operation during the heating season. As a result, there is no sharply increasing supply…

  • Prices of coal tar pitch drop down dragged by coal tar 2019-11-29

    Nov. 28, 2019 - Market prices of coal tar pitch in Hebei declined by CNY 300-400/ton in November. Market prices of coal tar declined by CNY 440/ton compared with last month, mainly due to the weak downstream demands and higher inventory. While since prices are close to the cost line and currently in the heating season, it is unlikely that prices will continue to fall in the future. …

  • Prices of silica brick remain stable in Nov. 2019-11-29

    Nov. 29, 2019 - In November, Market prices of silica brick in Shandong was flat compared with last month. At present, silica brick enterprises for hot-blast stoves have passed environmental protection approval and can maintain normal production, and basically arrange production by orders. According to manufacturers, price of silica brick for coke oven is higher than that for glas…

  • Magnesia industry facing a reshuffle on constant weakness 2019-11-29

    Nov. 28, 2019 - With the advent of winter, magnesia market seems to have entered its severe winter period, with slack market and falling prices under mismatched supply and demand situation. Since this August, magnesite mining has been banned in Haicheng. Although a certain amount of dynamite was distributed to large mining companies in November, the magnesite mining is still i…

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