Canada to hit six countries with silicon duties 2017-07-11

Jul. 11, 2017 - The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) applied duties on imports of silicon metal from six countries in a preliminary determination, while removing Russia from its investigation.   The CBSA applied duties against imports of silicon metal from Brazil, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Norway, and Thailand. It also terminated its investigation against Russia…

Joint venture reopens graphite mine in Mozambique 2017-07-08

Ju;. 7, 2017 - Ancuabe graphite mine, in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, was reopened on June 28, following 18 years of inactivity. This was the result of a private-sector investment of €12-million in the project. The mine is now operated by GK Ancuabe Graphite Mine Sociedade Anônima, which is a joint venture between Germany’s Graphite Kropfmuhl…

Zim likely to miss $300m chrome ore export target this year 2017-07-08

Jul. 7, 2017 - The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) has indicated that local chrome ore producers might not achieve the projected 2017 export target of $300-million, owing to the commodity’s falling price and the flooding of the traditionally lucrative Chinese market with cheap-quality material from South Africa. Spea…

4th China International Refractory Production and Application Conference co… 2017-07-06

Jul. 6, 2017 - 4th China International Refractory Production and Application Conference has been completed successfully in Zhengzhou from June 28-30. This conference is organized by China Iron and Steel Association and The Association of China Refractory Industry, and undertaken by Metallurgical Council of CCPIT, Metallurgical Center for International Exchange and Cooperation, Refra…

China starts training courses for employees of iron and steel maker HBIS Se… 2017-07-06

Jul. 5, 2017 - China's Ministry of Commerce started training courses here on Tuesday for Serbian workers of the iron and steel manufacturer HBIS Serbia. The training took place with the support of the Chinese Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO) of China's ministry of commerce. Tian Yishu, political counselor of the Chinese embassy to Serbia, said…

ACRI: Notice of rising production costs caused by higher raw materials pric… 2017-07-05

On July 3, 2017, Association of China Refractories Industry (ACRI) released a notice about current rising refractory companies’ production costs caused by the high cost of raw materials. In 2014 Q3, ACRI published <Self-discipline guide prices of refractory products> to all association members. During the past three years, environment for economic performance under the new normal…

Malaysia extends bauxite mining ban another six months to Dec 31 2017-07-03

Jul. 1, 2017 - Malaysia has extended its bauxite mining ban for another six months to December 31, local media reported Friday, quoting a statement from the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry. The original three-month temporary moratorium, first imposed in January 2016, has been extended several times and was last slated to expire at the end of June. Natural Resources and Envi…

North Korea could be sitting on trillions in untapped mineral resources 2017-07-01

Jul. 1, 2017 - Mining currently only makes up 14 per cent of North Korea's economy – but the dictatorship may in fact be sitting on vast reserves of mineral wealth. International sanctions imposed on the hermit kingdom in response to its nuclear tests should, in theory, be crippling its trade in minerals. A March 2016 UN resolution ba…

India monolithics output keeps consecutive growth 2017-06-30

Jun. 30, 2017 - According to the IRMA statistic data, Indian monolithics import and export trade value have maintained a consecutive growth rate in recent years. In the 2016-17 FY, imports value of monolithics in India amounted to Rs. 65.955 billion, down 5% year-on-year; exports trade amounted to Rs. 23.333 billion, up 16.9% year on year. Viewing …

Market share of world's refractories enterprises 2017-06-30

Top 23 enterprises market share account for about 53.63% of global refractories market and RHI rank first as 6.44%, followed by Vesuvius 6.22%, Morgan 4.39%, Magnesita 3.51% and POSCO 3.37%. RHI AG and Magensita S.A. announced in Oct. 2016 that the two companies will merger to be a new one, named as MAG N.V. The new company MAG N.V. will became the world’s largest refractories manufactu…

Top refractories players by revenue in 2016 2017-06-30

According to the annual report in 2016, RHI replace Vesuvius to be the biggest refractories manufacturer in the world. It's worth mentioning that around 8 enterprises report revenue decline compared with 2015, including RHI, POSCO, Krosaki Harima, Chosun, Puyang etc. Meanwhile, China has 6 companies in top 23, but no one come into top 10.

India refractories industry has a bright future 2017-06-30

As the second largest refractory market after China, India achieved the lowest outputs in 2016 fiscal year, down 5.12% YoY according to IRMA (Indian Refractory Makers Association).  India cabinet cleared a policy last month to treble steel production from 95.6 million tones (MT) of 2016 to 300 MT by 2030. According to World Steel Association, India’s steel output f…

China refractories industry situation 2017-06-30

China is the major supplier of refractories raw materials. Also the biggest refractories market due to the 50% of world crude steel production. China's crude steel production increased 1.2 percent YoY to 808.37 million tons in 2016, compared with a 2.3 percent decrease in 2015.   China’s crude steel output was 201 million tons in Q1 2017, up by 4.57% YoY. Total production of …

China's aluminium output rises on restarts and new projects 2017-06-30

Jun. 30, 2017 - China has introduced regulations to limit growth in aluminium capacity, but output continued to rise in January-May.   Primary metal production rose by 4.2 percent year on year to 2.83 million tons in May. Production in January-May reached 13.86 million tons, up by 8.8 percent from a year earlier.   The government has announ…

Latin American steel output continues to increase 2017-06-30

Jun. 30, 2017 - Latin American crude and rolled steel production increased in May, building on the previous month's gains. Crude steel output rose by 10 percent on the year to 5.4 million  tons. This was up by 2 percent compared with April, when production surged by 18 percent on the year to 5.3 million tons. This has lifted the total for the first five…