Market situation of fireclay brick in Jan 2019-01-24

Jan. 24, 2019 - There is no significant fluctutation happens to fireclay brick market in January although capacity usage is impacted by environmental protection actions in heating season in North China.   Mining operation still meets constriction situation, making raw minerals for brick production remain at high price, but prevailing price for fireclay brick keeps stable for months.…

Silica brick prices keep rising 2019-01-24

Jan. 24, 2019 – Market prices of silica brick up by RMB 200/ton in January.   Due to the low operating rate and tight supply, silica mining price keep increasing. The operating rate of silica brick manufacturers is still in low level.   In conclusion, prices of silica brick will continue to hold up in the near future.

Amorphous graphite prices maintain steady 2019-01-23

Jan. 23, 2019 – Market prices of graphite nodule in Hunan, China keep stable, production and sales keep normal in January.   Amorphous graphite is widely used in foundry coatings, oilfield drilling, battery carbon rods, steel, foundry materials, refractories, dyes, fuels, electrode pastes, and as ingredients for pencils, electrodes, batteries, graphite emulsions, desulfurizers, pre…

Chrome oxide green market stays flat 2019-01-23

Jan. 23, 2019 - According to survey by Refwin, affected by environmental inspection, producers of chrome oxide green in Henan have quitted production, which is likely to prolong until long vacation of Spring Festival. Only a few inventories are sold now in the market. While producers in Tianjin are flexible in sales, adjusting prices in line with different requirements from clients.   …

Coal tar pitch prices fluctuate slightly 2019-01-23

Jan. 23, 2019 - Coal tar pitch prices fell slightly by RMB 100-200/ton in January.   Raw material coal tar prices decline by RMB 100/ton this month, considering the low operating rate due to the comming of Spring Festival, future prices will maintain the current level with small fluctuations.   Due to the emergence of sheet asphalt in recent years, the overall market supp…

Market situation of graphitized recarburizer 2019-01-22

Jan. 22. 2019 - Since last November, graphitized recarburizer has entered downwards in price, which spills into 2019 with about RMB 100/t decline in January.   The decline is mainly attributed to the price dropping of petroleum coke. Overall supply situation shows a smooth status before the Chinese Spring Festival.   At present, graphitized recarburizer for C: 98.5%, …

Silica sol brewing price increase 2019-01-22

Jan. 22, 2019 - In the late January, market price of SiO2: 30% sodium silicate based silica sol was 2,800-2,*** yuan/ton same as last month. Since last year, due to the impact of environmental protection, the cost of silica sol production companies has continued to increase, but the price of silica sol has remained stable. Some producers said that the price of silica sol will be slightl…

Calcined coal recarburizer continues downwards 2019-01-22

Jan. 22, 2019 - Calcined coal recarburizer continues to dropping down in January especially for grades under 90.   It is understood that calcined coal recarburizer for C: 90% grade has dropped down by RMB 150-200/t and C:92% grade shows a downward of RMB 50-150/t. The range of RMB 50/t decline happens to higher purities of grades, including C: 94% and C: 95%.   The contin…

Market situation of alumina ball 2019-01-22

Jan. 22, 2019 - It's reported that alumina ball keeps stable price against continuous downward of industrial alumina market prices, according to Refwin.  Fortunately, most facilities to produce alumina ball in Sanmenxia city, where it is the main sourcing region for the material, are running at relatively stable production operation and many producers have stockpiles currently. &n…

Market situation of protecting slag 2019-01-21

Jan. 21, 2019 - Raw materials to produce protecting slag, including flourite and grammite, saw a price growth in the pervious month. Production suspension and capacity restriction implementation seriously impacts the overall production capacity usage of protecting slag producers in Henan province, the main production province. In addition, automation and envrionmental upgrades improves the cos…

Alumina brick seen price fluctuation in Jan 2019-01-19

Jan. 19, 2019 - China sourced alumina brick is reported to rise in price in the first month of 2019, up by RMB 100/t for ex-work price compared with the end of last year. The reason of price increase is mainly the long term of calcined bauxite shortage and price soaring. In the early Jan, market price of calcined bauxite enters chaotics for different grade ones in overall upwards.…

Market situation of China fused mullite 2019-01-19

Jan. 19, 2019 - In the mid of Jan, shortage of fused mullite supply still keeps going forward in China. Industrial alumina keeps dropping down in firm trend, with the market price (ex-work price) hitting RMB 2950/t, but this doesn’t bring any good factors to fused mullite production. Shoratge situation of supply has not changed currently, with the stoppage keeping going. Accordi…

Graphite electrode keeps dropping down 2019-01-19

Jan. 19, 2019 - Graphite electrode keeps sharply downwards in price in Jan according to Refwin. Taking example of ultra-high power graphite electrode for Φ450mm, biding price has dropped down to RMB 35,000/t from RMB 53,000/t compared with the last time of biding process.   Perol coke and needle coke has kept downwards in price over the past 2 months, meanwhile, steel products al…

Dual declines of supply and demand of zirconia 2019-01-18

Jan. 18, 2019 - Ever since Nov. Henan, main origin of zirconia suffers from most heavy weather and abnormal production turns common. At the same time, as downstream producers are also affected by production halt in this area, their demands simultaneously decline. Consequently, price keeps stable. In Jan. yellow zirconia’s (ZrO2≥94.5%) ex-works price including tax is RMB 44,000-45,000/…

Market situation of α-alumina keeps flat in January 2019-01-17

Jan. 17, 2019 - Flat market situation comes to α-alumina in January, with no significant price fluctuation, according to Refwin. It’s hard to form powerful support to the market price of α-alumina as industrial alumina keeps downwards at current market conditions. Capacity usage for α-alumina remains at low level impacted by heating season environmental protection action in Henan p…