China's imports of mullite in March down 66.99% YoY 2019-05-10

May, 10, 2019 - According to customs statistics, China import of mullite in March was 196.64 Mt, down 66.99% YoY. The average import price was RMB 6,670.85/t. Mullite imports are chiefly from US, Japan and Britain. Import from US was 104.64 Mt, down 78.44% YoY. Import from Japan was 47 Mt, down 37.33% YoY. Import from Britain was 45 Mt, up 87.5% YoY. China import of mullite in March…

China's imports of chrome ore in Q1 2019 down 17.2% YoY 2019-05-10

May, 10, 2019 - China import data of chrome sand and its concentrate in Q1         Amount Unit: thousand dollars Commodity Quantity Unit March Q1 YoY (March) ±% YoY (Q1) ±% …

Malaysia revises anti-dumping duties on CR imports from China, South Korea … 2019-05-10

May 9, 2019 - It is reported that Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry has revised anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of cold rolled coils of alloy and non-alloy steel originating or exported from China, South Korea and Vietnam. Chinese steel producers Bengang Steel Plates Co Ltd’s anti dumping duties now stood at 42.08%, while BX Steel POSCO Cold Rolled Sheet …

Australia, Guinea & Indonesia to lead bauxite mining till 2029 2019-05-09

May 9, 2019 - Global bauxite production is expected to rebound this year with new projects coming up in Guinea and Australia and with some expansions across India and Indonesia. Industry source notes that Australia is currently holding 12 of the 29 new bauxite projects, which is more than any other country. Bauxite production in Australia is predicted to increase by 15 per cent in …

US March steel shipments up 2.9% YoY 2019-05-09

May, 9, 2019 - For the month of March 2019, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,327,990 net tons, a 7.5 percent increase from the 7,744,304 net tons shipped in the previous month, February 2019, and a 0.3 percent increase from the 8,299,418 net tons shipped in March 2018. Shipments year-to-date in 2019 are 24,152,051 net tons, a 2.9 percent increase vs. 2018 shipments of 23,461,349 net tons for three m…

China's imports of andalusite & cyanite & sillimanite in Q1 2019 2019-05-09

May, 9, 2019 - In Q1 2019, China total import volume of Andalusite, Cyanite and Sillimanite was 11,100 Mt, down 22.09% YoY. Total import amount was US$ 3,973,800, down 16.18% YoY. Average import price was US$ 357.23/t, up US$ 25.20/t YoY. China andalusite import from South Africa was the highest, reaching 6,885 Mt, up 49.61% YoY. Andalusite import from France was 2,310 Mt, up 21.87% YoY. A…

CIS: steel output down in Q1 2019 2019-05-08

May 3, 2019 - In March, Russia produced 5.79 million tons of steel, down by 6.9% YoY. In 3 months output totaled 16.81 million tons, down by 5.3% YoY. Ukraine, though no longer a part of CIS, increased output in March by 15%, to 1.968 million tons, with 5.507 million tons produced in 3 months, up by 4.6%. Kazakhstan produced 360 thousand tons of steel, down by 16.7% YoY, in March…

Trump hikes tariffs on Chinese goods to 25% 2019-05-07

May 5, 2019 - In a surprise announcement, President Donald Trump escalated the trade war with China, saying Sunday that tariffs would rise from 10% to 25% on $200 billion in imports by Friday. Trump said over Twitter that talks have been going too slowly, and that "for 10 months," China has been paying tariffs to the U.S. of 25% on $50 billion of high-tech imports and o…

China's output of key types of refractories in Mar. 2019 2019-05-06

May, 6, 2019 - In March, outputs of the bulk of China refractories shot up except CCM, Alumina bricks, Silica bricks and Magnesia based bricks. The one with largest growth was Fireclay bricks. Those with second and third growths were Calcined bauxite and Magnesia.  No. Refractories …

Russia: SUBR bauxite output down in Q1 2019 2019-05-06

May 2, 2019 - In January-March, Severouralsk Bauxite Mine, a part of Rusal, decreased output by 15.3% QoQ, to 529 thousand tons of bauxites. In Q4 2018 the output was 625 thousand tons, and in Q1 2018 – 555 thousand tons. Another Rusal asset – Uralskaya Folga – increased manufacture by 31% QoQ, to 5.5 thousand tons of aluminum foil, which was still 10.5% below the Q1 2018 resu…

China's output of monolithic refractories rose slightly in March 2019-05-06

May, 6, 2019 - In March, China monolithics outputs went up slightly, while accumulative outputs of Q1 dropped significantly.   China’s output of monolithic refractories in March 2019 was 545,300 tons, up 105.19% from the previous month and 4.63% from the same period last year. Accumulative output of first quarter was 1258,500 tons with a decline of 13.66% compared with Q1 2018. …

India's government again postpones retaliatory tariffs against section 232 2019-05-06

May, 6, 2019 - India’s government has again delayed enacting retaliatory tariffs against United States goods, pushing back the first possible date for the duty to May 16. The proposed tariffs were first queued up last June in response to the Trump Administration’s Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel. Initially set to begin last summer, the measure has been repeatedly …

Output of magnesia based refractory bricks slid 20.81% in March 2019-05-05

May, 5, 2019 - According to statistics, in March, outputs of China magnesia based refractory bricks slid to different extent except magnesia chrome bricks . In March, output of magnesia based refractory bricks was 102,700 tons, down 20.81% YoY and up 56.18% MoM; Accumulative output of first quarter was 297,700 tons with a slight decline of 0.75% compared with Q1 2018. Therein, …

Output of insulating refractory products decreased in March 2019-05-05

May, 5, 2019 - In March 2019, output of China's insulating refractory products was 38,400 tons, a decrease of -14.81% from March 2018, and an increase of 77.59% from February 2019. Within the first quarter of 2019, the highest output of insulating refractory products occurred in March. Outputs in January and February exceeded 20,000 tons. Insulating refractory products manufacturers…

Output of China Key Refractories Enterprises in Jan. - Mar. 2019 2019-05-05

No. Company Mar. Output (Ton) YoY Growth Jan. - Mar. Output (Ton) YoY Growth 2019 2018 Qty Rate (±%) 2019 2018 …