Las reuniones de los distintos comités trataron los temas de gran interés para las empresas involucradas; la traducción del libro “ Refractory Engineering” en el caso del Comité Técnico y la III Edición del Curso Ingeniería de Refractarios en el caso del Comité de Montadores.  En cuanto al libro debería estar listo para el verano …

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China y sobrecapacidad de acero El otro día leí una noticia sobre las dificultades que está teniendo China para cumplir con sus propios planes de ajuste de sobrecapacidad de acero. A pesar de ser declarada ilegal, una acería de horno de inducción reinició su actividad, desafiando así la suspensión del gobierno (Kallanish). La noticia en sí …

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Prices for two grades of bauxite have ticked downward, as has the price for white fused alumina, but brown fused alumina remained stable, with the market said to be mostly flat on limited activity. The markets for both bauxite and alumina continued to be weak in early March on slow demand flows in Europe and …

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The number of new passenger car registrations in the EU decreased by 4.62% year-on-year in January 2019, making it the fifth consecutive month of decline, the European Automotive Manufacturers Assn (ACEA) said on Friday February 15. New car sales in Europe totaled 1,195,665 units in January 2019, compared with 1,253,596 vehicles sold in the corresponding …

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China’s exports of all grades of magnesia were up in 2018 on an annual basis, and export prices kept firm on mining restrictions and strict environmental inspections. China exported 747,073 tonnes of caustic calcined magnesia (CCM) in 2018, according to official Chinese data – up by 14.31% from 653,528 tonnes in 2017 in response to …

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