The removal of US sanctions on producer Rusal has added strength to Alcoa’s forecast of a surplus in alumina in 2019. United States-based Alcoa, the world’s eighth-largest aluminium producer, has forecast that there will be a surplus of alumina in 2019 while it increases aluminium metal shipments. There was a 600,000-tonne deficit of alumina at …

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El pasado martes 4 de junio tuvieron lugar en la sede de Anfre en Madrid las reuniones de la Junta Directiva y de los distintos comités, Comité de Montadores y Comité Técnico. En dichas reuniones se trataron temas de interés para Anfre y para el sector del refractario en general. Se ha comentado el gran …

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Mar. 05, 2019 – Local government in Sanmenxia, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, one of the main industrial districts for white fused alumina, brown fused alumina and other corundum minerals, announced a new round of production capacity restriction actions starting from 1st, March, lasting for 60 days. During this period, peak hour production restriction would be the …

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Conducting negotiations with international investors for the sale of Kümaş Manyezit Sanayi AŞ, Yıldız Holding made a statement to London Stock Exchange (LSE) announcing the signing of an exclusivity agreement with the Australian company RHI Magnesita. The statement made by RHI Magnesita to LSE was as follows:”As announced previously, the Company continues to consider a …

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Improved production in most mining areas is prompting hopes that andalusite supply tightness may ease in the near to mid term, but prices are expected to stay firm due to strong end markets.