Chinese-origin fused alumina and bauxite spot prices gained as raw material and transportation costs rise. While many buyers are reluctant to accept the increase, some producers warned that the uptrend could continue amid supply tightness. Chinese suppliers have raised offers for refractory-grade bauxite and fused alumina in the spot market as raw material and transportation …

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Technical ceramics (TGs) are an extended family of materials with several overlapping and undefined borders with other categories of engineered products. Simply defined, TCs, also called advanced, engineered, special and fine ceramics, are materials whose thermal, electric and mechanical properties allow processes or products to run faster, at higher temperatures, in more extreme environment and …

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  When it comes to steel, China is faking it. Faced with global condemnation for flooding world markets with cheap steel, China announced last year it had implemented ambitious cuts in steel capacity. But a new report by Greenpeace East Asia and Chinese consultancy Custeel says that number was largely smoke and mirrors. Many of …

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White fused alumina spot prices rose amid higher raw material cost, but increases in China are steeper compared with elsewhere as continuing environmental pressure restricted output amid stronger domestic demand. Spiralling raw material cost is lifting white fused alumina (WFA) spot prices as Chinese producers raised their offers, market sources told IM. Alumina is the …

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Monthly production of chromite with 44-48% Cr2O3 content was down both on a sequential and year-on-year basis, as reduced mining capacity is denting overall sales volumes. South African output of high-purity chromite fell in October after a surge in the previous month, while the latest output remained some 15,000 tonnes below the same time in …

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