Prices for brown and white fused alumina increased through the first half of September 2019 amid concerns over Chinese supply with the continuing threat of environmental inspections and plant closures. Prices for calcined alumina, meanwhile, have fallen further in recent weeks with increasing supply but little increase in demand. Concerns remain, however, over Chinese supply of bauxite as feedstock for calcined alumina production.https://www.hslabrasive.com/products/fused-alumina/brown-fused-alumina.html
Supply of Chinese bauxite and alumina has suffered from environmental shutdowns for a number of years. Bauxite prices peaked in early 2018 and saw increases through early 2019 following environmental shutdowns in Shanxi province. During the first half of 2019, all bauxite mines in the Xiaoyi area of Shanxi were closed and there was a period of no raw material bauxite availability for any use in the region.
Alumina has not been immune to the effect of enforcement of environmental legislation, but its supply is from a much wider range of sources and China has less influence on world supply and demand.
Refractories are by far the largest application for calcined alumina and are an important application for non-metallurgical bauxite. Refractory demand is relatively weak, mirroring trends in the global steel market. Bauxite and alumina products are also used widely in cement, abrasives and ceramics applications, however, which continue to show higher levels of growth.https://www.hslabrasive.com/products/fused-alumina/
Supply of Chinese bauxite and alumina has suffered from environmental shutdowns for a number of years. Bauxite prices peaked in early 2018 and saw increases through early 2019 following environmental shutdowns in Shanxi province. During the first half of 2019, all bauxite mines in the Xiaoyi area of Shanxi were closed and there was a period of no raw material bauxite availability for any use in the region.
Alumina has not been immune to the effect of enforcement of environmental legislation, but its supply is from a much wider range of sources and China has less influence on world supply and demand.
Refractories are by far the largest application for calcined alumina and are an important application for non-metallurgical bauxite. Refractory demand is relatively weak, mirroring trends in the global steel market. Bauxite and alumina products are also used widely in cement, abrasives and ceramics applications, however, which continue to show higher levels of growth.https://www.hslabrasive.com/products/fused-alumina/
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