Magnesia Market Report March 2017

Abstract 3
1 International market review 3
1.1 Chinese magnesia export market review 3
1.1.1 Chinese fused magnesia export market active further 3
1.1.2 Chinese dead burned magnesia export market 4
1.1.3 Chinese caustic calcined magnesia export market 5
1.2 European market review 5
1.3 US market review 6
2 Chinese market review 6
2.1 Chinese fused magnesia market sees brisk transactions 6
2.2 Chinese dead burned magnesia market sees tight supply 7
3 Monthly output 8
3.1 Chinese fused magnesia output decreases by 39% MOM in March 8
3.2 China’s dead burned magnesia output down by 54.4% MOM in March 2017 9
4. Import and export data 10
4.1 Chinese magnesia exports down by 41.5% MOM in Feb 2017 10
4.2 China’s fused magnesia exports down by 59.6% MOM in February 10
4.3 China’s dead burned magnesia exports down by 36.6% MOM in Feb 2017 12
4.4 China’s caustic calcined magnesia exports down by 29% MOM in February 13
5 Industry developments 15
6 Company news 15
6.1 Haicheng Magnesite suspends dead burned magnesia production 15
6.2 Yingkou Aoxin halts magnesia carbon brick production 15
7 Market outlook 15

Picture 1 Fused magnesia 97%min 0-30mm (Ca:Si=1:1) price movement on the export market (USD/t FOB China) 5
Picture 2 Dead burned magnesia 90%min, 3-15mm price movement on the export market (USD/t FOB China) 6
Picture 3 Dead burned magnesia 97%min, 0-30mm price movement on the export market (USD/t FOB China) 6
Picture 4 Caustic calcined magnesia 90%min, 200mm price movement on the export market (USD/t FOB China) 6
Picture 5 Fused magnesia 97%min (Ca:Si=1:1) price movement on the Chinese domestic market (RMB/t) 8
Picture 6 Dead burned magnesia 90%min 3-15mm price movement on Chinese market (RMB/t) 8
Picture 7 High purity magnesia 97%min 0-30mm price movement on Chinese market (RMB/t) 9
Picture 8 Chinese fused magnesia output in 2016-2017 (unit:t) 9
Picture 9 Chinese fused magnesia stocks in 2016-2017 (unit:t) 9
Picture 10 China’s dead burned magnesia output from Jan 2016 to Mar 2017 (Unit: kt) 10
Picture 11China’s stocks for dead burned magnesia from Jan 2016 to Mar 2017 (Unit: kt) 10
Picture 12 China’s magnesia exports by month (Unit: kt) 11
Picture 13 Monthly export volume of Chinese fused magnesia (unit: t) 12
Picture 14 Monthly export volume of Chinese fused magnesia by country (unit: t) 12
Picture 15 China’s monthly dead burned magnesia exports (Unit: kt) 13
Picture 16 China’s monthly dead burned magnesia exports by major destination country (Unit: kt) 14
Picture 17 China’s caustic calcined magnesia exports by month (Unit: t) 15
Picture 18 China’s caustic calcined magnesia monthly exports by key destination (Unit: t) 15

Table 1Top ten Chinese exporters of fused magnesia in February 2017 13
Table 2Top ten Chinese exporters of dead burned magnesia in February 15
Table 3Top ten Chinese caustic calcined magnesia exporters in February 16

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