Magnesia Market Report May 2017

Content
Abstract 3
1 International market review 3
1.1 Chinese export market review 3
1.1.1 Chinese fused magnesia export market 3
1.1.2 Chinese dead burned magnesia export market 3
1.1.3 Chinese caustic calcined magnesia export market 4
1.2 European market review 5
1.3 US market review 5
2 Chinese market review 5
2.1 Chinese fused magnesia market active 5
2.2 Chinese dead burned magnesia market sees tight supply 5
3 Monthly output 6
3.1 China’s fused magnesia output down by 84.7% MOM in May 2017 6
3.2 China’s dead burned magnesia output down by 56% MOM in May 7
4 Import and export data 8
4.1 China’s magnesia exports up by 5.1% MOM in April 2017 8
4.2 China’s fused magnesia exports down by 18.7% MOM in April 2017 8
4.3 China’s dead burned magnesia exports up by 7.3% MOM in Apr 2017 9
4.4 Chinese caustic calcined magnesia exports up by 16.3% MOM in April 10
5 Industry news 11
6 Company news 11
6.1 Jinlong Group suspends magnesia brick production 11
6.2 LuZhong Refractory reduces refractory product outputs in April 12
6.3 Haicheng Magnesite resumes fused magnesia production 12
7 Market outlook 12

Content of pictures and tables

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


Table 1 Top ten Chinese exporters of fused magnesia in April 2017 are as follows: 9
Table 2 Top 10 Chinese exporters of dead burned magnesia in April are as follows: 10
Table 3 Top ten Chinese caustic calcined magnesia exporters in April 11

.Asian Metal Copyright1 Jinlong Group suspends magnesia brick production 11 6Asian Metal Copyright