Monthly Magnesia Market Report Feb 2018

Monthly Magnesia Market Report Feb 2018
Contents
1. Market Hightlights 3
2. Economy and Policy 3
2.1 Chinese Economy and Policy 3
2.1.1 MEP: All provinces should designate ecological protection red line in 2018 3
2.1.2 MEP is formulating a 3-year plan to win battle for blue skies now 3
2.2 International Economy and Policy 3
2.2.1 Iran bans purchase orders based on US dollar from February 28 3
3. Company News 4
3.1 Wancheng Magnesium reduces high-purity magnesia output 4
3.2 Yixing Mining plans to reduce caustic calcined magnesia production 4
3.3 Hongchi Refractory halts dead burned magnesia production 4
3.4 Xinrong Mining resumes dead burned magnesia production 4
3.5 Huanke Refractory Material plans to resume fused magnesia production 4
4. Market Movements 5
4.1 Chinese Market Movements 5
4.1.1 Chinese fused magnesia price stable temporarily 5
4.1.2 Transaction prices for Chinese dead burned magnesia down continuously 5
4.2 International Market Movements 6
4.2.1 Chinese Export Market Movements 6
4.2.2 European Market Movements 8
5. Producers Statistics 8
5.1 China's fused magnesia output down by 9.8% MOM in Februry 2018 8
5.2 China's dead burned magnesia output down by 13.5% MOM in February 2018 9
5.3 China's caustic calcined magnesia output down by 4.3% MOM in February 2018 9
6. Customs Stastics 10
6.1 China's magnesia exports up by 12.4% MOM in December 2017 10
6.2 China's fused magnesia exports down by 2.9% MOM in December 2017 11
6.3 China's dead burned magnesia exports up by 51.6% MOM in December 2017 12
6.4 China's caustic calcined magnesia exports down by 5.6% MOM in December 2017 13
7. Relevant Industry News 14
7.1 Prices for graphite electrode stable 14
8. Market Outlook for Next Month 14

Picture Contents
Picture 1 Fused magnesia 97%min (Ca: Si=1:1) price movement in the Chinese domestic market (RMB/t) 5
Picture 2 Dead burned magnesia 90%min 3-15mm price movement in Chinese market (RMB/t) 6
Picture 3 Dead burned magnesia 97%min 0-30mm price movement in Chinese market (RMB/t) 6
Picture 4 Fused magnesia 97%min 0-30mm (Ca: Si=2:1) price movement in the export market (USD/t FOB China) 6
Picture 5 Dead burned magnesia 90%min 3-15mm price movement in the export market (USD/t FOB China) 7
Picture 6 High purity magnesia 97%min 0-30mm price movement in the export market (USD/t FOB China) 7
Picture 7 Caustic calcined magnesia 90%min 200mm price movement in the export market (USD/t FOB China) 8
Picture 8 Dead burned magnesia 90%min 3-15mm price trend (EUR/t, delivered to Rotterdam port) 8
Picture 9 China's monthly output of fused magnesia from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (unit: ton) 8
Picture 10 China's monthly stocks of fused magnesia from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (unit: ton) 8
Picture 11 China's monthly output of dead burned magnesia from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (unit: kt) 9
Picture 12 China's monthly stocks of dead burned magnesia from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (unit: kt) 9
Picture 13 China's monthly output of caustic calcined magnesia from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (unit: kt) 10
Picture 14 China's monthly stocks of caustic calcined magnesia from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (10kt) 10
Picture 15 China's magnesia exports by month from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (unit: kt) 10
Picture 16 China's monthly exports of fused magnesia from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (unit: ton) 11
Picture 17 China's monthly exports of fused magnesia by major destination (unit: ton) 11
Picture 18 China's monthly dead burned magnesia exports from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (unit: kt) 12
Picture 19 China's monthly dead burned magnesia exports by major destination country from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (unit: kt) 12
Picture 20 China's monthly exports for caustic calcined magnesia (unit: ton) 13
Picture 21 China's monthly exports for caustic calcined magnesia by major destination (unit: ton) 13

Table Contents
Table 1 Top 10 Chinese magnesia exporters in Dec 2017 11
Table 2 Top10 Chinese fused magnesia exporters in Dec 2017 12
Table 3 China's top 10 dead burned magnesia exporters in Dec 2017 13
Table 4 Top 10 Chinese caustic calcined magnesia exporters in Dec 2017 14
Table 5 China's magnesia export by destination in December 2017 14
.Asian Metal Copyright4 China's caustic calcined magnesia exports down by 5Asian Metal Copyright