Monthly Magnesia Market Report Mar 2018

Content
1.Market Hightlights 4
2.Economy and Policy 4
2.1 Chinese Economy and Policy 4
2.1.1 Haicheng Safety Production Office: the Notification on Production Halt on Coal and Gas Related Companies 4
2.1.2 Ministry of Environmental Protection: new mechanisms for treating and preventing air-pollution basically formed 4
2.1.3 China's first green tax declaration period starts on April 1st 4
2.2 International Economy and Policy 5
2.2.1 Iran bans purchase orders based on US dollar from February 28 5
3. Company News 5
3.1 Hartley plans to halt high-purity magnesia production 5
3.2 Hualin Mining halts dead burned magnesia production 5
3.3 Hongchi Refractory resumes dead burned magnesia production 5
3.4 Huanke Refractory Material fails to meet expected fused magnesia output in March 6
3.5 Tonghai Magnesium raises fused magnesia output 6
3.6 Xinrong Mining raises dead burned magnesia output 6
4 Market Movements 6
4.1 Chinese Market Movements 6
4.1.1 Fused magnesia prices down slightly in China 6
4.1.2 Transaction prices for Chinese dead burned magnesia down continuously 7
4.2 International Market Movements 8
4.2.1 Chinese Export Market Movements 8
4.2.Asian Metal Copyright1.Asian Metal Copyright1.1 Export prices for Chinese fused magnesia down slightly 8
4.2.2 European Market Movements 9
5 Producers Statistics 10
5.1 China's fused magnesia output up by 29.4% MOM in March 2018 10
5.2 China's dead burned magnesia output up by 45.8% MOM in March 10
6.Customs Stastics 11
6.1 China's magnesia exports down by 48.6% MOM in February 2018 11
6.2 China's fused magnesia exports down by 60.8% MOM in February 2018 12
6.3 China's dead burned magnesia exports down by 39% MOM in February 2018 12
6.4 China's caustic calcined magnesia exports down by 49.3% MOM in February 2018 13
7.Relevant Industry News 14
7.1 Graphite electrode prices fluctuate 14
8 Market Outlook for Next Month 14

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

Table content
Table 1 Export customs of China's magnesia in February 12
Table 2 Export customs of China's fused magnesia in February 12
Table 3 Export customs of China's dead burned magnesia in February 13
Table 4 Export customs of China's caustic calcined magnesia in February 14

.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's first green tax declaration period starts on April 1st 4 2Asian Metal Copyright