Monthly Fused Alumina Market Report Jun 2018

Contents
1. Market Highlights 3
2. Economy and Policy 3
2.1 Hebei to eliminate urban steelmaking capacity of 34.87 million tons 3
2.2 Gongyi releases off-peak production plan for local industrial enterprises 3
3. Market Movements 3
3.1 Export prices for Chinese brown fused alumina weak with inactive transactions 3
3.2 Chinese white fused alumina export prices continue declining 4
3.3 Chinese brown fused alumina market sees weak demand and sluggish transactions 4
3.3.1 Brown fused alumina smelters in Henan mainly reduce inventory with weak prices 4
3.3.2 Prices for brown fused alumina in Guizhou stable 4
3.4 White fused alumina prices continue declining 5
4. Company News 5
4.1 Taiyue Abrasive raises brown fused alumina prices 5
4.2 Sanhuan Abrasive Material's brown fused alumina output rises by 86% MOM 6
4.3 Yichuan Feilong Fused Alumina resumes brown fused alumina production 6
4.4 Hanzhong Qinyuan New Material postpones putting tabular alumina project into operation 6
4.5 Jiaxing Technology closes two brown fused alumina smelting furnaces 6
5．Producers Statistics 6
5.1 Chinese brown fused alumina producers' output up by 32.97% YOY in June 2018 6
5.2 Chinese white fused alumina natural lump output up by 42.43% YOY in June 2018 6
6. Inventory Statistics 7
6.1 China's brown fused alumina natural lump stocks sharply up by 1.04 times YOY in Jun 7
7. Relevant Industry News 7
7.1 Prices for electrode graphite tend to be stable after slight decline 7
7.2 Prices for alumina down in the Chinese market 7
7.3 CISA: major steel plants' regular daily output of crude steel reaches 1.99 million tons 8
7.4 US crude steel output data 8
8. Market Outlook for Next Month 8
8.1 Brown fused alumina Trend -- Chance 80% Range +/-0 8
8.2 White fused alumina Trend -- Chance 70% Range +/-0 8
Graph contents

Graph 1 FOB prices for brown fused alumina 95%min segment sand 1-3mm from May 2018 to Jun 2018 (USD/t) 3
Graph 2 FOB prices for brown fused alumina 95%min F36 from May 2018 to Jun 2018 (USD/t) 4
Graph 3 FOB prices for white fused alumina 99%min segment sand 1-3mm from May 2018 to Jun 2018 (USD/t) 4
Graph 4 FOB prices for white fused alumina 99%min F36 from May 2018 to Jun 2018 (USD/t) 4
Graph 5 Prices for brown fused alumina 95%min segment sand 1-3mm in China from May 2018 to Jun 2018 (RMB/t) 5
Graph 6 Prices for brown fused alumina 95%min F36 in China from May 2018 to Jun 2018 (RMB/t) 5
Graph 7 Prices for white fused alumina 99%min segment sand 1-3mm from May 2018 to Jun 2018 (RMB/t) 5
Graph 8 Prices for white fused alumina 99%min F36 from May 2018 to Jun 2018 (RMB/t) 5
Graph 9 China's brown fused alumina natural lump output from Jan 2017 to Jun 2018 (kt) 6
Graph 10 Average operating rate of brown fused alumina natural lump producers in Henan, Shanxi and Guizhou from Jan 2017 to Jun 2018 6
Graph 11 China's white fused alumina output by month from Jan 2017 to Jun 2018 (kt) 7
Graph 12 China's monthly white fused alumina output by region from Jan 2017 to Jun 2018 7
Graph 13 China's brown fused alumina natural lump stocks by month from Jan 2017 to Jun 2018 (ton) 7
Graph 14 China's brown fused alumina natural lump stocks by province from Jan 2017 to Jun 2018 (ton) 7
Graph 15 Alumina prices in Henan from May 2018 to Jun 2018 (RMB/t) 8
Graph 16 Australia-origin alumina prices from May 2018 to Jun 2018 (RMB/t) 8



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