Monthly Magnesia Market Report Aug 2018

Monthly Magnesia Market Report Aug 2018
Content
1.Market Hightlights 3
2. Economy and Policy 3
2.1 Chinese Economy and Policy 3
2.1.1 Inspection on environmental rectification and safety production conducted in Haicheng 3
2.1.2 Ministry of Natural Resources to fight against illegal exploration and mining 3
2.1.3 MEE to conduct environment monitoring inspection 3
2.14 Many magnesia companies shut down in Dashiqiao of Yingkou 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market Movements 4
3.1.1 Chinese fused magnesia prices slow down in decreasing 4
3.1.2 Chinese dead burned magnesia prices steady 4
3.2 International Market Movements 5
3.2.1 Chinese Export Market Movements 5
3.2.2 Japanese and South Korean Market Movements 6
3.2.3 European Market Movements 7
4. Company News 7
4.1 Huamei raises dead burned magnesia production in Aug 7
4.2 Shengxiang Refractory has difficulty in resuming dead burned magnesia production 7
4.3 Haicheng Hongda Refractory reduces caustic calcined magnesia output 7
4.4 Wancheng Magnesium resumes macrocrystalline fused magnesia production 8
4.5 Dongfangshen Magnesia Products halts caustic calcined magnesia production 8
4.6 Western Magnesium puts macrocrystalline fused magnesia into production 8
4.7 Chunlong Mining reduces fused magnesia output 8
4.8 Zhengyuan's magnesia carbon brick production line runs at low operating rate 8
4.9 Kunlong Refractory Material in flotation equipment construction 9
4.10 Yingfeng Refractroy raises fused magnesia output 9
4.11 Dinuo Magnesia's macrocrystalline fused magnesia output down in July 9
4.12 Qinghai Puyang Refractories puts high-purity caustic calcined magnesia into production 9
5 Producers Statistics 10
5.1 Chinese fused magnesia producers' output up by 39.14% YOY in Aug 10
5.2 Chinese dead burned magnesia producers' output up notably by 174.79% YOY in Aug 10
6. Relevant Industry News 11
6.1 Prices of some graphite electrode up slightly for stricter environmental inspections 11
6.2 Major Chinese steel mills' daily output of crude steel reaches 1.9019 million tons in late Aug on average 11
7 Market Outlook for Next Month 11


Graph content

Graph 1 Fused magnesia 97%min (Ca: Si=1:1) price movement in the Chinese market (RMB/t) 4
Graph 2 Dead burned magnesia 90%min 3-15mm price movement in the Chinese market (RMB/t) 5
Graph 3 Dead burned magnesia 97%min 0-30mm price movement in the Chinese market (RMB/t) 5
Graph 4 Fused magnesia 97%min 0-30mm (Ca: Si=2:1) price movement in the export market (USD/t, FOB China) 5
Graph 5 Dead burned magnesia 90%min 3-15mm price movement in the export market (USD/t, FOB China) 6
Graph 6 High purity magnesia 97%min 0-30mm price movement in the export market (USD/t, FOB China) 6
Graph 7 Caustic calcined magnesia 90%min 200mm price movement in the export market (USD/t, FOB China) 6
Graph 8 Dead burned magnesia 90%min 3-15mm price trend (EUR/t, delivered to Rotterdam port) 7
Graph 9 Chinese fused magnesia producers' output by month from Jan 2017 to Aug 2018 (ton) 10
Graph 10 Chinese fused magnesia stocks from Jan 2017 to Aug 2018 (t) 10
Graph 11 Chinese dead burned magnesia producers' output by month from Jan 2017 to Aug 2018 (kt) 10
Graph 12 Chinese dead burned magnesia stocks from Jan 2017 to Aug 2018 (kt)

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