Monthly Magnesia Market Report Jun 2018

Content
1.Market Hightlights 3
2. Economy and Policy 3
2.1 Chinese Economy and Policy 3
2.1.1 China toughens supervision in key regions to reduce air pollution 3
2.2 International Economy and Policy 3
2.2.1 Brazil ceases anti-dumping measures imposed on magnesite refractory materials from China 3
3 Market Movements 3
3.1 Chinese Market Movements 3
3.1.1 Chinese fused magnesia market sees continuously downward prices 3
3.1.2 Dead burned magnesia transaction prices down further in China 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 6
4 Company News 7
4.1 Guorun Group reduces fused magnesia output 7
4.2 Zhenxing Refractory Material plans to halt fused magnesia production 7
4.3 Qinghai Puyang Refractories conducts trial production of high-purity caustic calcined magnesia 7
4.4 Haicheng Magnesite raises dead burned magnesia production 7
4.5 Hengda Refractory Material plans to reduce dead burned magnesia output 8
4.6 Xintian Special Minerals halts high-iron magnesia production 8
4.7 Honglei Magnesite reduces caustic calcined magnesia production 8
4.8 Huanke Refractory Material reduces fused magnesia output in May 8
4.9 Zhongkuang Magnesium reduces fused magnesia output 9
5 Producers Statistics 9
5.1 Chinese fused magnesia producers' output up by 89.5% YOY in Jun 9
5.2 Chinese dead burned magnesia producers' output sharply up by 3.4 times YOY in Jun 9
6 Relevant Industry News 10
6.1 Graphite electrode prices down slightly in China in June 10
6.2 Global crude steel output up by 6.6% YOY in May 2018 10
7 Market Outlook for Next Month 10

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) 7
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 Jun 2018 (t) 9
Graph 10 Chinese fused magnesia producers' monthly stocks from Jan 2017 to Jun 2018 by region (t) 10
Graph 11 Chinese dead burned magnesia producers' output by month from Jan 2017 to Jun 2018 (kt) 10
Graph 12 China's monthly stocks of dead burned magnesia from Jan 2017 to Jun 2018 (kt) 10


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