Calcium Market Report June 2014

Reductive calcium granule offers rose before stabilizing in June. Calcium clump companies were still out of production due to previous environmental inspection at the beginning of the month, and supply for the material continued to tighten with prices continuing the uptrend that started late May and slightly rebounding to RMB20,300-20,500/t (USD3,274-3,306/t) ex-works by cash payment. Reductive calcium granule enterprises raised offers by nearly RMB700/t (USD112/t) compared with quotations in late May to RMB23,000-23,300/t (USD3,709-3,758/t) ex-works following slight appreciation in raw material prices.Asian Metal CopyrightReductive calcium granule offers rose before stabilizing in June.Asian Metal Copyright Prices of reductive calcium lump held firm then, and figures for calcium granule also kept stable accordingly.Asian Metal Copyright Calcium clump companies were still out of production due to previous environmental inspection at the beginning of the month, and supply for the material continued to tighten with prices continuing the uptrend that started late May and slightly rebounding to RMB20,300-20,500t USD3,274-3,306t ex-works by cash payment.Asian Metal Copyright Downstream buyers placed orders on as-needed basis with reports of unlikely downtrend for prices due to tight supply, and the market saw flat activities.Asian Metal CopyrightReductive calcium granule offers rose before stabilizing in June.Asian Metal Copyright