Fused Alumina Market Report December 2016

Content
Introduction 1
1. International market review 2
1.1 Chinese export prices for brown fused alumina up slightly 2
1.2 Chinese export prices for white fused alumina up substantially 2
2. Chinese domestic market review 3
2.1 Brown fused alumina prices rise substantially in China 3
2.2 China’s prices for white fused alumina stabilized gradually 4
2.3 Operating rate of brown fused alumina natural lump plants in China declines to 13.47% in December 4
3 Chinese export data of fused alumina 5
3.1 China’s exports for brown fused alumina up by 76.5% MOM in Nov 5
3.2 China’s exports for brown fused alumina to Japan up by 69.5% MOM in Nov 6
3.3 Top 10 Chinese brown fused alumina export enterprises in November 7
4. Company news 7
4.1 Brown fused alumina 7
4.1.1 Shanxi Qinxin’s brown fused alumina supply tight 7
4.1.2 Guizhou Taida Abrasives’ brown fused alumina stocks down substantially 8
4.2 White fused alumina 8
4.2.1 Xingyang Rongjin newly increases 60,000t of annual capacity for white fused alumina 8
4.2.2 Yingkou Gaoke Synthetic Refractory reduces one third of white fused alumina output in Dec 8
4.2.3 Xingyang Longsheng Abrasive plans to expand white fused alumina production in 2017 8
5. Related industrial developments 8
5.1 Chinese alumina prices up substantially 8
6. Market outlook for January 2017 8

Graphs Content

Graph 1Chinese export prices for brown fused alumina segment sand 95%min 1-3mm during Nov-Dec 3
Graph 2 Chinese export prices for white fused alumina segment sand 99%min 1-3mm during Nov-Dec 3
Graph 3Chinese prices for brown fused alumina segment sand 95%min 1-3mm during Nov-Dec 4
Graph 4 Chinese prices for white fused alumina segment sand 99%min 1-3mm during Nov- December 5
Graph 5 Operating rate for Chinese brown fused alumina from Jan 2015 to Dec 2016 5
Graph 6 Average operating rate for brown fused alumina natural lump plants in Henan, Guizhou and Shanxi from Jan 2015- Dec 2016 5
Graph 7China’s brown fused alumina exports by month from Jan 2015 to Nov 2016 (t) 6
Graph 8 Export proportion for Chinese brown fused alumina in November 6
Graph 9 Major import countries of Chinese brown fused alumina and import volume from Jan 2015 to Nov 2016 6
Graph 10 Alumina price trend in Henan during Nov-Dec 8

Table 1 Chinese brown fused alumina exports to different countries in Nov 2016 6
Table 2 Top 10 Chinese brown fused alumina export enterprises in November 2016: 7

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