Magnesia Market Report April 2017

Content
Abstract 3
1. International market review 3
1.1 Chinese magnesia export market review 3
1.1.1 Chinese fused magnesia export market 3
1.1.2 Chinese dead burned magnesia export market 3
1.1.3 Chinese caustic calcined magnesia export market 4
1.2 European market review 5
1.3 US market review 5
2. Chinese market review 5
2.1 Chinese fused magnesia market sees brisk transactions 5
2.2 Chinese dead burned magnesia market sees tight supply 6
3 Monthly output 6
3.1 Chinese fused magnesia output decreased by 43.4% MOM in April 6
3.2 China’s dead burned magnesia output decreases by 25.7% MOM in April 7
4. Import and export data 8
4.1 Chinese magnesia exports up by 95.7% MOM in March 8
4.2 China’s fused magnesia exports increase by 95.5% MOM in March 8
4.3 China’s dead burned magnesia exports up by 65.9% MOM in March 9
4.4 China’s caustic calcined magnesia exports up by 162% MOM in March 10
5 Industry developments 11
6 Company news 11
6.1 Huasheng Refractory halts dead burned magnesia production 11
6.2 Xinfazhan Refractory Material Group suspends macrocrystalline fused magnesia production 11
6.3 New Refractory Material suspends macrocrystalline fused magnesia production 11
7. Market outlook 12

Graph Content
Picture 1 Fused magnesia 97%min 0-30mm (Ca:Si=1:1) price movement on the export market (USD/t FOB China) 3
Picture 2 Dead burned magnesia 90%min, 3-15mm price movement on the export market (USD/t FOB China) 4
Picture 3 High purity magnesia 97%min, 0-30mm price movement on the export market (USD/t FOB China) 4
Picture 4 Caustic calcined magnesia 90%min, 200mm price movement on the export market (USD/t FOB China) 5
Picture 5 Fused magnesia 97%min (Ca:Si=1:1) price movement on the Chinese domestic market (RMB/t) 6
Picture 6 Dead burned magnesia 90%min 3-15mm price movement on Chinese market (RMB/t) 6
Picture 7 High purity magnesia 97%min 0-30mm price movement on Chinese market (RMB/t) 6
Picture 8 Chinese fused magnesia output in 2016-2017 (unit:t) 7
Picture 9 Chinese fused magnesia stocks in 2016-2017 (unit:t) 7
Picture 10 China’s dead burned magnesia output from Jan 2016 to Apr 2017 (Unit: 10kt) 7
Picture 11 China’s stocks for dead burned magnesia from Jan 2016 to Apr 2017 (Unit: 10kt) 7
Picture 12 China’s magnesia exports by month (Unit: 10kt) 8
Picture 13 Monthly export volume of Chinese fused magnesia (unit: t) 8
Picture 14 Monthly export volume of Chinese fused magnesia by country (unit: t) 9
Picture 15 China’s monthly dead burned magnesia exports (Unit: 10kt) 9
Picture 16 China’s monthly dead burned magnesia exports by major destination country (Unit: 10kt) 10
Picture 17 China’s caustic calcined magnesia exports by month (Unit: t) 10
Picture 18 China’s caustic calcined magnesia monthly exports by key destination (Unit: t) 11

Table 1 Top ten Chinese exporters of fused magnesia in March 2017 9
Table 2 Top 10 Chinese exporters of dead burned magnesia in March 10
Table 3 Top ten Chinese caustic calcined magnesia exporters in March 11

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