Fused Alumina Market Report May 2017

Content
Abstract 2
1 International market review 2
1.1 Export prices for Chinese brown fused alumina edge down steadily 2
1.2 Chinese white fused alumina export market sees tight supply 2
2. Chinese domestic market review 3
2.1 Brown fused alumina prices stable but demand down 3
2.2 White fused alumina prices stops dropping and rebounds 3
2.3 China’s brown fused alumina natural lump output down by 21.3% MOM in May 4
3. Export data of Chinese fused alumina 5
3.1 China’s brown fused alumina exports up by 10.8% MOM in April 5
3.2 Brown fused alumina exports to Japan up by 7% MOM in April 5
3.3 Top 10 Chinese brown fused alumina export enterprises in April 2017 7
4. Related industrial developments 7
4.1 Alumina prices in the Chinese market rebound dramatically with tight supply 7
5 Market outlook 8

Graph

Graph 1 Chinese export prices for brown fused alumina 95%min 1-3mm from Apr-May 2017 3
Graph 2 Chinese export prices for white fused alumina segment sand 99%min 1-3mm from Apr-May 2017 3
Graph 3 Chinese prices for brown fused alumina 95%min 1-3mm segment sand from Apr-May 2017 4
Graph 4 Chinese prices for white fused alumina 99%min 1-3mm during Apr-May 2017 4
Graph 5 Operating rates of Chinese brown fused alumina natural lump from January 2016 to May 2017 5
Graph 6 Operating rates of brown fused alumina natural lump producers in Henan, Shanxi and Guizhou from January 2016 to May 2017 5
Graph 7 China’s brown fused alumina exports by month from January 2016 to April 2017 (t) 5
Graph 8 Major importers and imports of Chinese brown fused alumina from January 2016 to April 2017 (t) 6
Graph 9 Alumina prices in Henan from Apr-May 2017 8
Graph 10 Australia-imported alumina prices from Apr-May 2017 8

Table

Table 1 Chinese brown fused alumina exports to different countries in April 2017 6
Table 2 Other Chinese artificial brown fused alumina exports by country in April 2017 7
Table 3 Top 10 Chinese exporters of brown fused alumina in April 2017: 7

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