Fused Alumina Market Report September 2017

Contents

1. Monthly highlights 3
2. Company news 3
2.1 Chalco Henan Branch continuously raises alumina prices again 3
2.2 Guangxi Jiaxing Abrasive resumes brown fused alumina production 3
2.3 Guizhou No.7 Grinding Wheel raises brown fused alumina prices 3
2.4 Jiaxing Technology’s brown fused alumina stocks greatly decrease 3
3．International market review 3
3.1 Export prices for Chinese brown fused alumina up significantly 3
3.2 Export prices for Chinese white fused alumina up 3
4. Chinese market review 4
4.1 Brown fused alumina prices soar with tighter supply 4
4.1.1 Cut-production policy leads to market panic 4
4.1.2 Brown fused alumina quality lowers but prices still high 4
4.1.3 Producers hold back from selling with optimistic attitude 4
4.2 White fused alumina prices soar continuously 4
5．Fused alumina output in September 5
5.1 China’s brown fused alumina natural lump output up by 36.7% YOY in September 5
5.2 China’s white fused alumina output up by 134% YOY in September 5
6. Export data of Chinese fused alumina 6
6.1 China’s brown fused alumina exports down by 32.3% MOM in August 6
6.2 China’s brown fused alumina exports to Japan down by 12.8% MOM in August 6
6.3 Top 10 Chinese brown fused alumina exporters in August 8
7. Related industrial news 8
7.1 Graphite electrode prices soar 8
7.2 Chinese alumina prices rise continuously 8
8. Market outlook 9

Graph 1 Chinese export prices for brown fused alumina 95%min1-3mm from Aug to Sep 2017 (USD/t FOB) 3
Graph 2 Chinese export prices for white fused alumina 99%min 1-3mm segment sands from Aug to Sep 2017 (USD/t FOB) 3
Graph 3 Chinese prices for brown fused alumina 95%min 1-3mm segment sands from Aug to Sep 2017 (RMB/t) 4
Graph 4 Chinese prices for white fused alumina 99%min 1-3mm segment sands from Aug to Sep 2017 (RMB/t) 5
Graph 5 Output of Chinese brown fused alumina natural lump from Jan 2016 to Sep 2017 (kt) 5
Graph 6 Output of brown fused alumina natural lump producers in Henan, Shanxi and Guizhou from Jan 2016 to Sep 2017 (kt) 5
Graph 7 China’s white fused alumina outputs by month from Jan 2016 to Sep 2017 (kt) 5
Graph 8 China’s white fused alumina outputs by province from Jan 2016 to Sep 2017 6
Graph 9 China’s brown fused alumina exports by month from January 2016 to August 2017 (t) 6
Graph 10 Major importers and imports of Chinese brown fused alumina from Jan 2016 to Aug 2017 6
Graph 11 Price trend of universal power graphite electrode 400mm from Aug to Sep 2017 8
Graph 12 Price trend of high power graphite electrode 400mm from Aug to Sep 2017 8
Graph 13 Alumina prices in Henan from Aug to Sep 2017 (RMB/t) 9
Graph 14 Australia-imported alumina prices from Aug to Sep 2017 9

Table 1 China’s brown fused alumina exports by destination in Aug 2017 6
Table 2 China’s artificial fused alumina exports by destination in Aug 2017 7
Table 3 Top 10 Chinese brown fused alumina exporters in Aug 2017 8
Table 4 Other China’s artificial fused alumina exporters in Aug 2017 9


























































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