Monthly Fused Alumina Market Report Oct 2017

Contents
1. Market Highlights 3
2. Company News 3
2.1 Sanmenxia Naida Abrasive suspends brown fused alumina production 3
2.2 Taiyue Abrasive halts brown fused alumina production 3
2.3 Taiyuan Abrasive Materials suspends brown fused alumina production 3
2.4 Qinyuan New Material plans to put tabular corundum plant into production in late 2017 3
2.5 Sanmenxia Fused Alumina suspends production 3
2.6 Baota Abrasive Materials suspends white fused alumina production 3
3. International Market 3
3.1 Export supply of Chinese brown fused alumina tight 3
3.2 Export market sees limited transactions of Chinese white fused alumina 4
4. Chinese Market 4
4.1 Brown fused alumina prices up further with severely tight supply 4
4.1.1 Calcined bauxite and brown fused alumina plants shut down in Sanmenxia 4
4.1.2 Brown fused alumina plants conduct peak-shifting suspension in Shanxi 4
4.1.3 Tight supply of brown fused alumina pushes prices higher in Guizhou 4
4.2 White fused alumina prices soar successively 4
5. Fused alumina output in October 5
5.1 Chinese brown fused alumina natural lump output down by 16% MOM in October 2017 5
5.2 Chinese white fused alumina output down by 10.5% MOM in October 2017 5
6. Customs Statistics 6
6.1 China’s brown fused alumina exports up by 20.82% MOM in September 6
6.2 China’s brown fused alumina exports to Japan up by 19.8% MOM in September 6
6.3 Top 10 Chinese brown fused alumina exporters in September 8
6.4 Top 10 Chinese white fused alumina exporters in September 8
7. Relevant Industry News 8
7.1 Graphite electrode prices edge down 8
7.2 Chinese alumina prices rise continuously 9
8. Market Outlook for Next Month 9

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

Table 1 China’s brown fused alumina exports by destination in Sep 2017 6
Table 2 China’s artificial fused alumina exports by destination in Sep 2017 7
Table 3 Top 10 Chinese brown fused alumina exporters in September 2017 8
Table 4 Top 10 Chinese white fused alumina exporters in September 2017 8
Table 5 Other China’s artificial fused alumina exporters in Sep 2017 9


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