Monthly Fused Alumina Market Report Jan 2018

Contents

1. Market Highlights 2
2. Economy and Policy 2
3 Market Movements 2
3.1 Export prices for Chinese brown fused alumina firm 2
3.2 Export market of Chinese white fused alumina quiet 2
3.3 Tight supply of brown fused alumina in Chinese market gradually eased 3
3.3.1 Lower quality of raw material bauxite 3
3.3.2 Brown fused alumina smelters in Henan resume production 3
3.3.3 Prices for brown fused alumina in Guizhou stable 3
3.4 Tight supply of white fused alumina 3
4. Company News 4
4.1 Peng'ao Metallurgy's brown fused alumina output up by 75% YOY in 2017 4
4.2 Ant Abrasive's brown fused alumina output up by 14.6% YOY in 2017 4
4.3 Mingzhu Electric Smelting's brown fused alumina output down by 14.9% YOY in 2017 4
4.4 Naida Abrasive Material to expand brown fused alumina capacity by 40,000t 4
4.5 Longsheng Abrasive Material's white fused alumina output up by 20% in 2017 4
4.6 Jinshan Abrasive's brown fused alumina output likely down by 30% in January 2018 4
5．Fused alumina output in January 4
5.1 China's brown fused alumina natural lump output sharply up by 63.4% MOM in January 2018 4
5.2 China's output of white fused alumina up by 55% MOM in January 2018 5
6. Customs Statistics 5
6.1 China's brown fused alumina exports down by 31.5% MOM in December 2017 5
6.2 China's exports of brown fused alumina to South Korea up by 33.8% MOM in December 2017 5
6.3 Top 10 Chinese brown fused alumina exporters in December 7
6.4 Top 10 Chinese white fused alumina exporters in December 7
7. Relevant Industry News 7
7.1 Prices for electrode graphite tend to be stable after sharp increase 7
7.2 Prices for alumina tend to be stable in the Chinese market after decreasing slightly 8
8. Market Outlook for Next Month 8

Graph and table contents

Graph 1 FOB prices for brown fused alumina 95%min segment sand 1-3mm from Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 (USD/t) 2
Graph 2 FOB prices for white fused alumina 99%min segment sand 1-3mm from Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 (USD/t) 2
Graph 3 Prices for brown fused alumina 95%min segment sand 1-3mm from Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 (RMB/t) 3
Graph 4 Prices for white fused alumina 99%min segment sand 1-3mm from Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 (RMB/t) 3
Graph 5 China's brown fused alumina natural lump output from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (10kt) 4
Graph 6 Output of brown fused alumina natural lump producers in Henan, Shanxi and Guizhou from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (10kt) 4
Graph 7 China's white fused alumina output by month from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (10kt) 5
Graph 8 China's monthly white fused alumina output by region from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 5
Graph 9 Chinese monthly exports of brown fused alumina from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (ton) 5
Graph 10 Major importing countries and imports of Chinese brown fused alumina from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (ton) 5
Graph 11 Price trend for ordinary power graphite electrode 400mm from Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 8
Graph 12 Price trend for high power graphite electrode 400mm from Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 8
Graph 13 Alumina prices in Henan from Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 (RMB/t) 8
Graph 14 Australia-imported alumina prices from Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 8

Table 1 China's brown fused alumina exports by destination in Dec 2017 6
Table 2 China's artificial fused alumina exports by destination in Dec 2017 6
Table 3 Top 10 Chinese brown fused alumina exporters in December 2017 7
Table 4 top 10 Chinese white fused alumina exporters in December 2017 7
Table 5 China's brown fused alumina exporters in December 2017 8
.Asian Metal Copyright3 Mingzhu Electric Smelting's brown fused alumina output down by 14Asian Metal Copyright