Market Developments of Brown Fused Alumina in October and November

In October, the market prices of Al2O3≥95% tilting furnace section sand were around 3600-3700 Yuan/ton (the factory price including tax), which were unchanged from Septemper.

Judging from this survey, although the operating rate of brown fused alumina enterprises has been stable, but the spot market is still in short supply. There are two reasons: On the one hand, bauxite resources are in short supply because of environmental reasons; On the other hand, there are still some brown fused alumina production enterprises which can not meet the requirements due to environmental protection and can't resume the production temporarily.

What’s more, in Luoyang, cement, steel, foundry and brown fused alumina industries have stopped the production this month; Carbon, refractory materials and ceramic industries have limited the production more than 50%; Some power plants that do not finished ultra-low emissions transformation of are in halt production.

Yesterday, reporters learned from Luoyang that on November 12, 15 - 17, Luoyang carried out mild-to-moderate pollution weather secondary control due to the haze.

Influenced by the downstream demand, the quotations of brown fused alumina enterprises are relatively stable, but under the influence of the rise in raw material and transportation costs, brown fused alumina prices may rise in the future.