Market Prices and Analysis of Brown Fused Alumina in October 2017

In Mid-October, the prices including tax of Al2O3≥95% tilting furnace section sand were around 4900-5000 RMB/Ton, with an increase of about 300-400 RMB/Ton from last month, and the price of fine powder was higher about 100-200 RMB/Ton than section sand.

Great power consumption is one of main characteristics of brown fused alumina. According to the statistics, in Mid-October, the prices of 85 shaft kiln bauxite were 1600-1700 RMB/Ton in Yangquan, with an increase of 50-100 RMB/Ton from last month. In January, 2017, the prices of shaft kiln bauxite of 85 shaft kiln bauxite were 1200-1300 RMB/Ton in Yangquan. The price fluctuation was obvious from the end of the second quarter to the third quarter. Up to now, the cost of the tonnage has increased by more than a quarter.

Sanmenxia aluminum plant accidents, the national convention, and seasonal peak production all make environmental problems more prominent, which are "unprecedented". At present, there is no more problem for large enterprises, based on the scale of production and capital advantage, in addition to the government factors; But for small companies, they may be on the verge of death. The overall market supply of goods appears in a tense situation. It is said that a large production company in Sanmenxia, is being in a state of discontinued production, with their hoarding stocks for only about a month.

Although it has become an indisputable fact that most of production enterprises are in extremely tight supplies, some products enterprises and steel plants have opened up the distance. In the short term, brown fused alumina may return to rationality, and please be cautious for stock orders.