Resumen de Pricing reviews
Davide Ghilotti, Martim Facada, William Clarke, Cameron Perks, Michael Greenfield
Factors driving the market up include volatility in smelter-grade alumina (SGA) markets - which saw prices rising in the second half of 2017 - leading to costlier feedstocks for speciality alumina producers, and widespread shutdowns of mining and processing operations in China - which hit non-metallurgical bauxite and alumina output. [...]customers seem keen to cover their needs for magnesia raw materials for at least the first two quarters of this year, according to market participants. Chinese market China’s domestic lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) and lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LiOH.H2O) spot markets have slowed, with just a small price adjustment registered ahead of the lunar new year break. European and North American prices increased, although both markets were acknowledged to be fairly stable, according to lithium market participants. *All lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices are available in the Industrial Minerals Battery Price Report.
