As the price of anthracite coal is still on the rise, black silicon carbide manufacturers are considering continuing to increase prices.

At this stage, the operating rate of brown corundum smelting furnaces in Dengfeng of Henan Province, has been further reduced.

This week, due to the government's environmental protection control, most white fused alumina production in Henan has been suspended.

It is expected that in the coming week, with the arrival of the heating season in northern China, the supply in the market may decrease.

With the official start of the current heating season, the willingness to increase the price of abrasive materials may further increase.

This week, the price of black silicon carbide in China showed signs of rising due to the increase of prices by some manufacturers.

Due to concerns about the coming environmental protection and epidemic prevention, the recent inquiries of brown fused alumina increased.

This week, the operating rate of brown fused alumina production enterprises in China remained at a relatively low level.

Due to the devaluation of the U.S. dollar, brown fused alumina export traders raised their quotations this week, which was 5-10 US dollars.

This week the price of ordinary power graphite electrodes with diameters of 400mm and 960mm rose by about RMB 400/ton.

Brown fused alumina export market orders have increased this week, showing signs of recovery, and the market is operating smoothly.

The operating rate of Chinese brown fused alumina producers in July 2020 was 20.75%, with a year-on-year decrease of 24.71%.

This week, due to the weak demand in the downstream market, the large-scale suspension of production of brown fused alumina continued.

This week, despite the decline in the price of raw material alumina, China’s white fused alumina suppliers expect the market to be stable.

This week, according to industry insiders, inquiries on brown fused alumina have continued to increase.

Affected by the continuous increase in the price of raw material alumina, the price of white fused alumina in China has risen slightly again

The price of alumina market soared by about 200 RMB/ton compared with last week.

Although the market price of raw material alumina has increased by 100 RMB/ton in the past two weeks, the price of WFA remained stable.

This week, although the raw material alumina market prices continued to rise steadily, the increase was small relatively flat.

Under this situation of unprofitable competitive incentives and weak demand, a large scale of BFA factories chose to suspend production.