During the Spring Festival, some bauxite mines will stop mining and supply will become tight, which may further affect brown fused alumina.

Affected by the continuous rise in the price of raw material alumina, the price of white fused alumina remained firm this week.

According to the result of the air quality consultation, Zhengzhou City is expected to have a heavy air pollution from January 18th to 24th.

Affected by the current spike Covid-19 cases in many places in China, the logistics and transportation will be disrupted.

Due to the lifting of Henan's environmental protection control, most local brown fused alumina companies are to resume production this week.

Industry insiders predict that the price of abrasive materials may rise furtherly in the coming week.

Price of abrasive materials is very likely to rise due to low inventories.

At present, Henan and Shandong provinces continue to tighten environmental protection control.

The date for the resumption of aluminum oxide production is still unclear in Henan Province.

It is expected in the coming week, there is still room for the price of black silicon carbide to rise.

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.