Brown fused alumina

In Henan, the market prices of Al2O3≥95% tilting furnace section sand were around 4100-4200 Yuan/ton in early January, 2017, with 100 Yuan/ton price increase from the previous month, but the prices were around 4000-4100 Yuan/ton in Shanxi and 3700-3800 Yuan/ton in Guizhou.

It is learned that Henan still suffered from environmental pressure, and there were few companies that could go to operation normally. Only a few companies had a small amount of inventory, so the quotes continued to be high. In Shanxi, customers were only in half load production status, and individual companies had discontinued, influenced by environmental protection and commercial power. In Guizhou, brown fused alumina production enterprises had been in good condition, but gave the lowest quotes compared with Henan and Shanxi.

White fused alumina

In Henan, the prevailing prices of white fused alumina Al2O3≥99% section sand were around 4900-5100 Yuan/ton in early January, and fine powder around 5100-5300 Yuan/ton, with an increase of 100 Yuan/ton from last month.

There were three main reasons that resulted in price increase of white fused alumina: Firstly, the whole operating rate of white fused alumina enterprises remained low in Henan, influenced by environmental protection, so the spot goods are reduced in the market; Secondly, the rising price of alumina raw materials made white fused alumina production cost increased; Thirdly, the downstream customers began to stock up near the end of the year, so the market demand increased.

Through comprehensive analysis, the price increase is understandable, and may be remain stable in the short term because of low operating rate.