The export was overall steady and the slide from domestic market was obvious.

Through the research for the brown fused alumina enterprises, the export of brown fused alumina maintained the previous level in first five mouths of this year, however, an obvious slide from the start of Jun. The application amount of brown fused alumina in home is declining because the decline of demand form the abrasive enterprises directly effected the abrasives purchase.

The current situation faced by the major producing region of brown fused alumina: fiercer shortage of electricity.

The tendency of the second half of this year and the challenges and opportunities co-exist.

In the first half of this year, the production of automotive increased 46% than last year while the steel industry operated steadily overall and the construction materials had an obvious increase.

At present, the major market competition of fused alumina is mainly from the join of electricity and alumina factories. Dominant the position of power and the alumina resource, even more the enterprises didn’t respect market rules, these hurt the normal development of alumina industry.

From the whole, the tendency of abrasives enterprises was good in first half of this year. Such good performances could these big enterprises gain in such a situation because of an important point that the adjustment of industrial structure and the reduction of the low-end production and the exploitation for high-end production. High-end abrasive tool will have a high requirement for the abrasive quality, so the further processing for abrasive become more important.