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India CRC prices to increase
----Interview with Utkarsh Shah
Executive Director
Giriraj GroupEstablished in 1946, Giriraj Group in India aims to revolutionize the steel trading industry and grows in leaps and bounds. We are customer focused, innovative value driven company, which distributes steel products. Giriraj Group has grown into a leading business house having interests in a range of value added iron and steel trading such as CR Coil/Sheets and HR Coil/Sheets.2025-1-17
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Zinc hypoxide demand to increase
----Interview with Baowen Ding
Chairman
Anhui Tailong Zinc Industry Co.Anhui Tailong Zinc Industry Co., Ltd (formerly Anhui Dingtai Metal Chemical Co., Ltd.) is located in Wujiang Industrial Park, He County, Ma'an Mountain City. Founded in April 2007, the company covers an area of 80 acres, with a registered (paid-in) capital of 10 million RMB and a fixed asset investment of 45 million RMB. The company currently employs 78 staff members. In 2023, Anhui Tailong Zinc Industry achieved a total profit and tax of 6.68 million RMB. The company is the only large-scale zinc hypoxide production enterprise in Anhui province that focuses on comprehensive resource utilization, environmental protection, energy-saving, and efficiency.2025-1-3
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Mercury metal prices set to fall
----Interview with Benzhong Yao
Genaral manager
Tongren Mercury Experiment Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.Tongren Mercury Experiment Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. was established in 2020, focusing on the deep processing of mercury metal and producing a variety of fine chemicals such as mercuric chloride, mercuric nitrate, and mercuric oxide. Last year, the company produced approximately 10 tons of mercury metal equivalent, and this year, with 10 tons already produced, the output is expected to remain consistent with last year.2024-12-30
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Aluminum fluoride exports likely to grow
----Interview with Guohui Qu
Board Director/Deputy Marketing General Manager
Hubei Yifute Environmental Protection Technology Co.Hubei Yifute Environmental Protection Technology Co. was established in 2019 and is controlled by Hubei Yihua Songzi Fertilizer Co., a subsidiary of Hubei Yihua Group. The company is located in Lingang Industrial Park of Jingzhou City, a beautiful riverside city in Hubei Province. They use fluosilicic acid, the by-product of Songzi Fertilizer's phosphoric acid plant, to produce aluminum fluoride, with an annual capacity of 24,000t. The company's aluminum fluoride is characterized by high purity AlF3 95%min, low impurity content and good fluidity, etc.2024-12-25
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Green silicon carbide demand to stay weak
----Interview with Zunkui Hu
General Manager
Shandong Jinmeng New Material Co., Ltd.Shandong Jinmeng New Materials Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the production of silicon carbide micro powder. The company operates a professional silicon carbide micro powder production line and processing technology, with an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons of silicon carbide grain sand, 9,000 tons of silicon carbide micro powder, and 3,500 tons of silicon carbide ultra-fine micro powder. The company has a quality testing center equipped with professional testing equipment. Product quality strictly adheres to Japanese industrial standards (JIS), European standards (FEPA), and Chinese national standards, or is tailored to meet customers’ specific requirements. The products are exported to the United States, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, and other countries and regions.2024-12-23
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Titanium sponge prices unlikely to rise
----Interview with Hanyu Wei
General Manager
Xinpu Titanium Metal Material Co.Xinpu Titanium Metal Materials Co., Ltd.was established in 1998, headquartered in Qinghe County, Hebei Province, thecommercial hub of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Xinpu Titanium IS committedto the recovery, sorting, cleaning, processing and sales of titanium alloymaterials. The company covers an area of 50 acres, with an annual revenue ofnearly 200 million yuan, fixed assets of 100 million yuan and more than 100employees. The company has passed ISO 9001 quality management systemcertification, and has been awarded the honorary titles of national science andtechnology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, innovative small andmedium-sized enterprises, and specialized small and medium-sized enterprises.2024-12-17
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NdFeB magnet demand to keep growing
----Interview with Ramón Barúa
CEO
Aclara Resources Inc.Aclara Resources Inc. focuses on developing its heavy rare earth projects in Brazil and Chile and aims to become a strategic, non-China-based supplier of critical rare earth elements, primarily dysprosium oxide, terbium oxide, and PrNd oxide. The company plans to begin production in 2027 and will produce 1,350 tons of PrNd oxide, 163 tons of dysprosium oxide, and 28 tons of terbium oxide annually at its facility in Brazil. The mine life in Brazil is projected to be 22 years, while the Chilean project has a mine life of 14 years. In Chile, Aclara aims to produce 125 tons of PrNd, 44 tons of dysprosium oxide, and 6 tons of terbium oxide annually.2024-12-5
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Structural steel prices to go up
----Interview with Kuncheng Huang
General Manager
Guangdong Xianggang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.Established in 2011, Guangdong Xianggang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. is one of the leading construction steel distributors in South China. The company is primarily engaged in trading construction steels produced by major steel mills such as Xianggang, Liugang, Guanggang, Shaogang, Yuegang, Liangang, Lenggang, and Xinyu Steel, with an annual sales volume of nearly 500,000 tons.2024-11-27
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Secondary aluminum alloy demand recovers
----Interview with Zhenjiang Yang
General Manager
Guangdong Hongbang Aluminium Co., Ltd.Founded in May 2014, Guangdong Hongbang Aluminium Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between Guangzhou Industrial Investment Holdings Group Co., Ltd. (Fortune Global 500) and Guangdong Hongjin New Materials Group Co., Ltd. With a registered capital of 200 million yuan (27.62 million US dollars), the company has an annual production capacity of 200,000 tonnes. It mainly produces various grades of aluminum ingot and provides green aluminum liquid products direct supply service for die-casting plants within a radius of 80 kilometers.2024-11-15
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Fused zirconia prices to edge down
----Interview with Liu Qiang
Vice General Manager
Bengbu Zhongheng New Material Tech Co., LtdEstablished in November 2007, Bengbu Zhongheng New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is located in China Glass New Material Science and Technology Industrial Park, a national high-tech industrialization base in Longzihu District, Bengbu City, Anhui Province. It belongs to Kaisheng Group, a subsidiary of China Building Materials Group Co., Ltd., which is one of the world's top 500 enterprises.2024-11-8
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Australian tin ore supply grows steadily
----Interview with Yue Xie
General Manager
Green Technology Co., Ltd.Green Technology Co., Ltd is a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. In March 2011, the Company acquired all the interests of Baisong Mineral Resources Ring Back Limited to become a non-ferrous metals resource company focusing on tin mining and sales, carrying out metal tin mining operations in Tasmania, Australia, and holding 50% interests in the Renison Mine, the Bischoff Hill opencast tin mining project and the Renison Tailings reprocessing project with Yunnan Tin.2024-11-1
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Flake graphite market to remain dim
----Interview with Li Dong
Deputy General Manager
Heilongjiang HaGong Graphite Technology Co.,Ltd.Heilongjiang Hagong Graphite Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in September 2017 and is located in Didao District, Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province. The company is a state-level high-tech enterprise with more than 350 employees. Up to now, the company has completed a total investment of more than one billion Yuan and has established 4 subsidiaries, namely Jixi Guorun Mining Co., Ltd, Jixi Harbin Industrial High Carbon Graphite Materials Co., Ltd, Jixi Hagong New Energy Materials Co., Ltd and Jixi Hagong Carbon-based Materials Technology Co., Ltd. The company has formed a complete industrial chain from natural graphite mining to expansible graphite, high purity spherical graphite, negative anode and other highly processing products.2024-10-28
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Demand for antimony in Japan grows steadily
----Interview with Tomohito Saguchi
Director of Overseas Business Department
Kawashima Co.Kawashima Co. is the head office of Japan Kawashima Group which consists of 38 branch companies, engaging in both domestic and international trade of recycled raw materials for non-ferrous metal , aluminum, zinc, silicon, antimony, bismuth and other metals.2024-10-21
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India to resume bauxite exports to China
----Interview with Chandresh Bhut
Chief Managing Director
India LABH EnterpriseLABH Enterprise is a privately owned company in India and was set up in 2006, focusing on bauxite mining and sales in Gujarat. The company's bauxite business covers metallurgical grade Al2O3 46-48% SiO2 6%max, refractory grade Al2O3 52-56% and cement grade Al2O3 42-43%. They exported a total of 2 million tonnes of bauxite to China between 2012 and 2016.2024-10-12
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Rare earth salts demand to increase continuously
----Interview with Qing Yang
General Manager
Sichuan Wonaixi New Material Technology Co., Ltd.With an annual production capacity of 20,000t, Sichuan Wonaixi New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the major rare earth salts producers in China. The company’s main products include polishing powder, grinding particles for CMP polishing fluid, rare earth oxides, ceric ammonium nitrate, rare earth hydroxide, rare earth nitrate, anhydrous chloride, rare earth fluoride, rare earth carbonate, and other high purity rare earth salts used as precursors for rare earth functional materials. The company produced about 15,000t of rare earth salts in 2023.2024-9-27
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Bismuth ingot prices to rise steadily
----Interview with Yongpeng Xue
General Manager
Taigu Shengde Nonferrous Metal Co.Taigu Shengde Nonferrous Metal Co. was established in January 2006 (formerly known as "Taigu Hengsheng Smelting Industry and Trade Co.", founded in May 2000 and later restructured into Shengde Company), which is a professional producer of bismuth metal. The company is striving to develop a small local enterprise into a first-class enterprise with standard management, flexible mechanism, world-leading technology and great reputation in the global bismuth industry by taking the concept of "Great attention to people, management, environmental protection and safety".2024-9-20
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Oman has an obvious advantage on export prices of LC ferrochrome
----Interview with Zengguan Li
President
Star River General Trading (FZC) LLCWith an annual capacity of 16,800 tons of LC ferrochrome, Star River GeneralTrading (FZC) LLC has two 3,600Kva refined furnaces in Oman, mainly producingLC ferrochrome V10(Cr60%min C0.1%max) and V6(Cr60%min C0.06%max). The companymainly sells LC ferrochrome to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, China, as well asthe United States, and would expand European customers later.2024-9-14
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Silicon carbide market demand to remain soft
----Interview with Pengyuan He
General Manager
Hualong Yongsheng New Material Co., LTDHualong Yongsheng New Materials Co., Ltd. is located in Jiahe Industrial Area which is about 5 kilometers away from Hualong county, covering an area of 68,000 square meters. With a registered capital of 92.82 million yuan and 80 employees, the company specializes in silicon carbide production, processing and sales.2024-9-5
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NGO electrical steel prices to drop slightly
----Interview with Jinchun Chen
General Manager
Foshan Shunde District Wurong Materials Co., Ltd.Founded in 2013, Foshan Shunde District Wurong Materials Co., Ltd. is one of the major non-grain oriented electrical steel distributors in South China. The company is mainly engaged in the trading business of NGO electrical steel produced by Baosteel, Ansteel, Hongwang Steel and Zhexiang New Materials, and also provides deep processing and distribution logistics services such as slitting and cutting, with an annual sales amount of about 25,000t of NGO electrical steel products.2024-8-23
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Booming trend expected in China's demand for imported bauxite
----Interview with Kai Wang
Executive Director
Henan Zhengxin Win-Win Trade Co.Henan Zhengxin Win-Win Trade Co. was established in July 2020 and is mainly engaged in the trading of bauxite, alumina, aluminum hydroxide, coal, chemical products and other industrial products. The company has stable production and sales channels, so they could provide customers with sufficient supply and high-quality products with convenient logistics services. In terms of bauxite, the company provides one-stop comprehensive services from mining, crushing and transportation.2024-8-21
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Magnesium scrap market unveils promising demand
----Interview with Changgao Cao
General Manager
Anhui Huanyue Material Technology Co., Ltd.Anhui Huanyue Material Technology was established in July 2017, located in Xuanzhou Economic Development Zone, Xuancheng, Anhui and owning advantages in transportation and technical strength. They highly value quality management, especially quality control during production processes. They have introduced advanced testing equipment to ensure quality of magnesium alloy ingots, magnesium anodes, aluminum anodes and zinc anodes which could meet exact requirements from many die-casting plants and effective protection needs of customers for warships, military docks, military airports, oil tanks and civil oil and gas pipelines.2024-8-15
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Lithium carbonate prices expected to swing lower
----Interview with Jingye Chen
Vice General Manager
Hunan Zhongde New Material Technology Co., Ltd.Hunan Zhongde New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is located in Daping Development Zone, Xinshao County, Shaoyang City, covering an area of 63.7 acres. The company specializes in the production and sales of battery-grade lithium carbonate, with a total investment of 120 million yuan. It has an annual production capacity of 8,000t of battery-grade lithium carbonate, with an annual output value exceeding 1.5 billion yuan. The company promotes the development of new materials industry through high-tech and high-quality services.2024-8-1
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Import prices of zircon ore in China to keep softly stable
----Interview with Shunfeng Luo
Executive Director
Roche Commodities (Hongkong) LimitedRoche Commodities (Hongkong) Limited was established in 2009 and mainly engaged in the imports of zircon concentrates from Pakistan, South Africa, Kazakhstan, and Brazil. The company provides raw materials for domestic MSPs in China and supplies high-quality raw materials, mainly including zircon concentrate. Holding about 10,000t of annual supply capacity, the company has good business management and is renowned for its credibility.2024-7-17
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Demand on high-purity low-oxygen tantalum and niobium powder looks promising
----Interview with Shafei Huang
General Manager
Hunan Hongcheng New Material Technology Co., Ltd.Hunan Hongcheng New Material Technology Co., Ltd., established in 2021 and located in Zhuzhou, Hunan, is a non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling industry enterprise. Their main product is high-purity and low-oxygen tantalum and niobium powder. The company is a leading enterprise in the field of tantalum and niobium metal powder industry, as well as a national high-tech enterprise and a new material enterprise in Hunan Province.2024-7-10
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Demand for aluminum bar to keep sluggish
----Interview with Lixin Wang
Deputy General Manager
Baotou Hebao Metal Materials Co., Ltd.Baotou Hebao Metal Materials Co., Ltd. is located in Guyang County, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with a superior geographical location and convenient transportation. The company covers a total area of approximately 87mu (5.8 hectares), with a floor area of 16,875 square meters. The company, with a total investment of 210 million yuan (28.92 million US dollars) and an annual production capacity of 150,000 tonnes, is one of the largest aluminum alloy round ingot production enterprises in Northwest China and a high-tech enterprise specializing in the production and sales of aluminum alloy. The company's main products are 1-7 series deformed aluminum alloy round ingots, including cast aluminum alloy ingots with specifications of φ90~φ380.2024-6-28
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Steel prices likely to increase
----Interview with Cui Lianfu
Sales Director
Shanxi Jianlong Steel Co.Shanxi Jianlong Steel Co. adheres to the spirit of "strive for the first, start from the bit," and the core values of "integrity, rules, team, excellence, win-win" since the establishment. The company's products cover more than 130 varieties and 220 specifications of high-strength, corrosion-resistance, fire-resistance construction steel, cold forging, welding and drawing wire rod, low-alloy, high-strength, automotive pipeline hot rolled coil and steel strip, deep drawing, galvanized, galvanized aluminum magnesium, color coating cold rolled coil, steel pipe and coil scaffolding. The company has won the top 100 private enterprises in Shanxi Province for four consecutive years from 2019 to 2022.2024-6-26
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Tin price may keep flying above last-year level
----Interview with Jinlu Liu
General Manager
Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. is a key project conducted by Chifeng and Linxi government after the reorganization of Chifeng Dajingzi Mining Company by China Nonferrous Mining Group. It is the only processing enterprise of refined tin in the north of the Yangtze River. Dajingzi Tin industry always regards product quality and corporate reputation as the cornerstone of development, whether it is the process control of semi-finished products or the product inspection and testing, it is strictly operated according to the relevant national requirements. The high purity of the product has been praised by users since the product was put into the market. The company is listed by the Chifeng Municipal government as "Pilot Base for Comprehensive Utilization of mineral resources in Chifeng", "Key Protection Enterprise in Linxi", and "Municipal key trustworthiness and credibility" company.2024-6-21
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Vanadium pentoxide demand from vanadium battery industry to climb
----Interview with Terry Perles
Director
U.S. Vanadium Holding Company LLCU.S. Vanadium Holding Company LLC produces a wide range of vanadium oxides, vanadium-based chemicals and alloys used in the global chemical, catalyst, and titanium alloy, vanadium flow battery industries. The company plans to produce around 3,000t of vanadium oxides in 2024, compared with about 2,000t in 2023. The company aims to increase annual output to around 8,000t in 2027.2024-6-13
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Demand for zinc oxide to stay weak
----Interview with Zhimeng Gao
President
Zhiyi Zinc Industry GroupZhiyi Zinc Industry is a professional, large-scale technical zinc oxide production enterprise. After years of innovation and development, currently the company has three R&D institutions and five production bases around the world (Shijiazhuang, Changzhou, Shanxi, Thailand, Europe) covering a total area of 198 acres, has fixed assets of 680 million yuan and 1,200 employees, ranking among the best in the world. The company actively develops the middle and high-end markets in the domestic and overseas, shapes the international brand image, and occupies the first opportunity in the domestic and international markets.2024-6-11
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Demand for silicon metal in Europe remains sluggish
----Interview with John Pert
General Manager
PROCHEM Co. Chemical ProductsPROCHEM Co. Chemical Products was established in 1989 in Greece, and the company mainly engages in supplying raw materials to non-ferrous industry. With the experience of trading over 35 years in metal industry, PROCHEM has established long-term and solid cooperation relationship with clients in Greece. The company is one of major raw material suppliers for aluminum other industries in Greece.2024-6-7
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Steel plate prices likely to rebound
----Interview with Yang Zhiyi
Deputy General Manager
Tangshan Quansheng Steel Processing Co.Founded in 2003, Tangshan Quansheng Steel Processing Co. acts as the leading steel trader in North China. The company majors in steel plate and HRC, with the annual sales volume of approximately 800,000t. After more than 20 years development, the company built harmonious relationships with mainstream steel mills such as Tangshan Steel, Ansteel Group, Shougang Group. Tianjin Steel, Yingkou Steel, Wenfeng Steel, Jingye Steel, Yanshan Steel, Anfeng Steel, Donghua Steel and Zongheng Steel and so on.2024-6-5