Magazine Issue: January 2020

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Features

REFRACTORIES

• Calcined alumina outlook

  Suppliers debate whether calcined alumina can break the oversupply wall in a bearish 2020 scenario, writes Davide Ghilotti

REFRACTORIES

• China's magnesia recovery slows

  Overcapacity in China’s magnesia sector and shrinking international demand have roiled the domestic market this year, dragging prices to a two-year low and prompting producers to lower output, reports Carrie Shi

METALS AND MINING OUTLOOK

• Non-ferrous metals outlook for 2020

  The fortunes for base metal markets have been mixed and volatile in 2019. Myra Pinkham asked seasoned analysts and observers to identify key market drivers for 2020 and beyond

JANUARY 2020 ISSUE:

• Table of Contents

  Our first issue of the New Year has an exclusive cover profile interview with Alexander Shevelev, CEO of Severstal; multiple market outlook features and analysis include base metals, steel and scrap; in the first of a new series on industrial minerals for 2020, we include features on refractories markets; approaches to reduce carbon emissions in both steel and aluminium production are in focus; a steel section includes a profile of a major hot-dip batch galvanizing plant and a piece looking at the advantages of duplex stainless steel; advances aplenty appear in our technology spotlight and regular innovations and end-user pages

MARKET SPOTLIGHT: IRON ORE

• Advancing DRI technology to make steel with hydrogen

  ArcelorMittal has commissioned Midrex to design a demonstration plant to produce steel with hydrogen at the steelmaker’s Hamburg site in Germany. Richard Barrett asks Midrex expert Dr. Vincent Chevrier to explain its advantages.