[+/-] : Halogen-free Flame Retardant Cable Functional Master-batches

Halogen-free Flame Retardant Cable Functional Master-batches-FR-DML

FR-DML type halogen-free flame retardant cable functional master-batches is a new-type product developed with Magnesium Hydroxide as main flame retardant for manufacturers of halogen-free low-smoke flame retardant cable materials. It could reduce production difficulty and non-uniformity of material and strongly upgrade the maneuverability of the product on the premise of satisfying the performance index of halogen-free low-smoke flame retardant cable material. The development of the master-batches greatly facilitates cable material manufacturers.

FR-DML type halogen-free flame retardant cable functional master batch is quite user-friendly. Qualified cable material could be produced in double-screw from this product together with elastomer and polyethylene.

Halogen-free Flame Retardant Cable Functional Master- batches Components

Material Index   Component	FR-DML	Elastomer	PE	Other Additives	Oxygen Index	Tensile Strength /MPa	Breaking Elongation Ratio /%
1	50	40	10	0.5	30-33	9-11	120-220

Our Suggestion:

Ø         The elastomer shall be EVA, POE and etc.

Ø         PE shall be Linear Low Density Polyethylene, recommended type: 7047, LLDPE 0209

Ø         Low viscosity polyethylene wax with molecular weight of 3000-4000 is recommended

Ø         Recommended type of Anti-oxygen Agent: 1010.

Ø         FR-DML type halogen flame retardant cable functional master-batches is in hoar particle, which could satisfy cable material demand on different colors. If the customer's product is black, 5%-15% FR-GML type flame retardant master-batches could be added instead of corresponding FR-DML type functional master-batches, the flame retardant performance will then be greatly improved and the oxygen index could reach 35% - 45%.

Ø         FR-DML type halogen-free flame retardant cable functional master-batches could be used as flame retardant and reinforcing master-batches for polymer materials like LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE, PP, PA, PC and etc, which could help polymer materials gain flame retardant and reinforcing effect.

 

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[+/-] : Magnesium Hydroxide Master batches

Magnesium HydroxideMaster-batches-FR-MHMLSeries

Magnesium Hydroxide master-batches is a kind of new-type environment-protection product with qualities of highly effective, halogen-free, low-smoke, which granulates the magnesium hydroxide powder. In the process of modification processing on granule polymer material, dust pollution could easily occur in the processing environment due to low liquidity and dispersibility when magnesium hydroxide is filled in polymer material as flame retardant and filling materials in the form of powder. This brought much inconvenience for product processing. To resolve the above problem, facilitate customers' use of magnesium hydroxide flame retardant, upgrade product quality and improve production environment, our company has developed a series of magnesium hydroxide flame retardant master-batches product.

Magnesium Hydroxide master-batches is a kind of Magnesium Hydroxide master-batches processed from magnesium hydroxide original powder and active powder of different particle by equipments like double screw with Polyvinyl base material as carrier.

Main Components:

Material	Material Proportion
Polyethylene	13.5%
Magnesium Hydroxide	85%
Other Additive	1.5%

Our company could use different types of base materials as carrier for Magnesium Hydroxide according to customers' requirements. At present the carriers that passed corresponding test mainly include LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE, PP and etc.

Customers could choose from varieties of magnesium hydroxide flame retardant master-batches processed by different surface modification materials according to their own demands. We could tailor products with our best effort upon customers' special request.

We have developed satisfying cable product with tensile strength of 10-12 Mpa, breaking elongation ratio of 150-400% and oxygen index of 33%-42% by combining FR-MHML master batch and FR-GML master batch. The total material cost is kept below 11,500 yuan/ton.

Our suggestion:

Ø         Magnesium hydroxide master-batches is most suitable for double-screw, single-screw, planetary-screw, mixer, mill and etc, which will strengthen uniformity of the blend for polymer material modification processing and the use of magnesium hydroxide master-batches, meanwhile reduce environmental pollution and working intensity and greatly boost production rate.

Ø         FR-MHML-GX product is suitable for flame retardant of Polyethylene Composite material such as cable material, aluminum-plastic composite panel core material and etc, which could improve the dynamic performance of the material like tensile strength, yielding quite good effect.

Ø         FR-MHML-TX product is suitable for flame retardant of Polyethylene Composite material and rubber material, which helps to improve the dynamic performance like breaking elongation ratio of the material.

Ø       FR-MHML-TX product is applicable for the flame retardant filling of rubber.

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[+/-] : OM Holdings to cut manganese production

OM Holdings Ltd will slash manganese production by about 30 per cent in 2009 in response to weak short-term demand for the steel-making input.

The miner expects to produce 500,000 tonnes of manganese next calendar year, down from an expected 690,000 tonnes in 2008, which is 10,000 tonnes short of its annual production target.

The company said it had suspended manganese shipments during October and November "to minimise exposure to discharge port stockpiling, provisional pricing and unnecessary counterparty and credit risks during the current period of weaker demand".

Chief executive Peter Toth said rebuilding stockpiles and other activities at the cashed-up company's Bootu Creek mine in the Northern Territory would position it to return to producing at least 700,000 tonnes per annum once market conditions improve.

Unlisted, Ukrainian-owned manganese miner Consolidated Minerals Ltd recently acquired an 11 per cent stake in OM Holdings and Mr Toth said he had been advised the investment was "financial in nature".

Shares in OM Holdings were up three cents, or 3.19 per cent, at 97 cents at 1200 AEDT. – Associated Press

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[+/-] : China may buy steel for reserves, aid exports

China may take further measures to revive its steel industry, which is the world's biggest and could suffer an overall loss in the next half-year, the Minister of Industry and Information Technology said on Friday.

Chinese authorities are considering raising export tax rebates and buying some steel products for its reserves in an attempt to help the country's steel mills, Li Yizhong told a news conference in Beijing on Friday.

"We suggest the export rebates on several high-end steel products could be raised by several percentage points, while we restrict exports of some low end energy-intensive products," Li said. China has scrapped several steel export taxes from December.

Chinese officials have talked about buying commodities and resources, including base metals and crops, in order to support producers. But Li's remarks were the first indication that it could also build up reserves of steel, which was already seen as a major beneficiary of China's 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package

Analysts have said building up stocks may give some support to prices in the short term, but the policy could also mean producers take longer to emerge from the current slump in demand, with a U-shaped recovery rather than a V-shaped bounce, since the government stocks may return to the market as prices recover.

The government could also tackle the current problem with policies to help enterprises store these extra products, or the government could purchase a certain amount so that production capacity does not stand idle, Li said.
China's top economic planning body, the National Reform and Development Commission, was working with other government authorities on the specific amounts and the method, he said.

Li said China's steelmaking capacity was 600 million tonnes, but this year the country's actual output was likely to be 480-490 million tonnes. He said 15 billion yuan ($2.19 billion) could used to support technical renovation next year, with the steel industry as the main beneficiary.
He said China could also increase imports of manganese and some other ferrous metals, such as chromium, when prices were low.

Li also said the government would adopt a preferential policy to encourage steel industry consolidation and seek more bargaining power in iron ore pricing by stopping steel mills from bidding each other up.

Li said China had purchased a huge amount of iron ore at a high prices, of which 30 million tonnes were stored in the steel mills, 90 million tonnes in port warehouses, and 100 million tonnes were booked but had not been delivered.
"Steel mills will take until March next year to absorb these high-price raw materials," Li said. ...
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[+/-] : Chinese molybdenum concentrate prices firm up on tight supply

Platts reported that China's domestic molybdenum concentrate prices appear to have firmed up this week as supply continues to tighten. As per report Molybdenum concentrate prices were mostly heard between CNY 1,700 to CNY 1,900 per tonne up about CNY 100 to CNY 150 per tonne from the previous week.

Industry sources said that supply was tight as most mines in Huludao in China's Liaoning province had stopped production, as previous prices at CNY 1,500 to CNY1,700 per tonne were too close to their costs. In addition, sources said that it was hard to work in the cold winter weather.

Sources noted that owners had been selling from their current stockpiles. With mines closing and no replenishment of stockpiles in sight, supply has tightened.

As a result, Chinese domestic ferromolybdenum prices have continued to inch up with most indications ranging widely between CNY 130,000 per tonne and CNY 180,000 per tonne ex-plant, although no apparent increase in domestic demand was heard. Prices were heard below CNY 130,000 per tonne previously. Molybdenum concentrate is the raw material used to produce ferromolybdenum.

Chinese domestic molybdenum oxide prices also appeared to firmed up in view of limited molybdenum oxide with indications at CNY 1,950 to CNY 2,000 per tonne up about CNY 100 per tonne from the previous week.

Meanwhile, Chinese spot molybdenum oxide and ferromolybdenum export trade remained stuck in the doldrums due to an extreme lack of overseas buying interest in view of uncertainty over the worsening state of the global economy. – Steel Guru

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[+/-] : Antimony ingot,Antimony Concentrate and Antimony Trioxide

We are selling Antimony products

If you want to buy Antimony Concentrate or Antimony Trioxide you are in the right place.

We are selling only high quality Antimony, with high Antimony content, low in impurities and free of any contamination.

Antimony Location: The Antimony mine is situated in the greenstone belt in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.

Antimony Brief History: Gold was discovered here towards the end of the nineteenth century, and was mined on a small scale for many years, with antimony as a by-product. Larger scale mining started in nineteen thirty seven and has continued without any marked interruption to date.

Antimony Brief Description: The Antimony mine can be classified as a medium-scale mine and has been in operation for nearly seventy four years. During this time it has always maintained an antimony ore reserve sufficient for six to seven years of production.

Products: Antimony and gold.

Antimony Mining Method: Antimony ore is mined by sub-level open stoping and is hoisted from six shafts and an open pit.

Antimony Reserves: As of this year, proved and probable antimony reserves amounted to one million seven hundred thousand tons.

Antimony Resources: As of this year, the remaining untapped antimony ore body is calculated at eight million five hundred thousand tons of antimony ore.
Antimony Geology: The greenstone belt in the Limpopo Province is an assemblage of ancient lavas and sediments dated at more than three billion years. The rocks are strongly sheared and strike with a vertical dip. The primary antimony ore is stibnite.

Antimony Major Infrastructure and Equipment: Once the antimony ore is crushed and milled, an antimony concentrate is produced by flotation. Part of the antimony concentrate is then reworked into antimony trioxide. Gold is recovered in a gravity circuit and a number of leach and carbon absorption stages. The antimony concentrate and antimony trioxide are dried and bagged.

Antimony Future Prospects: The antimony ore bodies continue at depth and, provided the markets remain strong, mining can continue below the current depths.

Antimony Unique Features: This is the oldest known antimony deposit in the world. The mine is also the only producer of antimony concentrate and antimony trioxide in South Africa, and contributes eight percent of world antimony production.

 

Antimony Marketing: The Business Zone acts as the selling arm for the antimony mine.

 

Antimony Exporting: Many countries and satisfied antimony references.

 

Antimony Production Volume per month: Antimony concentrate of eight hundred metric tons and Antimony trioxide of four hundred metric tons.

 

Antimony Laboratory Analysis: Typical laboratory analysis of our Antimony concentrate and Antimony trioxide:

 

Element in Antimony	Antimony Concentrate	Antimony Trioxide
Sb%	58-60	81-82
S%	24-26	0.1-0.2
As%	0.1-0.2	0.1-0.2
Pb%	0.1-0.2	0.1-0.2
SIO2%	5.0-5.8	1.0-3.0
MgO%	2.0-2.4	1.0-3.0
FeO%	2.0-5.0	1.0-2.0
CaO%	0.2-0.5	0.1-0.3
Al2O%	0.2-0.5	0.2-0.4
H2O%	≤0.2	≤0.1
LOI%	10	2

 

Antimony Uses: Antimony (Sb) ranges in colour from tin-white to a steel grey, is opaque, metallic and is also toxic. Antimony trioxide, today's most significant antimony compound, is employed as a flame retardant in textiles, plastics, adhesives and building materials. It is also used in semi-conductors for making infrared detectors, diodes and acoustic devices. Antimony is also used to increase the strength and hardness of lead. Antimony's economic ore mineral is stibnite (Sb2S3). Antimony is often found associated with sulphide minerals and is generally produced as a by-product of gold mining activities.

 

Antimony Producers: In nature, antimony has a strong affinity for sulphur and certain metals, including lead, silver and copper. China, Russia and South Africa are the world's major producers of antimony, with China producing more than fifty percent of world demand for antimony. Principal identified antimony world resources are in Bolivia, China, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa.

 

Antimony Substitutes: Compounds of chromium, tin, titanium, zinc, and zirconium substitute for antimony chemicals in paint, pigments and enamels. Combinations of cadmium, calcium, copper, selenium, strontium and tin can be used as antimony substitutes for hardening lead. Selected organic compounds and hydrated aluminium oxide are often used as accepted antimony substitutes for flame retardants.

 

Antimony New Use: Antimony has found a new use in the manufacture of DVD's in the United States, where Engineers recently made a breakthrough discovery.

 

Antimony Superior Quality: The fact that these antimony products from South Africa are free of contaminants, makes them superior at a premium, over Russian and Chinese ores.

 

Antimony News Snippet: There are hopes of recovery in the antimony market after Christmas. Affected in depth by the global financial crisis since the start of November, antimony prices have fallen sharply. Most domestic antimony ingot and antimony trioxide plants have ceased production for a while, due to the turnaround between supply and demand. Meanwhile, suppliers started lowering prices for their products.

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