Calcium Hydroxide Price Trend and Forecast

Calcium Hydroxide Regional Price Overview

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Calcium Hydroxide Price Trend for the Q2 of 2024

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Asia

Calcium hydroxide is produced via the calcination of limestone; therefore, the calcium hydroxide prices show close alliance and dependence on the limestone market. Activities in the construction sector also influence the calcium hydroxide market immensely; since the sector is the biggest consumer of calcium hydroxide, demands from the construction sector influence calcium hydroxide prices a lot. During the second quarter of the year 2024, prices in the Asian markets showed a moderate performance with positive market sentiments, especially in the Indian markets. India’s limestone production crossed 450 MMT in FY24, indicating strong performance in the mining sector.
 

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Other than this, some private endeavors also saw major developments in the field. Ambuja Cements, part of the Adani Group, won bids for 24 new limestone mines, totaling 587 million tonnes, and acquired 1 billion tonnes from Sanghi Industries, with plans to reach a capacity of 140 MTPA by 2028. In the Indian calcium hydroxide market, the prices were more consolidated this time around because strong heatwaves and rainfall in key areas kept the construction sector struggling. The general election also happened, which further affected the large project constructions. However, with massive public infrastructure undertakings, the immediate projections look positive for calcium hydroxide.

Europe

The European calcium hydroxide market showed some slight improvements during the second quarter of the year 2024. The monthly average prices in the United Kingdom went from about 263 USD/MT (UK, 93-98%, FOB) in April’24 to about 269 USD/MT in June’24. Even though the price upticks were very confined, they depict crucial improvements for the European construction sector that has been struggling for a long time since the commencement of the Russia and Ukraine war. Following that, the severe economic meltdown in the region pulled the strings on construction businesses. However, as things are getting normalized and the region is getting more and more used to functioning around difficult supply conditions, the calcium hydroxide prices also sought normalcy.

North America

The American calcium hydroxide market mirrored the market behaviors of the European market during the second quarter of the year 2024. The prices were found inching up here as well since the downstream demands showed support for market improvements. The US saw a surge in limestone procurement during the given period as infrastructure spending surged. At both private and public levels, the construction businesses saw a boom. Even though a stable availability of raw materials kept the calcium hydroxide markets balanced, the market sentiments were largely very positive.

Analyst Insight

According to Procurement Resource, Calcium Hydroxide prices are expected to show improvements in the coming months as well, since the downstream construction sector is supporting the market demands.
 

Calcium Hydroxide Price Trend for the Q1 of 2024

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Asia

During the first quarter of 2024, the market trends for calcium hydroxide were observed to fluctuate in accordance with the calcium carbonate prices in the Asian markets. Calcium Hydroxide or slaked lime is sourced from calcium carbonate (limestone) so the costs and availability of limestone manipulate the upstream factors of the calcium hydroxide market immensely. On the demand front, the primary buyers came from the construction and chemical sectors.

Early on the prices were more inclined in the first half of the quarter as the trade situations were still more favorable and the downstream demands were still supporting the positive price transitions. However, the market situation changes slightly in the second half of the said quarter.

Especially in China, a severe crisis has been unfolding in the real estate sector where constructors have been running out of credit. Thus, the construction sector in the country plunged significantly impacting the calcium hydroxide market. Because of this, a wavering price pattern was gauged in the Asian region with confined variations; the market sentiments were largely underwhelming.

Europe

In the European calcium hydroxide market, the downstream consumption was not satisfactory for suppliers as the construction sector was still unable to reignite the people’s interest in the war-stricken region. However, despite this, the suppliers were forced to raise the market prices.

A surge in crude oil and shipping prices significantly reduced the revenue buffers for manufacturers. So, to satiate the upstream cost crisis amidst dull demands the suppliers marginally raised the calcium hydroxide prices in Europe. In the United Kingdom, the monthly average prices went from about 253 USD/MT in January’24 to around 262 USD/MT in March’24; this imparted a 3% incline in the country’s slaked lime prices over the said quarter.

North America

Influenced by the reduction in global demands the calcium hydroxide prices acquired a downward wavering trajectory in the American market as well. Inventories were glutted since the beginning of the quarter in January since the demands had been underwhelming in the previous quarter as well.

This time even though the production and processing costs raised the upstream cost support, the suppliers were having to rely increasingly on the domestic consumption alone. Amidst the Red Sea crisis, the shipping costs jumped drastically within the given quarter. This curtailed the offshore trade avenues. Further, the domestic consumers alone were not able to help in sustaining the market prices.

Analyst Insight

According to Procurement Resource, given the rising trade uncertainties in the global markets, Calcium Hydroxide price trends are likely to behave in a similar manner in the coming months as well.

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