Feature
Feldspar's fallow future
Tile and sanitaryware are the main end uses for feldspar,
but as the global financial crisis hits construction, and
therefore ceramics demand, are the markets draining away? And will emerging economies and new applications also get flushed?
Feature
Saudi silica scene
Industrial minerals are expected to play an important role in Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification policy. Amongst other minerals the country hosts high quality silica sand, quartz, and quartzite deposits. Mian Habib et al examine the country’s investment in high purity silica minerals, and highlights supply and demand
Feature
Technical ceramics take off
Developments in the technical ceramic’s world have been
fast and furious over the last ten to fifteen years. Alison
Russell reviews the industry’s new and established markets and outlines where and why minerals are consumed
Processing
Quartz & feldspar separation: a dry alternative
Processing
Swings in ultra-fine GCC grinding
Continental Drift
Reflections on ASEAN Glass
News at the Core
Sierra Bauxite dispute
Strandlines
Hexion/Huntsman merger
Strandlines
Oils not well for zircon
Comment
Future tense, but not imperfect
Market Monitor
Glass cartel's record fine
Refractories Hotline
Steel slow down hits refractories
Making the Grade
The future's bright with TiO2
Exposure
Salvador potash
Processing News
Faster XRF analysis with PANalytical Axios
Regulars
People & Places
Regulars
Freight market report
Regulars
Prices page
Regulars
Diary dates
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