Industrial Minerals

Pricing News

• Lynas to implement minimum price schedule for rare earths 14 June 2013

  Higher long term prices needed to encourage end-market growth Read More

• Antimony trioxide prices soften under sluggish ingot demand 11 June 2013

  Mediterranean Resources sets sights on European past-producing antimony mines Read More

• Imerys hikes prices for US filtration minerals 11 June 2013

  No energy surcharge for North America while European charges remain Read More

• Cristal final TiO2 producer to announce price hikes 10 June 2013

  All hikes 10-30% lower than Q1 increases; largest increase for Latin America Read More

• More TiO2 pigment price increases as Huntsman and ISK step up 06 June 2013

  New prices lower than those announced earlier in the year Read More

• Price Briefing 31 May – 6 June 06 June 2013

  TiO2 market sees price rises; amorphous graphite and fertliser mineral values slip Read More

• Flawed scarcity rhetoric promotes mineral price volatility 05 June 2013

  Adjusting trade mechanisms could ease resource tensions, say policy panel Read More

• Price Briefing: Lithium prices “expected to be flat” for 2013, says FMC while rare earths dip IM June 2013

  Soda ash price increase expected, while bromine prices slide lower Read More

• Tronox and DuPont raise TiO2 prices 31 May 2013

  Follows on from Kronos price rises, but jury is out as to whether these will stick Read More

• Antimony trioxide prices flat on stable ingot prices 29 May 2013

  China Minmetals buys 20,000 tonnes from Twinkling Star to relieve sales pressure Read More

• Price Briefing 17 – 23 May 23 May 2013

  Rare earths, fluorspar and graphite slide; frac sand logistics dwarf mineral value Read More

• Chinese rare earths export increase 28% on March volumes 21 May 2013

  Hopes of demand revival tempered by price declines, shortfalls on six month quota Read More

• Project economics: re-evaluating flake graphite 16 May 2013

  Junior miners’ costs questioned as Q1 price rises fail to materialise Read More

• IM Price Briefing 10 – 16 May 16 May 2013

  Flake graphite beats expectations while phosphate, bromine and iodine weaken Read More

• Sirocco reports 15% drop in iodine prices year on year 13 May 2013

  Company reports C$1m loss; market sources say iodine is soft but stable Read More

• Lower bromine prices hit Gulf Resources Q1 profit 13 May 2013

  CEO says sequential price increases signal uptick in demand Read More

• Kronos’ TiO2 prices slip 21% y-o-y for net loss of $41.1m 09 May 2013

  Sales volumes pickup while production drops 13%; ore costs blamed for results Read More

• IM Price Briefing 2 - 9 May 2013 09 May 2013

  Surprises in TiO2 as Kronos moves to up prices; but graphite, phosphate, still low Read More

• Lithium to stay flat while soda ash looks bullish say FMC 02 May 2013

  ANSAC $30/tonne price raise for soda ash led by China; EV not a grower Read More

• IM Price Briefing 26 April- 2 May 2013 02 May 2013

  Synthetic graphite manufacturers report soft results; soda ash looks to Asia Read More

• IM Price Briefing 18-25 April 2013 25 April 2013

  Fluorspar, graphite, rare earths prices all tick lower Read More

• Mason Graphite outlines grand plans in Canada 23 April 2013

  Low production costs at Lac Guéret in line with China Read More

• Price Briefing 12-18 April 2013 18 April 2013

  No dosh for graphene; Rio Tinto complains about labour costs Read More

• Rare earth prices down as demand fails to reboot in Q1 17 April 2013

  Chinese producers report losses as economic growth hits manufacturing Read More

• Price briefing 5 – 12 April 2013 12 April 2013

  Barite, antimony trioxide, potash prices affected by end-market slowdown Read More

• Antimony trioxide prices move down on stagnant metal values 11 April 2013

  Metalloid producers report declines; economic upturn needed for recovery Read More

• Prices for Chinese barites fall again in April 09 April 2013

  Industry sources say prices impacted by low drilling demand; increased competition Read More

• Fused zirconia prices CIF European port remain steady 04 April 2013

  Zircon sand price falls beneficial to fused zirconia producers Read More

• Price Briefing 28 March – 4 April 2013 04 April 2013

  Titanium dioxide prices unlikely to stick; fused zirconia remains flat Read More

• Recent titanium dioxide price hikes unlikely to stick 02 April 2013

  Utilisation rates need to reach 85% to support price increases Read More

• Lithium market disagrees on lithium hydroxide price 28 March 2013

  Sources clash on higher price assessment Read More

• Price Briefing 21-28 March 2013 28 March 2013

  Lithium hydroxide, zircon, rare earths, potash, phosphate and mineral sands Read More

• Price Briefing: Graphite, rare earths prices dip lower; TiO2 producers up prices IM April 2013 issue

  Graphite prices slipped lower this month, according to analysis by IM Data. Some prices have tumbled by as much as 16%, feedback from the industry revealed in March, while other prices either remained flat, or dropped just 2%. Read More

• Narrower ranges for graphite mask slight price increases 21 March 2013

  Activity resuming slowly in European and Asian markets, data shows Read More

• Price Briefing 14-21 March 2013 21 March 2013

  UK Budget supports fracking market; graphite prices lower Read More

• Price Briefing 8-14 March 2013 14 March 2013

  Vale suspends Rio Colorado potash mine; rare earths prices show mild improvement Read More

• Chinese rare earths prices look up despite lower exports 12 March 2013

  Domestic end-markets for magnets revive; Baotou resumes processing operations Read More

• Price Briefing 1 – 7 March 2013 07 March 2013

  TiO2 and iodine prices shift up while fertiliser markets wobble economy fears Read More

• Chloride-route TiO2 producer ISK to raise Asia-Pacific price 05 March 2013

  Price hike “required to ensure stable supply”; raw material costs drive increase Read More

• Iodine prices see upward pressure as China “wakes up” 05 March 2013

  South American production poised to ramp up further in 2013 Read More

• Cristal follows trend hiking titanium dioxide prices worldwide 28 February 2013

  Cristal Mining’s mineral sand production drops by 30% for 2012 Read More

• Price Briefing 21-28 February 2013 28 February 2013

  Soda ash markets good for FMC, but not Penrice; TiO2 prices hiked Read More

• Price Briefing: Mineral prices begin to show signs of positivity March 2013 issue

  The opening months of 2013 brought positive sentiment about industrial minerals prices, with many industry stakeholders hopeful that the economic gloom of 2012 had been left firmly in the past. Read More

• Price Briefing 15-21 February 2013 21 February 2013

  Titanium dioxide pigment prices to rise while antimony prices remain rock steady Read More

• China antimony prices unchanged despite possible state order 20 February 2013

  Rumours of State Reserve purchase will do little to support prices, say sources Read More

• Kronos raises its TiO2 pigment prices globally for 2013 19 February 2013

  TiO2 feedstock and petroleum coke to blame for price rises, says Kronos Read More

• Kronos to raise TiO2 pigment prices in 2013 15 February 2013

  Raw material costs impacting profits; pigment prices drop 17% for 2012 Read More

• Price Briefing 8-14 February 2013 14 February 2013

  Price volatility prevails across the world while there is confusion in graphite Read More

• Graphite market disagrees over flake price movements 12 February 2013

  Slim gains in North America offset by sharp dips in Europe; Chinese rises possible Read More

• Soda ash prices may come under pressure, says Tata 11 February 2013

  Third quarter results reveal stable prices; company encouraged by recent potash deals Read More