Industrial Minerals

Construction, Chemicals

• Rwanda slaps 4% royalty tax on industrial minerals 23 May 2013

  New government measures to diversify mining and develop mineral revenue Read More

• IM Lithium News in Brief 15 - 22 May 22 May 2013

  GS Yuasa sees recovery after 787s take flight; Northfield looks to Canada Lithium Read More

• Chromite production hampered as workers strike at Lanxess mine 22 May 2013

  Workers and security guards injured during clash; workers ignore court interdict Read More

• Tata Chemicals crosses final planning hurdle for energy plant 21 May 2013

  Soda ash facility in Cheshire to benefit; will now speak to waste companies Read More

• Galaxy Lithium turns to shareholders for help 20 May 2013

  Lithium junior owes $117m in loans and $62m in bonds; Trading suspension extended Read More

• US soda ash royalty rate could be restored to 2% 17 May 2013

  Committee votes for royalty reduction; ECHA calls for new boric acid classification Read More

• US fracking legislation gets lukewarm reception 17 May 2013

  Industry and environmentalists say proposal fails to address all issues Read More

• BDI falls off as uncertainty remains over Chinese iron ore 16 May 2013

  Crops support seaborne markets with bumper harvests predicted this year Read More

• Lithium-ion battery producer bows out of Shanghai 16 May 2013

  Protests by locals lead to Shanghai Guoxuan New Energy scrapping plans for plant Read More

• IM Price Briefing 10 – 16 May 16 May 2013

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

• MagMin 2013: Demand for DBM will outstrip supply in short term 15 May 2013

  Nedmag managing director says supply demand equilibrium in 2015 Read More

• IM Lithium News in Brief 9 – 15 May 15 May 2013

  ILC secures nearly $2.3m for Mariana; Western Lithium awarded extraction patent Read More

• MagMin 2013: K+S to double production of magnesium chloride 15 May 2013

  Agricultural sector largest growth area, largest single producer says Read More

• Tertiary Minerals optimistic despite wider half-year losses 14 May 2013

  CEO confident in underlying fluorspar market; company allocates funds for Nevada Read More

• Low soda ash demand impacts Solvay’s Q1 results 14 May 2013

  Company says Europe’s economy weighed on demand and trading conditions 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

• Canada Fluorspar posts “encouraging” drill results 09 May 2013

  Tertiary gearing up to drill MB project in Nevada 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

• IM Lithium News in Brief 1 – 8 May 2013 08 May 2013

  Palo Alto takes battery majors to court; Galaxy asks for extension on trading halt Read More

• US Bentonite files for Chapter 11 protection 08 May 2013

  Plant under threat as power is cut off because of contract dispute with supplier Read More

• Chemtura profits slip as bromine business tumbles 07 May 2013

  Price pressure and damp construction climate weigh heavily on product sales Read More

• Iofina poised for profits as iodine revenues climb 16% 07 May 2013

  Company switches expansion plans to Oklahoma for preferable operating conditions Read More

• Tanzania puts out call for investment in mining 07 May 2013

  GDP from minerals could rise from 3.5% to 20%, Ministry tells IM Read More

• Price Briefing: Titanium dioxide hikes unlikely to stick IM May 2013

  Recent titanium dioxide (TiO2) price hikes by major producers are unlikely to be accepted by pigment endusers, analysts told IM. Read More

• Cogs turn in CCM market IM May 2013

  The caustic calcined magnesia (CCM) market is not as large as the dead burned magnesia market, but there have been some interesting movements and some new spaces are emerging. Siobhan Lismore, Editor, looks into this market. Read More