Industrial Minerals

Environment

• Potash potential: EuroChem enters the competition IM May 2013

  With Chinese and Indian contracts negotiated and global potash consumption increasing, EuroChem is one of a handful of producers looking to capitalise on the expanding fertiliser market. Kasia Patel, Reporter Read More

• Serbian government courts foreign mining investment IM April 2013 issue

  Serbia can claim fame for a lot of things. It was a Serbian, Nikola Telsa, who invented the modern alternating current electricity system. Another Serbian, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 which eventually led to the beginning of the First World War. More lately it has become famous for tennis, with Novak Djokovic storming Wimbledon in recent years. Read More

• 2012 - a year best forgotten? January Issue 2013

  For most in the industrial minerals industry, 2012 has been a year best forgotten. Prices in most industrial minerals marklets dropped as demand fell off the cliff in many major end markets. Read More

• Goonvean sale marks the end of an era December 2012 issue

  News that French industrial minerals behemoth Imerys had acquired UK-based kaolin producer Goonvean (p10) was met with sadness from some in the industry as it marked the demise of the last independent kaolin producer in the country. Read More

• End User Focus: Liquid assets: picking the right mineral for wastewater treatment December 2012 issue

  Increased regulation and cost pressures mean that more than ever companies are looking to see which products better suit them. Siobhan Lismore looks at the industrial minerals used in wastewater treatment, with particular emphasis on magnesium hydroxide and lime, and speaks to key figures about how the market is progressing Read More

• Industrial Minerals prices December 2012 December 2012 issue

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• Treading new opportunities October 2012 issue

  Ajay Kulshreshtha looks into speciality silicas and discusses the various end markets which are growing as the world turns to more sustainable solutions Read More

• Industrial Minerals Prices July 2012 July 2012

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• Price Briefing: Mineral prices drop as demand wanes in China July 2012

  Chromite and soda ash fall while fluorspar remains stable and SiC looks set to climb Read More

• Diary Dates July 2012 July 2012

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• Six steps to stability July 2012

  Ask inhabitants of the Juruti district of Brazil what benefits have been brought by the bauxite mining started in 2009 by Alcoa Inc., and they can point to a new school and police station. These are among 21 projects backed by the Sustainable Juruti Fund (FUNJUS), created by Alcoa, but run by a local development council with representatives from industry, government and non-governmental organisations (NGO). Read More

• Peru’s Inkabor diversifies and grows as borates market expands June 2012

  Peru’s Inkabor, one of the world’s leading borates producers, is significantly increasing its product range as it capitalises on growing demand in several key sectors, senior managers told IM Read More

• “We are looking to increase capacity at Boron” June 2012

  It has been a turbulent 12 months in most mineral markets, but specifically in borates markets, where prices have edged up on the back of a narrowing of supply Read More