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• 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

• 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

• 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

• IIT to collaborate with P&G in powder and particle science 08 May 2013

  Agreement will give IIT access to NIC high tech materials testing laboratory 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

• 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

• FMC to close down lithium plant in Q2 2013 to ramp up for Q3 2013 01 May 2013

  Soda ash, lithium revenues lower in Q1 2013, but agricultural sector still strong Read More

• Sibelco restricts Stradbroke silica sand production 29 April 2013

  Company blames high Australian dollar for decision; denies influence of court case Read More

• Kenya overhauls the mining sector structure 23 April 2013

  New mining ministry formed with less staff; government promises efficiency Read More

• Australia urges Kenya to review the mining law 12 April 2013

  Base Resources says Kenya’s mining sector has “good deal of uncertainty” Read More

• Glass manufacturer calls for Indiana ‘bottle bill’ 09 April 2013

  Verallia urges law requiring a refundable deposit on beverage containers Read More

• Penrice confirms soda ash JV with SASS Victoria Australia 25 March 2013

  Companies sign definitive transaction documents for the six-year joint venture Read More

• US soda ash producers could receive temporary royalty relief 22 March 2013

  American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act could be introduced later this year Read More

• Update: FMC may have identified root cause of lithium complication 04 March 2013

  Soda ash markets look positive, as FMC “competes with those burning cash” 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

• Penrice Soda results hit by soda ash struggles 28 February 2013

  Company reports negative results; hopes to eliminate losses through soda ash JV Read More

• Pakistan revises soda ash customs values as prices move 25 February 2013

  Karachi issues new values to reflect the current international soda ash price trend Read More

• Poor weather impacts Ridley’s 2012 salt sales 20 February 2013

  Company sees reduced profit for Cheetham Salt; set to grow Indonesia business Read More

• Solvay: soda ash markets remained strong in 2012 14 February 2013

  Strong demand in container glass sector boosts soda ash sales Read More

• US non-fuel mineral production clocks third annual increase 14 February 2013

  Phosphate, soda ash and salt among top earners as domestic consumption rebounds 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

• 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

• Belarus to produce soda ash under Russian JV 06 February 2013

  Country will partner with Russia to set up a transnational manufacturing company Read More

• Industrial Minerals Inside Edge – 1 February 2013 01 February 2013

  M&A in soda ash, magnesia; cleaning up China’s pollution with industrial minerals Read More

• Six companies place bids for Lake Natron soda ash facility 30 January 2013

  Area holds potential to produce 1m tpa soda ash, local opposition continues Read More

• NRP acquires 48% interest in US soda ash producer 25 January 2013

  Company signs agreement with OCI Wyoming for $292.5m Read More

• Penrice will close Adelaide soda ash plant 18 January 2013

  Company says business under “extraordinary pressure”; signs JV with SASS Read More

• Ciner will build world’s largest soda ash facility in Turkey 14 January 2013

  Company signed $1.35bn deal with China Tianchen Engineering Corp. Read More

• Queensland miners discuss wastewater with government 14 January 2013

  Expected rainfall prompts concerns that environmental laws have been breached Read More