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A slow steel market has temporarily spoilt the magnesia party as new owners come aboard, consumers vertically integrate, and expansions and new sources are pursued
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Gerry Clarke discusses whether antimony is as scarce as indicated by the British Geological Survey last year and asks: Is there an opportunity to help head off a looming supply crisis?
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Ian Wilson, consultant, UK, takes a look at the Asian talc market and discusses the sources of new talc in the market, including Afghanistan, where high-quality white talc is being exported to all continents, and even some to China.
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Difficulties in China and India have not deterred ambitious expansion plans to capture global potash production market
Jack Elliot
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As the second-largest market for industrial refractory products after steel production, IM looks at how Europe’s cement industry is yet to harden up, the BRICs look firm, and the Middle East is rock-solid
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The decline in natural graphite prices - seen in May for the first time in three years - has continued in Europe and North America, although Indian levels appear to have stabilised, market sources told IM in August.
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China launched its first rare earths (RE) spot-trading platform at the start of August, led by Baotou Steel Rare Earth Hi-Tech, the country’s largest manufacturer of RE materials.
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Graphite has been as sought after as gold in recent times but what exactly has caused the boom and could it be sustainable in the long run? Chris Berry of House Mountain Partners LLC spoke to IM about the boom, what’s next, and how to judge the quality and potential of a graphite deposit.
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Frac sand producers this month said that an increase in supply from domestic US producers and China could force down spot prices for H2 2012.
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Satimola Ltd has agreed to sell Satbor LLP, its potash exploration and mining subsidiary developing the world-class Satimola potash project in Kazakhstan, to Hong Kong-based Sprint Capital Management Ltd for an undisclosed amount.
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China’s Bosai Minerals Group has been unable to make bauxite shipments from its plant in Linden, Guyana, since the end of July owing to disruption caused by local unrest.
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US scientists have discovered industrial minerals, including dolomite, kaolin and gypsum in Afghanistan using advanced remote sensing hyperspectral imaging.
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A new study claiming to have found measurable levels of HBCD (hexabromocyclododecane), a brominated flame retardant, in US food products, has been challenged by industry bodies in the EU and the US.
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China’s stranglehold on the industrial minerals industry is no new phenomenom.
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The pressure that the price of the white pigment titanium dioxide (TiO2) has placed on leading paint companies is easing, latest financial results reveal.
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Leading paint and titanium dioxide (TiO2) producers continued to report falling price forecasts for the pigment mineral, and a less severe cost burden throughout August.
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Calcination is an energy intensive process and as energy prices continue to increase, so do the costs of using high temperature technology in processing.
Kasia Patel
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Tom Gencarelli, ANH Refractories Europe; Don Weinheimer, US Silica; James Passin, Mark Bolton, Fluormin; Robert Potter, FMC Technologies; Gary Conroy, Huntsman; Richard Kelertas, Strata Minerals
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Austrian refractories producer RHI AG reported a minor drop in net profits for the second quarter of 2012, despite seeing revenue growth in both its steel and industrial divisions as well as an increase in margins.
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Patrick Cheetham, CEO of junior fluorspar developer Tertiary Minerals talks about vertical integration and discusses what China’s policies mean for the fluorspar market.
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