Industrial Minerals

Latest News

• Price Briefing: Week 6

  Rare earth/graphite prices still strong; recovery underway for potash and soda ash Read More

• Rare earth pricing resurges

  Prices for certain elements back at 2008 levels on supply shortage, rising demand Read More

• Vale kaolin and potash rebounds

  Brazilian mining giant reports stronger Q4 for industrial minerals revenue Read More

• Rio Tinto Minerals’ profits down

  Annual earnings drop 9%, hit by lower sales for borates and talc Read More

• Freight costs set to increase

  Dry bulk shipping rates expected to rise on recovering economies restocking Read More

• New Hosokawa submicron mill

  Pulvis recommended for scaled up production of submicron particles Read More

• IFGL Refractories back to profit

  Indian group recovers from loss in fiscal Q3 as steel markets start to rebound Read More

• First Bauxite to expand in Guyana

  Group plans Tarakuli deposit acquisition to further non-met bauxite expansion Read More

• Iluka opens J-A minsands

  World’s no.1 zircon producer opens Jacinth-Ambrosia mineral sands project Read More

• Chromex restarts Stellite mining

  South African miner gearing up to produce non-met grades of chromite Read More

• Nevada lithium acquisitions

  American Lithium Minerals acquires nine deposits while Lithco expands reserves Read More

• Cristal South America TiO2 hike

  World’s number two producer raises South American pigment prices by $100/tonne Read More

• AlF3 vertical integration looms

  Strong fluorspar-AlF3 supply relationships necessary for survival, cautions CHENCO Read More

• Canpotex settles potash deal

  Contracts moving to spot market; PotashCorp ups stake in ICL Read More

• HEG to boost graphite production

  Indian graphite electrode manufacturer to increase output to 80,000 tpa in Q1 2012 Read More

• Agrium profits plunge in Q4

  Earnings fall 76% against Q4 2008; group hit by phosphate and potash price collapse Read More

• Compass posts lower Q4 earnings

  Milder winter weather reduces salt demand for North American producer Read More

• Chinese antimony prices turn

  Prices drop while Franklin Mining & Planet Resources announce Bolivian j-v Read More

• Brunner Mond: soda ash down 25%

  Closure of Netherlands plant helps European producer absorb demand losses Read More

• Minerals Corp. in Toyota deal

  Kaolin cement manufacturer to sell though Toyota’s Japanese networks Read More

• New DBM plant for India

  India’s NMDC plans 36,500 tpa dead burned magnesia plant in Kashmir in 2012 Read More

• Agrawal eyes lithium-ion market

  Indian graphite producer to double output by 2013 and enter Li-ion battery market Read More

• FMC profits rise 34% in Q4

  US group improves but soda ash and lithium businesses declined year on year Read More

• MTI Q4 profits rise 44%

  PCC producer reports higher profits as end markets show signs of recovery Read More

Supply Developments

• Vale kaolin and potash rebounds

  Brazilian mining giant reports stronger Q4 for industrial minerals revenue Read More

• Rio Tinto Minerals’ profits down

  Annual earnings drop 9%, hit by lower sales for borates and talc Read More

• First Bauxite to expand in Guyana

  Group plans Tarakuli deposit acquisition to further non-met bauxite expansion Read More

• Chromex restarts Stellite mining

  South African miner gearing up to produce non-met grades of chromite Read More

• Nevada lithium acquisitions

  American Lithium Minerals acquires nine deposits while Lithco expands reserves Read More

• HEG to boost graphite production

  Indian graphite electrode manufacturer to increase output to 80,000 tpa in Q1 2012 Read More

• Compass posts lower Q4 earnings

  Milder winter weather reduces salt demand for North American producer Read More

• Brunner Mond: soda ash down 25%

  Closure of Netherlands plant helps European producer absorb demand losses Read More

• New DBM plant for India

  India’s NMDC plans 36,500 tpa dead burned magnesia plant in Kashmir in 2012 Read More

• Agrawal eyes lithium-ion market

  Indian graphite producer to double output by 2013 and enter Li-ion battery market Read More

• FMC profits rise 34% in Q4

  US group improves but soda ash and lithium businesses declined year on year Read More

• MTI Q4 profits rise 44%

  PCC producer reports higher profits as end markets show signs of recovery Read More

Focus of the week

• Russian flame retardant market

  The steady growth of 11-13% in Russian flame retardants supports Nikochem/Rusnano’s nano magnesium hydroxide project Read More

Market Monitor

• AlF3 vertical integration looms

  Strong fluorspar-AlF3 supply relationships necessary for survival, cautions CHENCO Read More

• Minerals Corp. in Toyota deal

  Kaolin cement manufacturer to sell though Toyota’s Japanese networks Read More

Strandlines

• Iluka opens J-A minsands

  World’s no.1 zircon producer opens Jacinth-Ambrosia mineral sands project Read More

Processing

• New Hosokawa submicron mill

  Pulvis recommended for scaled up production of submicron particles Read More

Logistics News

• Freight costs set to increase

  Dry bulk shipping rates expected to rise on recovering economies restocking Read More

Refractories Hotline

• IFGL Refractories back to profit

  Indian group recovers from loss in fiscal Q3 as steel markets start to rebound Read More