Industrial Minerals

Latest News

• Price Briefing: Week 12

  Mixed week for rare earths, barytes, refractory bauxite, calcined alumina Read More

• China bauxite prices steady

  Export prices for non-metallurgical bauxite stable but set to rise on weaker supply Read More

• Chinese barytes hit by drought

  Drought in south-west China impacts production of barytes, constraining supply Read More

• CF phosphate to launch dragline

  Third dragline to give added consistency to 3.5m. tpa Florida phosphate operation Read More

• Freight eases on new ships

  Baltic Dry Index soft on extra capacity as newly built vessels hit the oceans Read More

• Arianne focuses on phosphate

  Quebec’s Lac à Paul deposit could produce 2m. tpa phosphate and 1m. tpa TiO2 by 2015 Read More

• Fluorspar chemical prices surge

  Chinese aluminium fluoride and hydrofluoric acid prices rise on increased costs Read More

• TRG shows signs of recovery

  Mineral sands producer’s net loss reduced by 94% in 2009; positive on market outlook Read More

• TiO2 price fixing rejected

  Industry experts reject allegations of price fixing in the titanium dioxide pigment industry Read More

• Alkane eyes 2012 zirconia start

  Feasibility study due later this year at Dubbo, Australia, project; rare earths also planned Read More

• Carbon laws to hit refractories

  Industry expert warns carbon and energy costs could rise to 50% of production total Read More

• Rare earth shortage projected

  Roskill: Over 60% more supply needed by 2014 to prevent shortages outside China Read More

• Rio Tinto: Talc to be sold

  IM20: Minerals chief clarifies position on talc and borates, calls lithium critical to future Read More

• Most RE projects unfeasible

  Molycorp: Few rare earth projects can start in present market conditions Read More

• Imerys: Industry must consolidate

  IM20: French group looks to continue driving consolidation; no plans to enter lithium Read More

• Fluorspar strike continues

  Two hundred miners on strike at Minersa's South African mine over benefits dispute Read More

• Clean-tech to drive RE growth

  Molycorp: Magnets used in clean energy technology will underpin rare earth demand Read More

• Imerys hits out at regulation

  IM20: REACH to cost minerals industry €30m. over next three years Read More

• Great Western eyes 2012 start

  South African mine targets 2012 start up as global rare earth rush continues Read More

• Radical rare earth reactions

  Comment: Chinese export quotas are misunderstood but drive dramatic change Read More

• Beacon Hill magnesite delay

  Mining licence for Arthur River, Tasmania, project delayed due to court tribunal Read More

Supply Developments

• Chinese barytes hit by drought

  Drought in south-west China impacts production of barytes, constraining supply Read More

• CF phosphate to launch dragline

  Third dragline to give added consistency to 3.5m. tpa Florida phosphate operation Read More

• Arianne focuses on phosphate

  Quebec’s Lac à Paul deposit could produce 2m. tpa phosphate and 1m. tpa TiO2 by 2015 Read More

• Rare earth shortage projected

  Roskill: Over 60% more supply needed by 2014 to prevent shortages outside China Read More

• Rio Tinto: Talc to be sold

  IM20: Minerals chief clarifies position on talc and borates, calls lithium critical to future Read More

• Most RE projects unfeasible

  Molycorp: Few rare earth projects can start in present market conditions Read More

• Imerys: Industry must consolidate

  IM20: French group looks to continue driving consolidation; no plans to enter lithium Read More

• Fluorspar strike continues

  Two hundred miners on strike at Minersa's South African mine over benefits dispute Read More

• Imerys hits out at regulation

  IM20: REACH to cost minerals industry €30m. over next three years Read More

• Great Western eyes 2012 start

  South African mine targets 2012 start up as global rare earth rush continues Read More

• Radical rare earth reactions

  Comment: Chinese export quotas are misunderstood but drive dramatic change Read More

• Beacon Hill magnesite delay

  Mining licence for Arthur River, Tasmania, project delayed due to court tribunal Read More

Focus of the week

• Transition at Rio Tinto Minerals

  Gary Goldberg, chief executive officer of RTM, speaks to IM about the division’s outlook for 2010, the talc divestment, developing a lithium project in Serbia and the workers lockout at US Borax in California Read More

Market Monitor

• Clean-tech to drive RE growth

  Molycorp: Magnets used in clean energy technology will underpin rare earth demand Read More

Strandlines

• TRG shows signs of recovery

  Mineral sands producer’s net loss reduced by 94% in 2009; positive on market outlook Read More

• TiO2 price fixing rejected

  Industry experts reject allegations of price fixing in the titanium dioxide pigment industry Read More

• Alkane eyes 2012 zirconia start

  Feasibility study due later this year at Dubbo, Australia, project; rare earths also planned Read More

Processing

• CB Packaging expands UK facility

  Paper sack site in Bangor, County Down, receives 12,500 ft2 extension and upgrade Read More

Logistics News

• Freight eases on new ships

  Baltic Dry Index soft on extra capacity as newly built vessels hit the oceans Read More

Refractories Hotline

• Carbon laws to hit refractories

  Industry expert warns carbon and energy costs could rise to 50% of production total Read More