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Rare earths, fluorspar and graphite slide; frac sand logistics dwarf mineral value
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GS Yuasa sees recovery after 787s take flight; Northfield looks to Canada Lithium
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Confident mining license for African project will follow in a matter of months
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Texas-based transloading facility to benefit from unit train advantage
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Decreases for major producers across the board excluding China’s 6.8% jump
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Several private equity firms reportedly meeting with Rockwood management
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Ma’aden ammonia delay cost company $31m; JPMC former chairman to be fined
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Potash Minerals defines maiden resource; Red Moon receives drilling approval
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Minnesota Legislature sets environmental parameters for frac sand mining
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Manufacturers use Q1 statements to posit growth forecasts as slump lifts
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Mediocre steel industry growth could benefit V2O5 non-met applications
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Company to delay potash expansion by two years due to unfavourable market
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Kronos downgraded by Fitch and receives revised outlook from Deutsche Bank
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PhosChem to supply 400,000 tonne DAP to India; Tata closes DAP units
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Demand declines from India countered by strong shipments to China and Brazil
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African firms to receive consulting, training services under new partnership
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Development needed for fertiliser mineral output to keep up with population growth
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Sales volumes pickup while production drops 13%; ore costs blamed for results
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Increases identical to previous price hikes which were rejected by market
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BRGM considers sedimentary phosphate as potential source for rare earth production
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Surprises in TiO2 as Kronos moves to up prices; but graphite, phosphate, still low
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Revenue for chloride grade slag rises as legacy contracts expire
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Moroccan government investment targets production of 55m tonnes by 2020
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Palo Alto takes battery majors to court; Galaxy asks for extension on trading halt
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Plant under threat as power is cut off because of contract dispute with supplier
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Canada shows largest fall as Spring thaw tightens grip; US decline slows
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Free cash flow to increase to $97m by 2014; new capacity to help profitability
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Prices drop slightly but delayed planting will not reduce overall demand
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Expanding aluminium industry could be threat to TiO2’s CPC supply
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Cockerill Maintenance and Ingenierie (CMI) Groupe is a technology and service company, which specialises in the industrial and steel sectors as well as energy and defence.
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Recent titanium dioxide (TiO2) price hikes by major producers are unlikely to be accepted by pigment endusers, analysts told IM.
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The ceramics industry may have suffered on the back of bearish demand and flagging construction, but the sector’s major players are eyeing BRIC markets, while making expansions and acquisitions in far flung corners of the world, as Siobhan Lismore, Editor, discovers
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The spray roaster process (pictured) was originally developed by J. Aman in 1958 for the decomposition (pyrohydrolysis) of MgCl2 brines. Consequently, it is also well known as the Aman Process. However, its most common application is the regeneration of spent hydrochloric pickle liquors in the steel industry.
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The caustic calcined magnesia (CCM) market is not as large as the dead burned magnesia market, but there have been some interesting movements and some new spaces are emerging. Siobhan Lismore, Editor, looks into this market.
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Vanadium has, for years, been little more than a curiosity on the horizon, but this looks set to change. Traditionally, vanadium has been used as a strengthening agent for steel and titanium alloys but new end uses are emerging.
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Unlike some industrial minerals, which are unique to certain areas of the Earth, soda ash, or sodium carbonate, is mined and produced all over the world. Indeed, at least 95 natural sodium carbonate deposits have been identified globally - yet not all of these have been quantified.
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Eric Noyrez, CEO of Lynas Corp. speaks to Siobhan Lismore about supply, demand and the company's LAMP in Malaysia
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Will Belbin, Rox Resources; Akin Bayazit, Akdeniz Mineral Kaynaklari; Canada Lithium; Nelda Connors, Vesuvius; Gordon Cowe,Sirius Minerals
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Huntsman sees profits drop while Kronos scales back production and Tronox's shipments jump in Q4
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Rio Tinto posts $3bn loss in 2012 as the company's chloride slag is brought offline; Sam Walsh pledges “unrelenting focus”
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Positive prospects for increased global demand for industrial minerals in the oilfield sector were welcomed by delegates at IM’s inaugural Oilfield Minerals Outlook: Middle East, which took place in Dubai in January.
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To continue to lead Rio Tinto Minerals as an innovative and commercially successful business in the industrial minerals sector. I have worked in industrial minerals internationally for more than 14 years, and it is an interesting and challenging industry, yet rewarding in so many ways.
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Trust the experts - good advice when planning the logistics of moving minerals at a time when transportation can be as as much as 70% of the delivered price
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The demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is still growing, which is encouraging news for producers of rare earths, used in the construction of their motors.
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In the four months since the first edition of this article was written and then published by IM online in September 2012*, the march of project advancement has continued apace, more juniors are passing through initial economic evaluations, and two major developments, one game changing and one not, grabbed headlines.
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Borates are found in Turkey, the US, Europe, China and Russia and in South America. Turkey is the world’s biggest producer of borates and holds the largest reserves. The US holds the second-largest reserves, and is the second largest producer, responsible for around 40% of the market.
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The titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment industry slowed during 2012, and both chloride and sulphate producers have seen profits fall, particularly in the second half of the year.
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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.
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Graphite industry representatives gathered in London in December for the 2nd IM Graphite Conference, an event that was distinctly more sober in tone than the 2011 meeting which was held during the height of the graphite price explosion
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Prices for titanium dioxide (TiO2) feedstocks saw unprecedented rises during 2012, leading to increased profit margins for many existing producers and improved project economics for junior developers.
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