Industrial Minerals

Africa

• AMMG confirms Australian minsands resources 18 June 2013

  Baobab Resources will not be focusing on exploiting TiO2 resource in Mozambique Read More

• Newton Gold looks to acquire Pugu Hill kaolin deposit 17 June 2013

  Company signs letter of intent to acquire the 2.3bn property in Tanzania Read More

• Work stops at Kronos’s Canadian TiO2 plant 17 June 2013

  Tronox settles bargaining agreement at South Africa mineral sands operations Read More

• IM Rare Earths News in Brief 8 – 14 June 14 June 2013

  China consumed 70% of rare earths in 2012; Pele Mountain doubles resource estimate Read More

• Lynas to implement minimum price schedule for rare earths 14 June 2013

  Higher long term prices needed to encourage end-market growth Read More

• African mining laws struggle towards transparency 13 June 2013

  New rules face resistance from economic and corporate headwinds Read More

• IM Graphite News in Brief 7 – 13 June 13 June 2013

  Lamboo gains more rights in South Korea; Syrah looks to outline Balama economics Read More

• Guinean mining code courts investors to unlock mineral wealth 12 June 2013

  State-private JVs are the future of resource development, says ACET’s Khama Read More

• IM Lithium Round-up 4 – 11 June 2013 11 June 2013

  Galaxy Resources managing director Iggy Tan resigns; FMC confirm Wyoming interest Read More

• Cristal final TiO2 producer to announce price hikes 10 June 2013

  All hikes 10-30% lower than Q1 increases; largest increase for Latin America Read More

• US sees slight uptick in oil and gas exploration 07 June 2013

  Canadian exploration slide slows; strong African performance continues Read More

• IM Rare Earths News in Brief 1 – 7 June 07 June 2013

  China proposes higher rare earths taxes; US committee recommends stockpile Read More

• Low iron ore demand pressures BDI 06 June 2013

  Baltic Dry Index slump on weak steel consumption but coal could be a bright spot Read More

• More TiO2 pigment price increases as Huntsman and ISK step up 06 June 2013

  New prices lower than those announced earlier in the year Read More

• Top mining companies cut spending as profits halve 06 June 2013

  Capital spending expected to drop by 21% as “industry in crisis” Read More

• IM Graphite News in Brief 31 May – 6 June 06 June 2013

  Syrah outlines Balama infrastructure; more miners look to graphene Read More

• Strikes end at Lanxess chromite mine in South Africa 06 June 2013

  Company hopes to avert further disruption by working with mining unions Read More

• Price Briefing 31 May – 6 June 06 June 2013

  TiO2 market sees price rises; amorphous graphite and fertliser mineral values slip Read More

• Sierra Rutile reaches nameplate capacity at Lanti dry mining 05 June 2013

  Latin Resources abandons Heldmaier prospect to focus on Los Conchales Read More

• Tunisia’s Meknassi phosphate mine to reopen in October 04 June 2013

  Country begins to ramp up phosphate production; mining strikes subside Read More

• IM Phosphate News in Brief: 30 May – 4 June 04 June 2013

  CRP turns to public to raise $10m; BMI expects market tightness will not continue Read More

• People and places: June 2013 IM June 2013

  Karen Swager, The Mosaic Co.; Christopher Douville, Ricardo Gotelip, ANSAC; Thomas Oury, DuPont; John Kanellitsas, Lithium Americas; Read More

• TiO2 World Summit: End users to continue with substitution efforts IM June 2013

  This May, in an egregiously wet Barcelona, Spain, the Smithers Rapra Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) World Summit was held and the central message was that TiO2 pigment producers must rebuild the bridges that they burnt so badly during 2011 and 2012. Read More

• Kronos sees 7% slide in TiO2 prices IM June 2013

  The major developments in the titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment industry during May revolved around US-based Kronos Worldwide Inc. Read More

• Presidential candidate to encourage mining IM June 2013

  Crouched in a hut in northern Madagascar, an old man angrily explains that the theft of the vanilla pods from his farm is rendering his family penniless and asks how his family can escape this poverty. Read More

• Private equity offers miners temporary funding alternative IM June 2013

  The assessment that the rift between mining and the financial sector is alive and well won’t come as a surprise to anybody in either industry. Read More

• IM Rare Earths News in Brief 25 – 31 May 31 May 2013

  Brazil targets rare earths sector; GWMG aims to restart Steemkampskraal early Read More

• Tronox and DuPont raise TiO2 prices 31 May 2013

  Follows on from Kronos price rises, but jury is out as to whether these will stick Read More

• IM Graphite News in Brief 24 – 30 May 30 May 2013

  Syrah outlines 1bn tonnes at Balama; Sunset acquires claims west of Lac Gueret Read More

• IM Price Briefing 23-30 May 2013 30 May 2013

  Steel markets to recover, Antimony trioxide flat Read More

• IM Phosphate News in Brief: 22-29 May 29 May 2013

  Arianne confirms positive phosphate testing; Stonegate Idaho development on track Read More

• Kenya to review mining sector licensing policy 28 May 2013

  Proposals favour investors over speculators in effort to boost resource development Read More

• IM Lithium News in Brief 21-28 May 28 May 2013

  Ultra Lithium begins work in Serbia; Bacanora and Rare Earths Minerals together Read More

• Tronox Fairbreeze minsands mine now has clear path to production 28 May 2013

  Mtunzini Conservancy drop Supreme Court appeal; Tronox to pay legal costs Read More

• American Vanadium becomes US flow battery distributor 27 May 2013

  Company to eventually integrate own V2O5 supply for energy storage products Read More

• Rwanda slaps 4% royalty tax on industrial minerals 23 May 2013

  New government measures to diversify mining and develop mineral revenue Read More

• Price Briefing 17 – 23 May 23 May 2013

  Rare earths, fluorspar and graphite slide; frac sand logistics dwarf mineral value Read More

• IM Graphite News in Brief 17 – 23 May 23 May 2013

  CCG posts loss on weak electrode demand; graphene paper moves closer to production Read More

• IM Lithium News in Brief 15 - 22 May 22 May 2013

  GS Yuasa sees recovery after 787s take flight; Northfield looks to Canada Lithium Read More

• Allana potash project granted environmental approval 22 May 2013

  Confident mining license for African project will follow in a matter of months Read More

• New frac sand distribution centre opened by US Silica 22 May 2013

  Texas-based transloading facility to benefit from unit train advantage Read More

• World steel production drops for April after strong March 22 May 2013

  Decreases for major producers across the board excluding China’s 6.8% jump Read More

• Chromite production hampered as workers strike at Lanxess mine 22 May 2013

  Workers and security guards injured during clash; workers ignore court interdict Read More

• Rockwood receives bids for TiO2 pigment arm 21 May 2013

  Several private equity firms reportedly meeting with Rockwood management Read More

• Northern Frac Proppants begins sand shipments from Alma, WI 20 May 2013

  Minnesota Legislature sets environmental parameters for frac sand mining Read More

• Steel refractories ripe for recovery, says industry 20 May 2013

  Manufacturers use Q1 statements to posit growth forecasts as slump lifts Read More

• New V2O5-graphene battery chemistry improves li-ion battery 17 May 2013

  Mediocre steel industry growth could benefit V2O5 non-met applications Read More

• IM Rare Earths News in Brief 10 – 17 May 17 May 2013

  US approves two rare earth bills; Arctic reserves open to international observation Read More

• Company Profile: CMI Group IM May 2013

  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. Read More

• Price Briefing: Titanium dioxide hikes unlikely to stick IM May 2013

  Recent titanium dioxide (TiO2) price hikes by major producers are unlikely to be accepted by pigment endusers, analysts told IM. Read More