Alumina/Bauxite latest news

• December 2012

  Chinese ceramic proppants – not a perfect solution

  31 December 2012

  Supply and quality problems plague Chinese product flooding US proppant market

• Price Briefing 14 – 21 December

  21 December 2012

  Chinese barite and antimony both see falls coming into holiday period

• Industrial Minerals Inside Edge – 14 December 2012

  14 December 2012

  China bags vermiculite, lithium; new route to ceramic proppants, refractory bauxite

• Price Briefing 7 – 13 December

  13 December 2012

  Prices for zircon, rutile, antimony drop as year-end approaches

• New purification process converts bauxite to refractory grade

  11 December 2012

  Method could reduce India’s dependence on Chinese exports, say scientists

• Bauxite, chromite export limits could force price volatility

  10 December 2012

  Report says international politics are dominating global resource markets

• Industrial Minerals Inside Edge – 7 December 2012

  07 December 2012

  Fracking for UK shale gas likely; graphite remains exciting but reality checks abound