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December 2010
23 December 2010
Andalusite and fluorspar up; graphite, fused magnesia and fused alumina all firm
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22 December 2010
New Index based on Australian smelter grade gives independent view of spot market
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November 2010
23 November 2010
But short supply expected to ease by Q1 2011, releasing pricing pressure
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11 November 2010
Upward trend for graphite, fused alumina & magnesia, REs, potash, and trioxide
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October 2010
28 October 2010
Graphite, barytes and rare earths on the rise; spodumene set for 2011 hikes
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September 2010
02 September 2010
REs still rocketing, magnesia & alumina rises; Q4 talks for chromite and potash
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August 2010
26 August 2010
Firming prices for speciality alumina could translate into higher gains in Q4
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July 2010
30 July 2010
Mixed fortunes this week, as cerium and lanthanum oxide prices power ahead
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08 July 2010
Chemical grade chromite & fluorspar on the rise; refractories remain sluggish
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June 2010
29 June 2010
Demand sluggish ahead of summer plant closures; BFA also likely to remain stable
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24 June 2010
Bauxite, wollastonite and fluorspar on the rise while antimony trioxide slips further
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22 June 2010
After increases in USA, European alumina prices raised on cost pressures
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17 June 2010
Chinese magnesia and bauxite quotas, fused prices up, while sulphur to drop in Q3
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17 June 2010
US prices to nudge up on improved demand and tight supply, industry sources say
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10 June 2010
Gathering storm clouds of power costs, strikes and shortages hang over prices
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May 2010
20 May 2010
Chinese energy hikes hit fused minerals; mixed week for rare earths and TiO2 pigment
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13 May 2010
Magnesite market “a mess”; price rises for talc, BFA, cerium oxide and iron oxide
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06 May 2010
Increases for zircon, fused magnesia, chromite, antimony trioxide and TiO2
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April 2010
22 April 2010
Rare earths and refractory bauxite steady as antimony, metspar and soda ash climb
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19 April 2010
Chinese non-met prices still steady while refractory grade from Guyana inches higher
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16 April 2010
Prices for brown fused alumina rise on Chinese electricity shortages, raw materials
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15 April 2010
Prices firming for fused alumina, graphite, barytes, ATH, bromine and antimony
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14 April 2010
Sharp drop in supply of aluminium trihydrate pushes up non-met alumina prices
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08 April 2010
Antimony trioxide prices climb, along with ATH, fluorspar, graphite and rare earths
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01 April 2010
Refractory bauxite price hike expected; antimony trioxide and chromite on the rise
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March 2010
26 March 2010
Mixed week for rare earths, barytes, refractory bauxite, calcined alumina
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26 March 2010
Export prices for non-metallurgical bauxite stable but set to rise on weaker supply
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17 March 2010
Prices reaching levels seen at 2008 peak due to ongoing bauxite shortages in China
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February 2010
25 February 2010
Major pricing developments and analysis. This month: rare earths, rare earths, soda ash, titanium dioxide, calcine alumina, graphite
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05 February 2010
Alumina prices stabilised with continued low demand from refractories market
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January 2010
28 January 2010
Prices for non-metallurgical alumina at 2009 levels despite met grade surge
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21 January 2010
Editor’s Comment: Sulphur prices double while antimony and graphite rise