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A round-up of the year’s main events in the global antimony trioxide market.
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A round-up of all this year's events in the global industrial mineral sector.
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Producers foresee little prospect for continued antimony operations in a country that once was a major player in the industry, as regulations strangle business, writes Myles McCormick, IM Correspondent, from La Paz.
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Energy minerals still waiting for battery lift off; chromite market bearish over next 12 months
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The downturn of the global “commodities supercyle” and slowing raw material demand in China has been felt keenly in Australia’s resources sector. But while proponents of Australian mining admit the industry isn’t quite as mighty as it used to be, they say that there are still plenty of reasons to be positive Down Under, Siobhan Lismore-Scott, Editor and
Laura Syrett, Prices Editor, discover.
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Antimony, iodine suffer from slow China growth; Tough times continue for TiO2 pigment market; FM producers storing up trouble for the future
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Agrimineral demand recovery continues as flame retardant chemical price growth stutters; no gains in sight for mineral sands
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Antimony prices settle for summer months; Magnesia stabilises as spot market sleeps
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Fluorspar, iodine and lithium prices sink; Magnesia markets slow to pick up in January
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Fluorspar prices to remain flat to 2016, iodine resists further drop and rare earths halt their decline
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Vietnam boasts vast quantities of antimony, with numerous mines and occurrences. But it remains a largely untapped resource, as Tran Kim Phuong, Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (VIGMR), reports
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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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Antimony exploration in 2012 was characterised by a worldwide drive to increase global production
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November was a month which saw both the long-awaited outcome of the US Presidential election, and also - significantly - a change in leadership in China.
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While rare earths, zircon and TiO2 feedstocks slipped in September, antimony trioxide prices showed some recovery.
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Gerry Clarke discusses whether antimony is as scarce as indicated by the British Geological Survey last year and asks: Is there an opportunity to help head off a looming supply crisis?
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By March most companies had submitted their end of year accounts with differing forecasts for the year ahead. While a producer is unlikely to emphasise a fall in sales or volume, most seen so far have been relatively bullish when mentioning prices
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The emerging markets’ hunger for commodities promises to drive long-term demand for flame retardants with mineral raw materials underpinning this sector, as Professor Roger Rothon discusses here
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Mineral-based products play an important role in the modern flame retardants market. For magnesium hydroxide, a relative newcomer to the business, there is plenty of growth potential provided new technical solutions are available
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SMEs are at the core of the EU’s entrepreneurship policy
revamp. Michelle Wyart-Remy, IMA Europe General- Secretary, describes the problems industrial minerals SMEs may encounter when facing the EU health and safety programme.
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