Iodine and zirconia lead surge
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Published: Thursday, 12 March 2009
Iodine and fused zirconia prices up; magnesite stable; fertiliser minerals stagnant or falling; lime and graphite hit by steel downturn
In complete
contrast to nearly every other industrial mineral, a lack of
new production has pushed iodine prices up by a substantial 20%
as demand from manufacturers of products with LCD screens
squeeze supply.
Fused zirconia also experienced an uptick, as
producers...