Prices lag rising consumption in industrial markets while speciality grades look up
By Laura Syrett
Published: Tuesday, 27 May 2014
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A swath of first quarter exploration and production results
released in May for industrial mineral companies revealed that
both demand and prices are broadly stable across refractory
materials, while consumption is rising for minerals used in
pigments, fertilisers and drilling fluids. Excess capacity in
some markets, including rutile and refractory grade...