Video News: Refractories report from MagMin 2014
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Published: Monday, 09 June 2014
Also this week: six new minerals added to EU critical materials list; TYCO unveils new system; PhosAgro helicopter crashes in Russia; IM Data launches Tesla report
This week on IMTV, we report on events from
MagMin 2014, which was held in Budapest at the beginning of
June. Among the topics discussed was a warning from
Austria-based RHI, which said that the refractories industry
cannot continue to rely on cheap magnesia products from
China.
Also this week, six new minerals including magnesite,
borates and phosphate rock have been added to the
EUs list of critical raw materials; and Tyco Fire Protection Products unveiled
its new Checkfire detection and actuation system at a
distributor event in Madrid.
IMTV also reports on the news that a helicopter belonging to
Russian fertiliser producer OJSC Apatit has crashed into
Munozero Lake in the Murmansk region of Russia leaving only two
known survivors.
Finally, hear how you can download your free IM
Data reports on how Tesla Motors proposed
Gigafactory will affect the demand for critical minerals,
graphite, lithium and cobalt.