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View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2020 and 2021.
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The digitalization of global trade received another push this week, with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the government of Singapore and industry participants signing an agreement to facilitate and accelerate the adoption of technologies in commerce at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Beginning in 2020, Fastmarkets will review its pricing methodologies and price specifications across all its Price Reporting Agency (PRA) divisions - Metals & Mining and Forest Products - on an annual basis rather than twice per year.
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The approach of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2020 sulfur cap has sparked concern among international shipping companies, with many questioning how they will comply with the new regulation.
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Graphite, magnesia, alumina and silicon carbide are excluded from the list of China-origin materials subject to a new US tariff, as are antimony, rare earths and barite. Pigments such as titanium dioxide will also be subject to the duty, as will refractory finished products, some ceramic minerals such as kaolin, and lithium.
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The Trump administration has asked its trade authorities to consider a 25% import duty rate on Chinese minerals rather than the 10% rate it officially proposed in July.
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Demand from the residential housing end markets increased almost 15% in the quarter as a number of southern US states continue to drive the recovery in the construction sector.
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The French industrial minerals group has received clearance from European authorities over the proposed takeover of the speciality cement maker Kerneos.
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Robert Beekhuizen is to head the company’s management team and will replace interim CEO Don Paulencu.
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The construction sector stabilised in France after years of decline but, while both Europe and North America posted improvement, it was in Asia and emerging markets where the highest organic growth was seen.
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According to the Minerals Association of Nigeria, a number of countries including Canada and Australia have expressed an interest in the development of Nigeria's mineral resources, which present a huge opportunity as around 80% of the country's mining takes place on a small scale.
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With the recent publication of data for 2012, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has 100 years of continuous mineral production data - but what do they tell us about worldwide industrial mineral production? Teresa Brown analyses some of these trends and what they say about the industry as a whole.
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Company is associated with largest asbestos contaminations cases in US history
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Mines and Steel minister says local miners should team up with potential investors
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Bill to get a quarter of mineral royalties and revoke mining licences
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Country looks to develop industrial mineral resources; glass factory to re-open
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Uganda’s president calls on Russian companies to invest in the minerals sector
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Cash injection will help asbestos mining communities move to other industries
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Good management and solid projects are keys to investment, analysts tell miners
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PQ’s mine closure threats could spell the end of Canada’s asbestos operations
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Parti Québécois pledge to cancel $58.8m loan funding
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Mine Jeffrey’s chrysotile to target India, Indonesia markets; has a 20 year life
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Moscow to give two months notice if export duties increase
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Mineral demand slow despite China engineering a soft landing for its economy
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Government could issue new licences if health and safety conditions meet standards
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LAB Chrysotile remains closed, sheds 350 jobs, leaving no Canada mines operational
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End users increasingly concerned about scarcity; growing demand the major cause
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Asbestos from company’s 20-year-closed vermiculite mine washing into Kootenai River
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Quebec government grants another funding extension to Jeffrey Mine investors
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Country’s last major asbestos mine could shut amid labour strikes
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Asbestos producer blocks global bill to monitor transport of controversial mineral
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European politicians voice opposition to Canadian asbestos mining and exports
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Japan tries to write “60% accurate” test into global standard – EFA Laboratories
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Balcorp leads investors to fund Quebec project for export market
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Workers at Quebec mine accept restart investment from India-based consortium
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Holcim and Lafarge publish weak Q3 results but expect growth from emerging markets
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Government to curtail new steel and cement start-ups to help economic recovery
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5 year mineral project confirms chromite, graphite and phosphate, among others
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Authority under fire bans cosmetic and pharmaceutical talc-containing products
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Country eyes $1,000m. investments and cuts kaolin, bentonite & zircon export rates
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