Industrial Minerals

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PRICING NOTICE: Holiday pricing schedule for 2021-2022

Monday, 04 January 2021

View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2021 and 2022.
PRICING NOTICE: Holiday pricing schedule for 2020-2021

Monday, 03 February 2020

View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2020 and 2021.
Digitalization of global trade gets major push

Monday, 27 January 2020

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.
PRICING NOTICE: Fastmarkets moves to annual methodology reviews across PRA divisions

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

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.

PRICING NOTICE: Holiday pricing schedule for 2020-2021

Monday, 03 February 2020

View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2020 and 2021.
PRICING NOTICE: Fastmarkets moves to annual methodology reviews across PRA divisions

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

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.
PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue prices in seven minerals markets

Friday, 30 November 2018

Fastmarkets IM is opening a market consultation to seek feedback on its proposal to discontinue a range of prices across seven different markets.
PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of baddeleyite prices

Friday, 06 April 2018

Industrial Minerals has discontinued two baddeleyite prices today and extended the consultation period for the proposed amendment in frequency to another one of its grades.

Industrial Minerals Prices July 2012

Tuesday, 03 July 2012
Head to Head: Baddeleyite v zircon

Saturday, 01 December 2007

The two mineral sources for zirconia are examined along with their changing patterns in supply and demand, which include corporate as well as geographic swings
North-west Russia

Sunday, 01 April 2007

The republics of Murmansk and Karelia, in northwest Russia, account for a significant share of Russia’s industrial minerals production, as well hosting the world’s sole source of baddeleyite. Dmitri Magazanik, of Infomine Research Group, highlights these key mineral sources and assesses the region’s outlook
EU H&S policy

Wednesday, 01 February 2006

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.