Borates/Boron minerals
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Latest News
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Friday, 18 January 2019
Fastmarkets is discontinuing price assessments in four markets, extending the consultation period on two more and suspending one assessment, following a consultation process with the market.
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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.
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Tuesday, 18 September 2018
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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Friday, 23 March 2018
EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström says consultations with stakeholders and member states on imposing retaliatory duties will continue.
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Pricing News
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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.
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Wednesday, 31 January 2018
As we enter into a new year, I wanted to update you on some of the changes and significant developments the global Industrial Minerals team is working on to ensure that the market information and prices that we provide you with are of the utmost relevance to your business.
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Friday, 30 October 2015
Barite and potash prices at risk of decline; zircon prices fall but bromine climbs.
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Thursday, 29 November 2012
TiO2, borates, wollastonite, REE see positive signs; zircon, ilmenite prices drop
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Features
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Thursday, 17 May 2018
Two behemoths supply the bulk of the world borates market, making for a highly concentrated industry.
Myles McCormick, IM correspondent, reports on the tussle between the major players, the current dearth of exploration and innovative efforts to increase demand.
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Friday, 07 July 2017
In the wake of President Trump’s announcement that the US will be pulling out of the 2015 Paris Climate Treaty,
IM looks at the significance of this move and the possible impact this will have on the industrial minerals market.
By Mark Rowe
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Thursday, 27 April 2017
The global economic downturn and the subsequent lull in construction has taken its toll on the global float glass market. Now however, as Sarah Gibbons and Liz Newmark discover, the industry is looking to a brighter future - despite there still being challenges for producers and the raw material markets which supply them.
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Thursday, 27 April 2017
With the downturn in construction, demand for the group of minerals known as borates has been sluggish over the last few years. However, as glass markets start to pick up and producers look to diversify their products to meet growing demand in new regions such as Asia Pacific, this market looks set for a second wind, Siobhan Lismore-Scott, IM Consultant Editor, finds.
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