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Aachen 2018: What we learned

Thursday, 04 October 2018

Key takeaways from the 61st International Colloquium on Refractories, held September 25-26 in Aachen, Germany
Aachen 2018: Prices of refractory minerals expected to remain firm

Thursday, 27 September 2018

Most delegates seem to agree that prices for raw materials, including bauxite, alumina, magnesia and graphite, will continue at high levels with small fluctuations.
AACHEN 2018: Raw materials, price evolution in the spotlight

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Attendees discuss how market participants will secure supply for the coming year, and how prices are expected to perform going forward.
Refractory minerals taken off US tariffs list; TiO2 pigments, ceramic raw materials still included

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.

UniteCR ’17: Andalusite supply contracts expected to be shorter, costlier

Thursday, 12 October 2017

Market patterns governing andalusite trade are expected to change next year, as suppliers say they will seek shorter contracts amid a situation of high demand and limited output.
UniteCR ’17: Buyers brace for higher raw material prices in '18

Thursday, 05 October 2017

Several consumers of refractory minerals gathered in Santiago told IM they are certain that “everything will appreciate” next year as shortage of materials will trigger higher contract prices.
Pricing notice: Christmas schedule

Monday, 28 November 2016

The publication of Industrial Minerals’ price assessments will be affected by the Christmas holidays.

Out of the melting pot: A year of change in refractories

Thursday, 06 September 2018

After a year of reorganization and changing narratives in the refractories industry – from significant M&A activity to raw material price spikes, and from booming end-market demand to uncertainties in global trade – Industrial Minerals correspondent Myles McCormick takes stock of a changed landscape for companies operating in the sector.
Refractories industry remains cool under pressure

Thursday, 29 March 2018

The world’s refractories manufacturers are proving resilient, despite mounting pressures on the sector. How is this most traditional of industries adapting to unpredictable circumstances?
On the way up: Industrial minerals in India

Thursday, 22 February 2018

India has recorded economic growth of around 7% per year in the past three years. But while it has significant resources of some of the most widely used industrial minerals, this sector has shown only modest growth, as Industrial Minerals correspondent Sunder Singh discovers.
RHI Magnesita: Brick by brick consolidation

Thursday, 14 December 2017

The merger between RHI and Magnesita ‘makes sense’ because the refractory industry tends toward consolidation, while raw material shortages in China may lead supply to diversify elsewhere, according to the new company’s chief executive officer, Stefan Borgas.