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Mineral Commodities slashes ilmenite production forecast

Tuesday, 30 April 2019

Ilmenite production at Tormin in South Africa could halve in 2019, due to lower ore grades and reduced operating hours, Mineral Commodities says.
MDL Q3 finished product output rises, slag production increasing

Thursday, 26 October 2017

The miner has reported strong market conditions as GCO’s finished goods production increase 12.7% and TTI titanium slag output is up 8%.
Saint-Gobain boosts sales, profits in H1

Friday, 28 July 2017

Demand for flat glass and construction materials continued to rise in the first half of the year, as the several acquisitions carried out by the company over the past year led to positive group effect and injected extra turnover.
Court-ordered inspectors search mineral sand warehouses in Tamil Nadu

Friday, 19 May 2017

A ban on mineral sands from Tamil Nadu will remain in place, during a court-ordered inspection of inventories, in an ongoing spat over alleged illegal mining.

Mineral sand mining in Tamil Nadu could restart in short-term

Tuesday, 07 March 2017

Mineral sand mining could potentially restart in Tamil Nadu in the coming months following a temporary government production and export ban enforced late in 2016.
Price Briefing 22 – 28 November

Thursday, 28 November 2013

Antimony prices fall while graphite industry gives upbeat outlook

The rise of the superabrasives

Thursday, 06 September 2018

Automotive manufacturers are demanding better accuracy and longer life from abrasive tools, and this has created an opportunity for a new family of high-performance synthetic abrasives, as Industrial Minerals correspondent Rose Pengelly discovers.
Feeling the rub: Asian abrasives continue to challenge Western suppliers

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Cheap Chinese alumina has been undercutting abrasives prices and output in North America and elsewhere for several years, but recent supply restrictions in China could reverse this trend, as Industrial Minerals correspondent Rose Pengelly discovers.
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.
Cut and thrust in the global abrasives market

Monday, 22 August 2016

The global abrasives market is a fairly steady one, but new innovations in application technology are helping to compensate for areas of shrinking demand, Rose Pengelly, IM Correspondent, discovers.