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Market participants report tighter supply but iodine price holds firm

Tuesday, 12 March 2019

The iodine price was flat again although one iodine producer reported an increasing number of inquiries from consumers, while in Chile heavy rains affected production and logistics but only for a few days last month.
Squeezed margins: how iodine price increases are causing derivative margins to thin

Tuesday, 12 March 2019

Steep increases in price of the raw material have squeezed margins among iodine derivatives producers, while some companies are reported to be producing very cheap derivatives in a bid to gain market share.
Eureka, MGX sign JV to extract lithium from waste water

Wednesday, 06 March 2019

Oil and gas drilling waste water, which is already a major source of iodine in the United States, could open up domestic lithium operations.
Iodine spot prices continue to soften

Friday, 22 February 2019

The iodine spot market continued to weaken week on week, with the range narrowing downward in what could be a market correction.

Market participants report tighter supply but iodine price holds firm

Tuesday, 12 March 2019

The iodine price was flat again although one iodine producer reported an increasing number of inquiries from consumers, while in Chile heavy rains affected production and logistics but only for a few days last month.
Iodine spot prices continue to soften

Friday, 22 February 2019

The iodine spot market continued to weaken week on week, with the range narrowing downward in what could be a market correction.
Iodine price range continues to widen downward

Monday, 18 February 2019

The low end of the spot price range for iodine has fallen for the third time in a month, with Japanese producers reporting low sales prices.
Iodine price maintains upward trend

Friday, 18 January 2019

The price of iodine price has risen for a second week, while market participants query SQM’s latest proposed expansion.

YEAR IN REVIEW 2018: Iodine

Friday, 04 January 2019

A round-up of the year’s main events in the global iodine market.
Year in Review 2018

Thursday, 20 December 2018

A round-up of all this year's events in the global industrial mineral sector.
What goes up…

Friday, 07 July 2017

As the dust settles following a price war that has quartered the market value of iodine in recent years, IM reports from Chile on the causes of the roller coaster ride in the market and looks to the future of demand for the mineral.
Russia to revive Tyumen iodine and bromine project

Thursday, 22 October 2015

The Cherkashinskoye industrial site in Tyumen Oblast was assessed for iodine and bromine production from mineral-rich brines towards the end of the Soviet era, but a lack of funding and appropriate technologies scuppered the project. Now, locally-based Tyumen Resources Co. is seeking to deploy a unique new method for extracting iodine, with the support of the local university and regional government, Vladislav Vorotnikov, IM Correspondent, reports.