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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.
US considers 25% import tariff on Chinese minerals

Thursday, 06 September 2018

Many major minerals could be affected if the US goes ahead with a plan to raise the import tariff on China-origin materials as the trade war between the two countries gathers pace.
US to look at 25% rate for Chinese mineral tariffs

Thursday, 02 August 2018

The Trump administration has asked its trade authorities to consider a 25% import duty rate on Chinese minerals rather than the 10% rate it officially proposed in July.
PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of kaolin pricing

Monday, 16 July 2018

Industrial Minerals has today discontinued seven of its kaolin prices.

Price Briefing: July 13-19

Friday, 20 July 2018

GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Battle over market share triggers price war; PRICING NOTICE: Extension of consultation period on proposal to discontinue fluorspar prices; China’s magnesia export prices steady but domestic prices soften; Chinese soda ash price edges down on oversupply; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of kaolin pricing; factors converge to depress ilmenite import price in China
PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of kaolin pricing

Monday, 16 July 2018

Industrial Minerals has today discontinued seven of its kaolin prices.
Price Briefing: June 15-21

Friday, 22 June 2018

Foundry grade chromite prices hit new high; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation, amendment to iodine prices; China’s magnesia prices steady amid sporadic buying; Global antimony trioxide market softens, Europe resists; PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue talc prices; Lower producer offers weigh on Chinese brown fused alumina prices; Bauxite prices drop further as China supply remains tight; Foundry grade chromite prices hit new high; GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: China’s battery-grade hydroxide prices fall in quiet trading conditions; Trade log June 2018: Lithium; PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue selected fluorspar prices
PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue kaolin prices

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Industrial Minerals is opening a market consultation to seek feedback on the proposal to discontinue its kaolin prices.

A growth trajectory: ceramics markets look to Asia

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

The ceramics industry registered a dip in trade and production following the global economic downturn in 2008. But, as Industrial Minerals correspondent Sunder Singh finds, trade in Asia is now picking up, which is putting renewed pressure on kaolin, zircon, bentonite and other ceramics markets.
BASF invests $200mln in kaolin business for industrial end-market share

Tuesday, 06 March 2018

A positive outlook in end markets has fueled a significant investment in BASF’s kaolin business, while the company seeks new uses for the mineral within the industrial sectors.
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.
US exiting Paris Treaty not expected to impact minerals sector

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