Magnesia features

• December 2003

  All shook up - Calcined alumina

  01 December 2003

  These are turbulent times for the non-metallurgical calcined alumina business.  Divestment and acquisition activities could signal 'all change' on the supply front

• Drillng barytes going forward

  01 December 2003

  Barytes remains the most important mineral used for oil and gas drilling due to its unique physical, chemical, and magnetic neutrality.

• New pastures for magnesia

  01 December 2003

  With the refractories market for dead burned magnesia becoming such a tight and competitive arena, magnesite producers are exploring the potential for caustic magnesia grades

• On the tiles - Materials choice for ceramic bodies

  01 December 2003

  Selecting the right raw material for ceramic tiles is crucial to producing a successful product. Martin Stentiford outlines the choices available and how industrial minerals help to give different types of tiles their special characteristics.

• Nepheline syenite

  01 December 2003

• Processing progress in China

  01 December 2003

• Russian gypsum germination

  01 December 2003

• Ticor on course

  01 December 2003

• The power of graphite

  01 December 2003

• Checking out capital expenditure

  01 December 2003

• Resource management: is it just about limiting environmental impact?

  01 December 2003

• November 2003

  Back to the basics - Magnesia

  01 November 2003

  The Western sinter magnesia supply market is having a tough time.  Declining demand, cheap Chinese imports, and unfavourable exchange rates have taken their toll.  IM checked out the survivors to see how they were coping, and found that the future may lie in basic monolithics.

• Mineral sourcing - Right place, right time...right price

  01 November 2003

  The search for the right supplier and the right product is not an easy one for any raw material.  For industrial minerals consumers there are many variables to consider.

• The millers tale: between a rock and a hard place

  01 November 2003

  Zircon millers are shooting the rapids of zircon sand price hikes, tight supply, and soaring freight rates, while their own milled zircon prices remain low - is it all about to capsize?

• Plastic fantastic - Filled up with minerals

  01 November 2003

  Consumption of plastics in Western Europe has increased in recent years and growth is set to continue.  As Walter Hohenberger of Filler Consulting explains, growth for filler minerals will not be far behind.

• Pakistan's mineral economics

  01 November 2003

• Georgian industrial minerals

  01 November 2003

• Gambian mineral sands

  01 November 2003

• Progress on three fronts for Atlas

  01 November 2003

• New standards for construction minerals

  01 November 2003

• Glass fibre

  01 November 2003