Magnesia features

• 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