Magnesia features

• May 2003

  Smooth operator - Talc gets specialised for growth

  01 May 2003

  Talc may be a raw material, but consumers place great demands on it in terms of quality and specifications.  While this powers growth in the talc industry, it comes at a price.

• Chinese hot pot - Fused magnesia

  01 May 2003

  Refractory fused magnesite buyers scramble for Chinese 97 grades as supply shortens.  But new energy charges threaten a price rise while demand remains high

• Holding all the aces - Zircon

  01 May 2003

  As zircon demand outstrips supply, producers find themselves in a strong market position that looks robust rnough to last

• Celestite sales east

  01 May 2003

  Chinese trade winds create bonanza for Montevive celestite in Spain. Industrial minerals consultant Brian Coope investigates

• Asian ceramic clays - Fired up for growth

  01 May 2003

  Asia now accounts for virtually half of global ceramic production and consumption. Here Murray Lines of Stratum Resources reveals how local ceramic clay producers have risen to the challenge of supplying low cost, high quality raw materials

• Feldspar

  01 May 2003

• Upwardly mobile - Turkish feldspar

  01 May 2003

• Nigeria considers barytes ban

  01 May 2003

• Panama - A gateway for hi-tech minerals trade

  01 May 2003

• Vietnam's mineral potential

  01 May 2003

• Keeping score - South Africa's mineral royalty scheme

  01 May 2003

• TiO2 Pigments - A matter of cost and quality

  01 May 2003