Magnesia features

• July 2003

  In the hall of the magnesite king - Asian DBM reviewed

  01 July 2003

  Chinese DBM continues to rule the roost in the 90-97% MgO range, but with the Asian steel market showing strong growth, and other niche markets on offer, there seems room for high grade DBM players outside China as well.

• Fine tuning plastics

  01 July 2003

  More than just a cheap filler used to reduce the cost of plastics.  GCC has established itself as one of the most important and dynamic functional minerals used in the plastics sector.

• Lithium - Living the high life

  01 July 2003

  For the past five years, the lithium minerals and Carbonate industries have been in a state of flux as brine derived carbonate has risen to prominence. The situation has now eased into a more stable equilibrium, with producers focused on developing their own mineral or carbonate-specific applications, and grabbing a share of some fast-growing markets.

• DAP to the future - US phosphate market reviewed

  01 July 2003

  As a swing producer of phosphate fertilisers the USA has borne the brunt of the global phosphates downturn with significant production curtailments. In this contributed feature, we explore how in late 2002/early 2003 diammonium phosphate (DAP) prices started to rally in what is hoped to be a prolonged multi-year recovery.

• Iron oxide

  01 July 2003

• New Horizons

  01 July 2003

  A foreign investor's perspective on propecting, mining and investing in South Africa

• Brazilian asbestos

  01 July 2003

• Sri Lankan minsands

  01 July 2003

• JSC Kombinat Magnezit

  01 July 2003

• Regulating nature - The case against borates classification

  01 July 2003

• Refractories - A question mark over bauxite supply

  01 July 2003