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December 2008
01 December 2008
Tile and sanitaryware are the main end uses for feldspar,
but as the global financial crisis hits construction, and
therefore ceramics demand, are the markets draining away? And will emerging economies and new applications also get flushed?
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01 December 2008
Industrial minerals are expected to play an important role in Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification policy. Amongst other minerals the country hosts high quality silica sand, quartz, and quartzite deposits. Mian Habib et al examine the country’s investment in high purity silica minerals, and highlights supply and demand
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01 December 2008
Developments in the technical ceramic’s world have been
fast and furious over the last ten to fifteen years. Alison
Russell reviews the industry’s new and established markets and outlines where and why minerals are consumed
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01 December 2008
Murray Lines reports on the 32nd ASEAN Glass Conference held 7-10 October 2008 in Borneo. Amongst topics and trends covered was the outlook for glass packaging, central to glass minerals’ prospects in the Asia Pacific region
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01 December 2008
PLUS: New Chinese export taxes; Kaolin cut-backs in the Americas;
Lithium: handling the hype;
Lithium sales & acquisitions;
PotashCorp strike deal agreed;
Uralkali faces investigation, cuts output;
Uralkali under government spotlight;
Potash round-up;
ANSAC hit by $1m. fine and ban in S. Africa;
Bulgarian vermiculite start-up;
New Chinese andalusite production;
Namibia phosrock from sediments;
Imerys reaffirms French mica;
Marifil buys into Argentine limestone;
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November 2008
03 November 2008
From construction to paints to cosmetics, mica is the most
versatile of any industrial mineral. While its main
construction end market is experiencing a downturn in
Europe and North America, the slump is mitigated by
demand from a host of other markets
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03 November 2008
With olivine attracting increasing attention outside of its traditional application as a slag conditioner, is the main
market for this strategic mineral about to change?
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03 November 2008
Toothpaste, tyres and technology are driving demand for speciality silicas. Future trends in end uses for these niche silica grades are examined
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03 November 2008
Innovations are expanding markets for mineral use in
plastics, demand for which is forecast to rise in the long
term. Alison Russell reviews trends in plastics usage and
end markets, and industrial mineral consumption
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03 November 2008
PLUS: Imerys launches Euro30m. refractory minerals investment programme; Galaxy eyes 1m. tpa spodumene output; Chinese magnesia movers & shakers; QMAG/Possehl end MgO relationship; PotashCorp: "Russias new potash market"; Mexican 4.3 SG barytes on verge of production; Financial crash hits mineral freight; Wolkem expands into lime market; Solvay soda ash expands into Africa
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03 November 2008
PLUS: Houying starts up new plant; LWB expands Chizhou plant
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03 November 2008
A report on the 16th Functional Fillers conference organised by Intertech-Pira, held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on 22-24 September 2008, and comprised 16 papers spread over four sessions, plus optional seminars on plastic fillers selection and flame retardants.
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03 November 2008
How are Chinese trading companies managing changes in the global economy? IM asked Zhang Daming, general manager of Beijing International Trading Corp., for his secret on keeping customers
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03 November 2008