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December 2010
23 December 2010
Andalusite and fluorspar up; graphite, fused magnesia and fused alumina all firm
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20 December 2010
Refractory markets boosted as North America, Asia and EU steel output increases
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17 December 2010
Fertilisers are getting back to pre-crisis levels but a phosphate shortage is expected in the mid-term while potash is expected to remain stable
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17 December 2010
Rincon Lithium has become the first new integrated lithium producer outside China for over a decade, IM has learned, after its first batch of lithium carbonate was produced in Argentina
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17 December 2010
Recommendations from the UN’s Latin American lithium summit reiterate the importance of socio-economic awareness, but more significantly, regional co-operation
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17 December 2010
As China shifts its focus from exports to domestic demand-led growth, Mongolia has an opportunity to supply China as well as neighbouring countries.
Alexander Czarnecki assesses the country’s industrial minerals potential and its attraction to foreign investors
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17 December 2010
Bumpy road ahead for pigment producers as construction and automotive markets decline in the west but rise in the east, driven by an emerging Asian middle class
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17 December 2010
It’s not quite the case of “out with the old and in with the new”, but traders and consumers are certainly alert to new sources and expanding existing sources of dead burned magnesia (DBM) production capacity as Chinese supply gets tighter.
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17 December 2010
One of the world’s few sources of the natural magnesium hydroxide mineral, brucite, is to be rejuvenated with the formation of International Brucite Corp. (IBC) to market products from Marble Canyon, Texas
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17 December 2010
A group of US farmers have recently filed a national class action lawsuit against Premier Magnesia LLC (formerly Premier Chemicals LLC), Sumitomo Corp. of America, and YAS Inc.
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16 December 2010
Dead burned magnesia and REO steady; Antimony, potash and metspar moving up
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14 December 2010
Prices undergo seasonal downwards movement but demand to strengthen in Q1
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14 December 2010
Refractory markets healthier as Chinese supply uncertainties create opportunity
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03 December 2010
Turkish magnesite miner to start-up 100,000 tpa dead burned magnesia plant
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02 December 2010
Agrimarket joins class action against magnesia suppliers in price fixing allegation
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01 December 2010
RHI’s Mexican subsidiaries refused dumping review, duties remain
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November 2010
30 November 2010
Prices soften very slightly after increases last month, market “quiet”
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29 November 2010
Canadian talc-magnesite developer prepares for PFS with metallurgical test work
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25 November 2010
Availability of licences leads to lower prices for some smaller volumes
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25 November 2010
DB and fused magnesia prices cool; REOs and graphite make gains; chromite firm
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24 November 2010
IBC formed to market natural magnesium hydroxide mined at Marble Canyon, Texas
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23 November 2010
Chinese fused magnesia prices are rising fast with indications that they are $100-200/tonne higher this quarter
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23 November 2010
Oil and gas drilling activity is on the rise, fuelling demand for oilfield minerals such as bentonite – but the drilling mineral is battling decreasing consumption
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23 November 2010
The Rainbow Nation has significant mineral resources but will have to go through transformation to make the most of them
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23 November 2010
Ian Wilson and Larry Lai examine how China’s paper industry has carved such a dominant global position and the impact this has had on filler and coating mineral consumption
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23 November 2010
After the gloomy days of the financial downturn, dolomite could see opportunities coming from the refractories industry as an alternative to minerals such as magnesia
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23 November 2010
In continuing its policy of discouraging mineral exports in an effort to conserve raw materials, China’s latest announcement on mineral export quotas sees bauxite and magnesia taking the brunt of the squeeze
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19 November 2010
Falling output in China offset by gains in North America, Europe and the CIS
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18 November 2010
Austria-based producer eyes €30m. investment to supply South American market
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12 November 2010
Container freight across Asia gains interest as economically viable alternative
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11 November 2010
Leading lights provide insight to the latest trends and concepts in moving minerals
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10 November 2010
EC determined to improve resource access, resolve China trade dispute, targets Africa
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08 November 2010
Price hikes of $100-200/tonne to hit buyers as cost of export licences spiral
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04 November 2010
Austrian group to build 100,000 tpa refractory mixes plant, Rio de Janeiro
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03 November 2010
China’s industrial minerals see quota cuts of up to 11%, but metals increase
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03 November 2010
French group’s Q3 results show highest recovery in paper, refractories
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02 November 2010
K2010: US plastics bet on innovation and technology to overcome Chinese competition
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02 November 2010
September’s steel production figures see small monthly increase, Italy leading