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February 2019
28 February 2019
UK refractory material producer Vesuvius has bought a refractory products company in the United States to develop its presence in North America.
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27 February 2019
China’s domestic magnesia prices began a downtrend amid increasing stocks and thin buying activity, while exporters decreased prices by a small range but downstream buyers had no immediate need and are waiting for lower prices.
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26 February 2019
The chief executive of VV Minerals tells Fastmarkets that restrictions on private exports of mineral sands will be bad for production.
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26 February 2019
“For us, customization is essential,” ArrMaz chief executive officer Dave Keselica, tell Jo Isenberg-O’Loughlin, as his company spearheads a molecule-by-molecule drive to recover every bit of lithium the company’s customers pull out of the ground.
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26 February 2019
The global high-purity quartz market remains as tightly controlled as ever, despite efforts by China, junior companies and synthetic material producers to open up the supply chain, correspondent Rose Pengelly writes.
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26 February 2019
Cold water was thrown on the lithium market in 2018, with prices falling and lithium miners’ equity prices declining alongside. Fastmarkets IM believes the price weakness was front-loaded, with the market deleveraging into the prospect of two to three years of supply surplus.
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26 February 2019
An uptick in mineral exploration financing since 2017 is welcome but may not be enough to undo years of under-investment in identifying new economic deposits, correspondent Rose Pengelly finds.
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26 February 2019
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26 February 2019
India's Dalmia-OCL has bought German refractory producer GSB for $17 million, thereby entering the EU market with a focus on "cleaner steel".
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22 February 2019
Fastmarkets proposes new dead burned magnesia price.
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22 February 2019
Fastmarkets IM has begun a consultation on its proposal to refine the specifications of its European fused magnesia price.
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18 February 2019
The company, which sees volatile market conditions continuing this year, will focus on cash generation and cost control to reduce business risk.
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13 February 2019
China’s magnesia market has showed no changes in the first week after the Lunar New Year, with prices holding at current levels while more market players are yet to return from holiday this week.
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08 February 2019
Dalmia-OCL hails an increase in its clean refractory capacity after buying German GSB group.
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01 February 2019
Fastmarkets is reducing the frequency of market assessments of magnesia after market consultation