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December 2017
25 December 2017
A roundup of the year’s main events in the global magnesia market.
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22 December 2017
Chromite prices remain stable, as do European magnesia markets; Huber announces increases in ATH prices for next year, while Orocobre expects a 25% rise in lithium carbonate contracts for H1 2018. Proposal to delist zircon grades, and Christmas pricing schedule.
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21 December 2017
The company is the second US supplier of alumina hydrate that is increasing prices because of higher feedstock costs.
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19 December 2017
Industrial Minerals will be closed from December 25 until January 1 in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.
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19 December 2017
Fused magnesia (FM) prices in Europe have more than doubled in the second half of the year amid a severe shortage of material but have held steady this month, albeit at high levels.
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14 December 2017
Small and medium-sized operators in the refractories sector are worried about additional pressures coming from two sides, as higher raw material costs come at a time when larger market participants get even larger through mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
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11 December 2017
IM's monthly price movements.
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07 December 2017
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is preparing to publish its first list of domestic refractory companies that comply with industry regulations.
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05 December 2017
Industrial Minerals proposes to discontinue three of its fused magnesia prices.
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05 December 2017
Reduced demand, supply shortages and the burden of environmental inspections combined to reduce China's refractories output to 14.22 million tonnes in the first three quarters of the year.
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01 December 2017
The European Commission has granted buyer approval for German group Intocast to take over the dolomite production sites in Italy and Spain and the carbon bricks operation in Oberhausen.
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November 2017
29 November 2017
China's export volumes of CCM, DBM and FM remain strong this year although they fell last month from September.
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28 November 2017
The acquisition of Agellis Group is seen as strategic to deliver performance-enhancing products to end-users as metals producers which see their production costs rising.
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15 November 2017
Refractories sales were on the rise in the third quarter on increased steel output, although raw materials sourcing issues continued to bite.
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14 November 2017
The company posted a high net loss related to the divestment of the carbon bricks operation in Germany, but business was otherwise strong in both refractories and minerals sales.
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13 November 2017
In its first trading update since the completion of the merger, the refractory maker highlights strong fundamentals in steel and industrial end markets, leading to high profitability and turnover.
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09 November 2017
The China Nonmetallic Mineral Industry Association has discussed the outlook until 2020 and listed key developments in the sector from 1987 to 2017.
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09 November 2017
The removal of China's export tax and quotas on magnesia prompted a boost in material shipped out of the country.
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06 November 2017
Strong chromite sales boosted the performance of MTI's minerals segment due to good conditions in its industrial and construction end-markets although its talc sales fell. The company will open a new precipitated calcium carbonate plant in Indonesia while it continues to focus on growing its business in Asia.
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01 November 2017
Further growth was seen in refractories within the high resistance minerals and energy solutions & specialties operations, while the acquisition of Kerneos brought additional turnover.