Mica pricing news

• GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Weak demand continues to weigh on China’s battery-grade lithium carbonate price 08 May 2020

  China’s lithium market was quiet in the week to Thursday May 7 with buyers largely absent due to the country’s Labor Day holiday (May 1-5). Other global lithium markets experienced a similar lack of spot activity, which kept prices in place. Read More

• PRICING NOTICE: Holiday pricing schedule for 2020-2021 03 February 2020

  View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2020 and 2021. Read More

• PRICING NOTICE: Fastmarkets moves to annual methodology reviews across PRA divisions 21 January 2020

  Beginning in 2020, Fastmarkets will review its pricing methodologies and price specifications across all its Price Reporting Agency (PRA) divisions - Metals & Mining and Forest Products - on an annual basis rather than twice per year. Read More

• PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of mica prices 10 April 2018

  Industrial Minerals has discontinued its 14 mica prices as of today. Read More

• PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue mica prices 07 March 2018

  Industrial Minerals proposes to discontinue its mica prices. Read More

• IM's February Price Movements 27 February 2018

  IM's monthly price movements. Read More

• Letter from the editor: pricing review 31 January 2018

  As we enter into a new year, I wanted to update you on some of the changes and significant developments the global Industrial Minerals team is working on to ensure that the market information and prices that we provide you with are of the utmost relevance to your business. Read More

• Pricing notice: Christmas schedule 19 December 2017

  Industrial Minerals will be closed from December 25 until January 1 in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays. Read More

• Pricing notice: Christmas schedule 28 November 2016

  The publication of Industrial Minerals’ price assessments will be affected by the Christmas holidays. Read More

• Price Briefing: Mixed reaction from results, all change (or not) from US and China? December 2012 issue

  November was a month which saw both the long-awaited outcome of the US Presidential election, and also - significantly - a change in leadership in China. Read More

• KaMin to increase global paper and industrial kaolin prices 21 November 2012

  Subsidiary CADAM also to hike prices due to logistics and energy cost inflation Read More

• Imerys hikes diatomite and perlite prices for Europe 01 November 2012

  Mica and kaolin also see 4-6% rises; Celite Murat surcharge to stay at €25.50 Read More

• Price Briefing 26 October – 1 November 01 November 2012

  Mineral producers show their hands as pricing comes out in quarterly reports Read More

• Imerys hikes prices of Europe performance & filtration minerals 13 October 2011

  Prices for calcium carbonate, kaolin, mica, feldspar to increase by 3-5% in New Year Read More

• Imerys to hike North America kaolin, mica, prices 04 October 2011

  French conglomerate to implement 4-10% increases on 1 December 2011 Read More

• Imerys Performance Minerals pushes up filler prices 03 November 2010

  European leader lifts kaolin, calcium carbonate and mica prices as costs escalate Read More

• Imerys raises kaolin & CC prices 15 October 2010

  North American kaolin, calcium carbonate and mica prices hiked 6-10% Read More

• Imerys raises mineral prices 08 March 2010

  Performance Minerals to up kaolin and CaCO3 prices by 8% and 6% respectively Read More

• Up and down 22 October 2009

  Chinese chromite hiatus keeps prices low while Imerys ups minerals Read More

• Imerys raises N.American prices 16 October 2009

  Price hikes implemented for calcium carbonate, mica and kaolin from 1 January Read More

• Imerys raises mineral prices

  31 October 2007
  Rising operation costs are blamed for a price rise on calcium carbonate, feldspar, mica and kaolin
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