Industrial Minerals

Quartz

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Refractory minerals taken off US tariffs list; TiO2 pigments, ceramic raw materials still included

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

Graphite, magnesia, alumina and silicon carbide are excluded from the list of China-origin materials subject to a new US tariff, as are antimony, rare earths and barite. Pigments such as titanium dioxide will also be subject to the duty, as will refractory finished products, some ceramic minerals such as kaolin, and lithium.
US considers 25% import tariff on Chinese minerals

Thursday, 06 September 2018

Many major minerals could be affected if the US goes ahead with a plan to raise the import tariff on China-origin materials as the trade war between the two countries gathers pace.
US to look at 25% rate for Chinese mineral tariffs

Thursday, 02 August 2018

The Trump administration has asked its trade authorities to consider a 25% import duty rate on Chinese minerals rather than the 10% rate it officially proposed in July.
PEOPLE MOVES: Imerys splits chairman, CEO roles, appoints new directors

Wednesday, 14 March 2018

Imerys has made a number of changes to its management board, with Gilles Michel appointed to chairman of the board while the role of chief executive officer will go to ex-AkzoNobel head of performance coatings, Conrad Keijzer.

Price Briefing 14 – 20 November

Thursday, 20 November 2014

Antimony and iodine down; ceramic proppants flat while Quartz Corp. ups prices
The Quartz Corp. to raise HPQ prices by up to 11% from 1 December

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Increases to cover investments and raw material cost inflation
Price Briefing – 1 - 7 June 2012

Thursday, 07 June 2012

High expectations in battery markets and optimism elsewhere
Polysilicon in rare price rise on US tariffs

Tuesday, 05 June 2012

Uptick in quartz-derived solar cell feedstock in response to US China tariffs

A closed shop? Examining the HPQ supply chain

Tuesday, 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.
The rise of the superabrasives

Thursday, 06 September 2018

Automotive manufacturers are demanding better accuracy and longer life from abrasive tools, and this has created an opportunity for a new family of high-performance synthetic abrasives, as Industrial Minerals correspondent Rose Pengelly discovers.
On the way up: Industrial minerals in India

Thursday, 22 February 2018

India has recorded economic growth of around 7% per year in the past three years. But while it has significant resources of some of the most widely used industrial minerals, this sector has shown only modest growth, as Industrial Minerals correspondent Sunder Singh discovers.
The sun shines bright on high-purity quartz

Thursday, 22 February 2018

With the United States gearing up to create a domestic solar cell industry to rival that in China, Industrial Minerals correspondent Cameron Perks asks what effect this will have on domestic suppliers of high-purity quartz.