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Lynas lashes out at Malaysian environmental probe

Monday, 22 October 2018

Lynas is calling for fairness from the Malaysian government during its environmental investigation.
Northern Minerals produces first rare-earth carbonate

Monday, 08 October 2018

The mine, which produced its first ore earlier this year, has produced the first rare earth product from xenotime to be refined outside of China.
Lynas lashes out at Malaysian environmental probe

Thursday, 04 October 2018

The Australian rare earth miner calls for "fairness, objectivity, and transparency" from the Malaysian government.
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.

Price Briefing: 8-14 December

Friday, 15 December 2017

Graphite spot prices in China overtake Europe; China Northern decreases rare earth prices; Pricing notice: ilmenite; Chinese silicon carbide exports dip, European prices edge higher
Jiangxi unveils China’s first rare earths policies plan

Thursday, 14 December 2017

Following China’s recent inspections of rare earth industry facilities and the resulting guidance, Jiangxi province has released a rare earth policies plan, which is a first for the East Asian country.
Leading Chinese rare earths producers sign cooperation deal

Thursday, 14 December 2017

Two of the biggest rare-earth companies in China, China Northern Rare Earth High-tech and Xiamen Tungsten, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement.
China Northern decreases rare earth prices

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

China Northern Rare Earth has decreased its rare earth prices for December, while China Southern Rare Earth Group has maintained prices.

How climate change policies affect the mineral industries

Thursday, 28 June 2018

Climate change policies have long been part of the conversation in the EU, which set strong 20% reduction targets for 2020, but as Vasili Nicoletopoulos* discusses, the push to go green has had an impact on the mining industry worldwide.
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.
2017: The year of the supply squeeze

Thursday, 14 December 2017

If 2016 should be remembered with a shudder, then 2017 will be remembered as the year when it became harder to source minerals. The supply situation changed for many minerals in the markets that Industrial Minerals covers, not least because many producers were simply shut down by strict environmental laws in China, or found it harder to source materials due to demand-side challenges, consultant editor Siobhan Lismore-Scott writes.
US exiting Paris Treaty not expected to impact minerals sector

Friday, 07 July 2017

In the wake of President Trump’s announcement that the US will be pulling out of the 2015 Paris Climate Treaty, IM looks at the significance of this move and the possible impact this will have on the industrial minerals market. By Mark Rowe