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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.
Saint-Gobain expands glassmaking capacity in China with JV

Thursday, 12 April 2018

The French glassmaker already operates three production units for automotive glass, and wants to capitalise on growing demand from the automotive sector in Asia.
EU maintains move to impose retaliatory duties over Trump metal tariffs, despite suspension

Friday, 23 March 2018

EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström says consultations with stakeholders and member states on imposing retaliatory duties will continue.

IM's February Price Movements

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

IM's monthly price movements.
Letter from the editor: pricing review

Wednesday, 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.
Proppant pricing "unsustainable" low: Fairmount Santrol

Friday, 10 March 2017

The US frac silica sand producer reported a loss in the last quarter of 2016 despite higher revenues and volumes y-o-y. While Fairmount noted an uptick in prices in Q4 and in early 2017, the company added that proppant prices still stand at unsustainably low levels.
Price Briefing 28 October – 03 November

Friday, 04 November 2016

Titanium dioxide producers continue to look for price increases while graphite, bauxite and fused alumina prices held unchanged and lithium carbonate and hydroxide 2017 contract offers show a wide range.

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.
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
Cracking under pressure? Glass markets in Europe

Thursday, 27 April 2017

The global economic downturn and the subsequent lull in construction has taken its toll on the global float glass market. Now however, as Sarah Gibbons and Liz Newmark discover, the industry is looking to a brighter future - despite there still being challenges for producers and the raw material markets which supply them.
Is India’s glass industry broken?

Thursday, 27 April 2017

Low per capita glass usage has marked India out as a major potential growth market for glass minerals, but so far this projected expansion has failed to materialise. Sunder Singh, IM Correspondent, looks at how geographical concentration and pressure from imports are hampering India’s domestic glass industry.