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October 2014
30 October 2014
The higher sales and profitability FMC is experiencing in its lithium and soda ash business arm spell good news for these markets on a global level, as FMC is a leading producer in both markets.
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29 October 2014
Boiler will cut costs making Solvay more competitive in the synthetic soda ash market
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28 October 2014
The latest acquisition highlights the French company’s desire to expand into emerging markets and with good reason; in its latest set of results, the group underscored good gains in these markets and demand appears to be stable.
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16 October 2014
Rising salt values push up soda ash prices and narrow margins for glass makers
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16 October 2014
Iodine and rare earths fall while Indian soda ash prices climb
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09 October 2014
The UK port invests £2m in new crane to handle additional soda ash imports
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09 October 2014
The Belgian chemical company is a significant producer of soda ash and rare earths products and despite highlighting challenges in some business areas and geographical regions, its confident outlook is a positive sign for the mineral industry.
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08 October 2014
Baker Hughes rig count data shows a sustained rise in oilfield drilling over the past year for the US. Despite strong geopolitical instability in large production regions, oil prices have fallen recently on the back of strong US domestic production and Japanese plans to restart nuclear reactors. This raises the question of whether can the US sustain the frac sand boom on lower oil and gas prices, and whether the rest of the world due a fall in rig counts as demand falters.
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03 October 2014
Solvay is pushing ahead with its desire to remain in the soda ash business by vying to cut costs where it can. The new steam boiler requires significant investment, but will see energy costs, which are substantial in a synthetic soda ash operation, cut by between 6-7%.
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03 October 2014
The news that O-I is expanding its reach is good for them – and for the industrial minerals which serve the glass container market. Soda ash facilities operating in the US, in Wyoming, include Solvay, FMC, Tata Chemicals and OCI.
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02 October 2014
After the closure of its ammonia facilities owing to the political instability in Ukraine, Group DF has now had its TiO2 operations forcefully disrupted, and all manufacturing has ground to a halt. The company has however said that it will not move away from TiO2 as a core business.