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June 2014
30 June 2014
Company follows Solvay in raising prices but is likely to face negotiation from buyers
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27 June 2014
Weak mineral sands market expected to turn around; Uralkali’s focus on prices good news for potash
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25 June 2014
The closure of the Osborne plant is of course bad news for Penrice, but it also highlights the tough economic landscape facing Australian miners. This year Galaxy Resources closed its Mt Cattlin spodumene mine and plant, citing high operating costs.
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23 June 2014
FMC’s updated outlook shows the impact the cold weather had on its agricultural section and how important this is to its overall business; however, in industrial minerals, the outlook is still strong, which bodes well for the soda ash and lithium industry
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23 June 2014
By bringing the Mining Bill to the Kenya’s court, companies which exploit important industrial mineral reserves in the country, could prevent an excessive concentration of state’s power in the mining sector, which would be badly impacted by the present bill.
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19 June 2014
Antimony settles for summer; Iofina denies slashing iodine prices
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16 June 2014
Buyers likely to haggle down costs as doubts remain over strength of market
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02 June 2014
Rising energy costs and challenging end market conditions have impacted soda ash producers in recent years, leading to the closure of plants and numerous redundancies. However, as the economy picks up, producers remain confident that a demand turnaround for the industry will happen with annual increases of 1.5% expected.