Industrial Minerals

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Blooming cannabis market to drive demand for fertilizer minerals

Friday, 30 August 2019

Commercial cultivation of cannabis for medical uses is on the rise, with the sulfur, phosphate and potash sectors likely to benefit. But there are fears that the junior mining sector is suffering from a draining of potential investment.
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.
Price Briefing March 23 - April 5

Friday, 06 April 2018

Tightening supply gives zircon, rutile prices a boost as Q2 gets underway; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of wollastonite prices; Chinese lithium market remains slow but prices rise globally; Low-grade magnesia prices fall while stocks rise; Foundry chromite prices strengthen; chemical grade stable; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of sulphur prices

Price Briefing March 23 - April 5

Friday, 06 April 2018

Tightening supply gives zircon, rutile prices a boost as Q2 gets underway; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of wollastonite prices; Chinese lithium market remains slow but prices rise globally; Low-grade magnesia prices fall while stocks rise; Foundry chromite prices strengthen; chemical grade stable; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of sulphur prices
PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of sulphur prices

Thursday, 05 April 2018

Industrial Minerals has discontinued prices for two grades of sulphur.
Price Briefing March 2 -8

Friday, 09 March 2018

Prices rise further in chemical, foundry grade chromite markets; High-grade DBM prices leap on lack of raw material; Lithium prices rise in China after new year break; Chinese TiO2 producers cite yuan appreciation as they push for price risesPrice Notices
PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue sulphur prices

Wednesday, 07 March 2018

Industrial Minerals proposes to discontinue two of its sulphur prices.

The peaks and troughs of Eurasian mining

Wednesday, 01 May 2019

Turkey is the standout performer in Eurasia’s industrial minerals industry but its economic recession is affecting the wider region. Rose Pengelly looks at what neighboring countries are doing to boost their domestic mining sectors.
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.
Growth markets for new fertilisers

Friday, 27 February 2015

As a raft of new sulphur deficiency-addressing fertilisers hit the international market, James Sean Dickson, Reporter, examines the reasons for their emergence, and the future of the specialist crop nutrient industry.
Feeding the world: the future role for minerals

Friday, 27 February 2015

As the global population continues to expand rapidly, there is a growing need to increase crop production. Frank Hart* examines the role minerals can play in achieving this goal.