Industrial Minerals

Refractories, Metallurgy, Foundry, Abrasives

• Price Briefing: Week 11 18 March 2010

  Upward price pressure on bauxite and BFA; soda ash and potash recovery continues Read More

• Graphit Kropfmuhl earnings slide 18 March 2010

  Tough economic conditions and higher raw materials costs hit German graphite group Read More

• Chinese refractory bauxite tight 17 March 2010

  Xiaoyi mines could remain closed for 2 further years; high quality material low Read More

• China bauxite and BFA rebound 17 March 2010

  Prices reaching levels seen at 2008 peak due to ongoing bauxite shortages in China Read More

• RHI sees refractory light 15 March 2010

  Austrian producer shows signs of recovery in the final quarter of a difficult year Read More

• Almatis lenders agree debt deal 12 March 2010

  Debt restructuring of speciality alumina producer to include Chapter 11 bankruptcy Read More

• S&B bentonite sales fall 26% 12 March 2010

  Bauxite, bentonite and perlite sales down, but improvements seen in second half Read More

• Price Briefing: Week 10 11 March 2010

  Sulphur climbs, rare earths moving up, chromite set to rise and other market news Read More

• USA cracks down on dumping 11 March 2010

  Chinese companies found guilty in paper, fertiliser and refractory brick trade probes; China brands investigations “discriminatory” Read More

• Refractory dumping: China guilty 11 March 2010

  USA finds China and Mexico guilty of refractory brick dumping; duties imposed Read More

• Bissett Creek graphite boost 11 March 2010

  Stronger prices rekindle interest in Bissett Creek as Northern Graphite raises $1.44m Read More

• Chromite prices set to rise 05 March 2010

  High ferrochrome demand puts pressure on non-met chromite prices Read More

• S Africa to enter graphite market? 04 March 2010

  Jonkel expected to be South Africa’s first graphite producer before the end of 2010 Read More

• Price Briefing: Week 9 04 March 2010

  TiO2 and bromide raised while perlite firms and IM launches lithium hydroxide price Read More

• Globex eyes 1m. tpa talc ore 03 March 2010

  Resource estimate indicates 1m. tpa of talc and magnesite mill feed possible Read More

• Zircon firms on Chinese sales 02 March 2010

  Prices steady as Iluka aims at 500,000 tpa zircon output from 2011 Read More

• Cookson refractories recovering 02 March 2010

  Vesuvius and Foseco improve towards end of 2009 on steel recovery and cost cutting Read More

• TOP STORIES: Minelco’s Seqi olivine closes after just 5 years March 2010

  World no.2 producer to close mine; Market loses 2m. tpa capacity; New olivine supplier sought Read More

• TOP STORIES: Vertical integration drives M&A activity March 2010

  Metals groups search for next big profits; Huge deals grip fertiliser industry; $350m. for fluorspar source Read More

• TOP STORIES: South Africa rejoins wollastonite supply March 2010

  Namaqua to start up April 2010; Targets 23,000 tonnes for 2014; New world class producer? Read More

• SUPPLY SITUATION REPORT: Graphite March 2010

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• Asian steel growth led by China March 2010

  Chinese steel output up 13.5%; Chinese refractory mineral exports down 58% Read More

• Price Briefing: March 2010 March 2010

  Major pricing developments and analysis. This month: rare earths, rare earths, soda ash, titanium dioxide, calcine alumina, graphite Read More

• Fluorspar forging ahead March 2010

  Metspar and acidspar demand bolstered by healthy outlook for aluminium and steel Read More

• Turkey feeds Amcol’s Europe ambition March 2010

  New Turkish mine becomes ‘powerhouse’ of Amcol Minerals Europe as the bentonite mining and processing group gains security from consumer related products Read More