http://indmin.com/RSS.aspx?FeedID=629©2010 Industrial Minerals60EnvironmentsLithium deal is as much about attracting investment as it is long term securityhttp://indmin.com/Article/2632298/Comment-Talison-lithium-deal.htmlFri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTIndian barytes poised for hikes while rare earths rise on Chinese quota cutshttp://indmin.com/Article/2631200/Price-Briefing-Week-28.htmlThu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTChina’s decision to cut annual rare earth exports by 40% will likely lead to supply shortages and surging prices for the rest of the world http://indmin.com/Article/2631393/Rare-earth-fears-become-reality.htmlThu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTExport tax rebate to be scrapped on more than 400 products from mid-Julyhttp://indmin.com/Article/2630686/China-cuts-export-tax-rebates.htmlWed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTChemical grade chromite & fluorspar on the rise; refractories remain sluggishhttp://indmin.com/Article/2626781/Price-Briefing-Week-27.htmlThu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTNeodymium-iron-boron magnet production set for return to US soil after 15 year hiatus as China places further restrictions on supplyhttp://indmin.com/Article/2604042/US-begins-legislationto-restart-neodymium-magnet-production.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTEuropean Commission report forecasts shortages of 14 raw materialshttp://indmin.com/Article/2604056/Europe-goes-critical.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTLithium-ion battery anticipation is the talk of industry as miners and developers eye future riches http://indmin.com/Article/2604078/Spotlight-on-spherical-graphite-intensifies.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe Pentago picks rare earths as most valuable as it puts a dollar value on Afghanistan's resources, while controversy reins over its lithium claims http://indmin.com/Article/2604090/US-values-Afghanistans-resources-at-909bn.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTAuto plastics hit a bump in the road http://indmin.com/Article/2473825/Peugeot-Citron-to-cut-mineral-consuming-plastics.htmlMon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMTUS government looking into rare earths supply as Chinese dominance is realised http://indmin.com/Article/2473866/TOP-STORIES-Fifteen-years-to-rebuild-defunct-US-rare-earth-supply-chain.htmlMon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMTVolcanic ash the source of a wide range of key industrial mineralshttp://indmin.com/Article/2473887/Minerals-from-fire.htmlMon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMTIM reports on MEI’s Processing of Industrial Minerals ’10 conference, held in Istanbul, which covered new lithium processing concepts, borates from waste and new uses for established technologyhttp://indmin.com/Article/2449532/Turkish-delight.htmlTue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMTMajor pricing developments and analysis. This month: rare earths, rare earths, soda ash, titanium dioxide, calcine alumina, graphitehttp://indmin.com/Article/2398711/Price-Briefing-March-2010.htmlThu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://indmin.com/Article/2398772/SUPPLY-SITUATION-REPORT-Graphite.htmlThu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTLithium seen as industrial ‘growth engine’; POSCO eyes seawater source; Eramet plans lithium buyout; Bolivia on back burnerhttp://indmin.com/Article/2399310/TOP-STORIES-POSCO-and-Eramet-up-lithium-activity.htmlThu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTWorld no.2 producer to close mine; Market loses 2m. tpa capacity; New olivine supplier soughthttp://indmin.com/Article/2399323/TOP-STORIES-Minelcos-Seqi-olivine-closes-after-just-5-years.htmlThu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTUralkali, Denis Morozov; RHI, Henning Jensen; Victory Nickel, Cynthia Thomas, Roland Horst; Opta Minerals, David Ascott; USMMA, Jack Lifton, Stan Trout, Tony Morcoshttp://indmin.com/Article/2378812/People-and-places-February-2010.htmlSun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe UK consumes a year’s worth of salt in five weeks as extreme weather grips northern Europehttp://indmin.com/Article/2378829/Big-freeze-sees-salt-demand-surge.htmlSun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTVictory Nickel Inc., based in Toronto, is working towards developing a frac sand deposit that overlies the company’s nickel deposit at its Minago project in Manitoba’s Thompson Nickel Belthttp://indmin.com/Article/2357152/Minago-frac-sand.htmlSat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTIM talks with Bill Moore, founder of EVWorld.com, on how electric vehicles could shape the next ten yearshttp://indmin.com/Article/2357160/Lithium-special-the-decade-the-world-goes-electric.htmlSat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTAuto battery development sees increased mineral and chemical opportunities http://indmin.com/Article/2357161/Lithium-special-Li-ion-in-the-driving-seat.htmlSat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTSimbol Mining increases acquisition activity as it nears a lithium geothermal brine extraction breakthrough which could eliminate the need for solar evaporation http://indmin.com/Article/2357162/Lithium-special-Geothermal-brine-breakthrough.htmlSat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTKeliber Oy explains how its green process has given it a footing to become Europe’s first producer of lithium carbonatehttp://indmin.com/Article/2357163/Lithium-special-Northern-light-on-Finnish-lithium.htmlSat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTWhile future lithium markets appear promising, Lara Smith outlines why suppliers should be treading carefullyhttp://indmin.com/Article/2357166/Lithium-special-demand-not-to-be-taken-Lightly.htmlSat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTHow significant upstream and market developments have shaped 2009 into one of the most significant years yet for lithiumhttp://indmin.com/Article/2357167/Lithium-special-countdown-to-Lithium.htmlSat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTCoal-fired power plant demise threatens FGD minerals futurehttp://indmin.com/Article/2357175/Climate-change-fall-out.htmlSat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTClosure of Exelon Philadelphia power units in 2011 marks end of magnesia use in FGD and hits 13.5% of US caustic calcined magnesia demandhttp://indmin.com/Article/2357197/Magnesia-FGD-outlet-to-close.htmlSat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTSummary of industrial mineral prices listed in monthly IM issuehttp://indmin.com/Article/2357156/Industrial-Minerals-Prices-January-2010.htmlSun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://indmin.com/Article/2343765/Diary-Dates-December-2009.htmlSun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMTDeveloping optimal milling solutions for FGD-grade trona can reduce injection levels and increase fly ash recycling, as Steve Coulombe of Sturtevant and Alon Vaisman of Malvern explainhttp://indmin.com/Article/2343774/Real-time-Trona.htmlSun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMTBelgium’s Lhoist Group explains how increasing industrial development and environmental regulation is opening new opportunities for wastewater treatment products such as its new Neutralac® SLS45http://indmin.com/Article/2343780/Water-borne-mineral-opportunities.htmlSun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMTA decade of industrial minerals: the turning of China, the rise of Imerys, a trading evolution, and refractory market consolidation – IM revisits some of the key events that have defined the decade http://indmin.com/Article/2343782/2000-2009-a-decade-of-minerals.htmlSun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://indmin.com/Article/2343787/People-and-places-December-2009.htmlSun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMTSeabed mining gains momentum as resource race intensifieshttp://indmin.com/Article/2343790/Underwater-the-new-frontier.htmlSun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMTSummary of industrial mineral prices listed in monthly IM issue http://indmin.com/Article/2323201/Industrial-Minerals-November-2009-prices.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTBritish lime producer Francis Flower is striving for wider uptake of recycled aggregate productshttp://indmin.com/Article/2323252/UK-limes-green-credentials.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTA potential Chinese ban has brought rare earth availability into the public eye with many believing a supply crisis is closing in. Is this premature talk or a matter of the utmost urgency? http://indmin.com/Article/2323567/Rare-earth-concern-hype-or-reality.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTReality of lithium demand sets in after SQM slashes 2010 lithium carbonate price by 20%http://indmin.com/Article/2323568/Price-cuts-give-lithium-rude-awakening.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTSome mineral end-user markets are showing signs of recovery, but new projects will remain a risky business until the effects of government stimulus packages can be quantifiedhttp://indmin.com/Article/2323572/Stimulus-funds-cloud-mineral-recovery.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTMurray Lines examines the key concepts and minerals in one of the most effective weapons against green house gas emissions, flue gas desulphurisation - the leading environmental market for mineralshttp://indmin.com/Article/2299379/FGD-capturing-mineral-opportunities.htmlMon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMTThe green revolution quietly continues in China as significant solar cell developments has quartz, silicon carbide & fused silica producers on alert by Simon Moores, Snr Assistant Editor http://indmin.com/Article/2299395/China-reaches-for-the-sun.htmlMon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMTChina’s low profile green push can lead to mineral demand boomhttp://indmin.com/Article/2299396/China-goes-green.htmlMon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://indmin.com/Article/2279176/Kipawa-heavy-rare-earths.htmlSat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTSummary of industrial mineral prices listed in monthly IM issue http://indmin.com/Article/2279190/Industrial-Minerals-September-2009-Prices.htmlSat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT20 Microns’ new grades of attapulgite and bentonite-based thickeners provide extra viscosity to water- and solvent-borne paints and coatingshttp://indmin.com/Article/2279257/Thick-and-thin-of-clays.htmlSat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTIM examines the validity of Bolivia’s $300m. lithium carbonate ambitions and the implications for the auto and portable battery industryhttp://indmin.com/Article/2279350/Behind-Bolivias-lithium.htmlSat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTLooking to fill the void: Filler grade barytes is suffering from the severe downturn in the auto industry leaving some with a demand shortfall of up to 50%. While times are hard, barytes diversity, outside of its dominant use as an oil drilling medium, is set to give necessary future stability to producers by Simon Moores, Senior Assistant Editorhttp://indmin.com/Article/2279407/Filler-grade-barytes-industry-in-2009.htmlSat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTExport trade issues appear to have little impact on positive signs for China’s economic recovery and good market prospects for certain minerals. These and other topics are up for discussion at IM’s 8th Chinese Industrial Minerals Conference in Qingdao, 7-9 Septemberhttp://indmin.com/Article/2279445/Chinese-recovery-on-green-light.htmlSat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTSorted for plastics: as talc’s filler use in paper continues to decrease, Ian Wilson discovers how the mineral’s role in polymers and cars looks set to drive the future markethttp://indmin.com/Article/2279460/The-global-talc-industry-in-2009.htmlSat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT