Industrial Minerals

Market Monitor

• Pulverised fly ash for tyres 09 March 2010

  RockTron targets tyre market with recycled PFA to compete with mineral fillers Read More

• USA sets duties on Chinese paper 08 March 2010

  US probe into Chinese paper dumping finds unfair trading; duties up to 13% imposed Read More

• Oil and gas exploration rises 05 March 2010

  February global rig count grows 8% driven by increased activity in North America Read More

• China to boost borates demand 03 March 2010

  Growth in Chinese fibreglass, glass and ceramics drives borates expansions Read More

• More lithium battery warnings 25 February 2010

  Concern over battery overcapacity for electric cars reflects lithium mining sector Read More

• Ceramics enter “exhaustive” recovery period March 2010

  Recovery to follow construction market; Italian ceramics sector down 29.2%; But 4.4% pa growth forecast for US tiles Read More

• Akzo paints business stabilising 19 February 2010

  World No.1 coatings producer reports stronger Q4 buts says “recovery is fragile” Read More

• Chinese glass demand on the rise 15 February 2010

  Demand expected to increase 8% a year driven by government spending programmes Read More

• AlF3 vertical integration looms 09 February 2010

  Strong fluorspar-AlF3 supply relationships necessary for survival, cautions CHENCO Read More

• Minerals Corp. in Toyota deal 08 February 2010

  Kaolin cement manufacturer to sell though Toyota’s Japanese networks Read More

• Chemetall looks to EV growth 02 February 2010

  LSM10: German lithium producer outlines EV predictions, warns on material supply Read More

• New Chinese kaolin cement j-v 29 January 2010

  Minerals Corp. and Zhejiang Dadongwu to develop low carbon cement products Read More

• Saint-Gobain glass settlement 26 January 2010

  Glass producer to install $112m. in air pollution equipment at US plants Read More

• EnterDel to double Li-ion output 22 January 2010

  Battery manufacturer to build new $237m. Indianapolis plant, doubling capacity Read More

• MTI wins PCC paper mill contract 19 January 2010

  US group plans to build plant to supply NewPage mill in Duluth, Minnesota Read More

• Amcol bentonite de-icer warning 08 January 2010

  Leading bentonite producer warns of risks in using bentonite as a de-icing agent Read More

• Oil and gas exploration down 08 January 2010

  December global rig count down 22% year on year but improves on previous month Read More

• China Ceramics Q3 boost 04 January 2010

  Leading Chinese ceramics producer increases Q3 sales by 16%; profit rises 19% Read More

• Italian tiles suffer worst year 30 December 2009

  Italy’s ceramic tile industry saw declines of 19.4% sales and 30% output in 2009 Read More

• More FDG gypsum crop use 22 December 2009

  US farmers encouraged to use FDG gypsum from coal plants to fertilise fields Read More

• China Ceramics expands 18 December 2009

  Ceramics group acquires Jiangxi plant and plans $40m. capacity expansion Read More

• Russia’s slow paint progress 15 December 2009

  Winter Olympics key driver behind demand from Russia’s paint industry Read More

• China makes its environment gambit January 2010

  As China finally commits to a figure for its proposed emissions cuts, heavy industry is immediately in the firing line Read More