Industrial Minerals

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• Shipping costs up on optimism 11 March 2010

  Baltic Dry Index rises on Asian coal demand and bullish Chinese iron ore price forecasts 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

• Shipping costs sail upwards 04 March 2010

  Rates up as post Chinese New Year demand for steel bullish; spot iron ore rising Read More

• IM’s evolution continues March 2010

  Magazine redesign complements development of indmin.com Read More

• SUPPLY SITUATION REPORT: Graphite March 2010

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• 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

• Shipping rates lose direction 25 February 2010

  Baltic Dry Index flat as world waits for China to return to work after New Year Read More

• LME wants freight trade j-v 23 February 2010

  London Metal Exchange approaches Baltic Exchange on freight forwards joint venture Read More

• New S. Africa mining royalties 18 February 2010

  Postponed royalties to be introduced on 1 March; rate set at 5% of operating margin Read More

• Shipping wobbles on Greek woes 18 February 2010

  World economies impact shipping as crisis grips Greece, China stops spending Read More