Industrial Minerals

Latest News

• Price Briefing: Week 27

  Chemical grade chromite & fluorspar on the rise; refractories remain sluggish Read More

• Cerium oxide prices creep up

  Supply for key rare earth material tightens due to Chinese export restrictions Read More

• European steel begins recovery

  Steel demand forecasted to grow by 4.3% in 2011 after Q2 2010 turnaround – EUROFER Read More

• Shipping sinks to one-year lows

  Dry bulk rates fall to fresh lows; Chinese iron ore demand falters Read More

• June oil and gas drilling up 44%

  Global exploration rises year on year, boosting demand for oilfield minerals Read More

• Tertiary eyes Norway fluorspar

  UK company buys rights for Lassedalen deposit; potential metspar grades Read More

• Mintek outlines development plans

  INTERVIEW: IM talked to Mintek’s new business development manager, John Batty, about his plans for the institute, including new lithium and rare earth projects Read More

• Asian metspar prices strengthen

  Strong demand from Asian steel markets boosts prices for metallurgical grade fluorspar Read More

• Potash back to growth

  Potash sales recover in 2010; capacity to increase over 30% by 2014 - IFA Read More

• New TRG rutile projects underway

  Sierra Leone miner seeks to recoup capacity and extend reserve data as demand rises Read More

• BASF hikes kaolin prices

  Prices for aluminosilicate products to increase $20-30/dry s.ton in Americas region Read More

• Chromite prices edge up

  Non-metallurgical chromite market rising on strong Chinese demand, shortages Read More

• Cliffs secures chromite majority

  Play for Canadian chromite junior pays off as Cliffs gains majority of Big Daddy Read More

• Phosphate to grow 20% by 2014

  Phosphate rock capacity expected to increase to 228m. tonnes by 2014 – IFA Read More

• Aluminium fluoride on the rise

  Producers push through Q2 increases for fluorspar-derived chemicals Read More

• Storuman fluorspar estimates grow

  Scoping study estimates 100,000 tpa fluorspar over 18-year mine life at Swedish site Read More

• Brazil cement output to expand

  Votorantim Cimentos awards Loesche contract for 3 cement raw materials mills Read More

• Chinese magnesia prices firm

  Tightness to continue into Q3 as market price of licences increases Read More

• Kerneos builds briquetting plant

  Shortage of suitable bauxite pushes French CAC producer to in-house processing Read More

• Fertilisers boost in Tanzania

  Tanzania’s Minjingu Mines and Fertiliser targets 250,000 tpa fertiliser by year end Read More

• Kronos TiO2 price hike

  Third announcement this year for products outside Europe and North America Read More

• Itochu buys Simbol lithium stake

  Japanese trading house secures Asian marketing rights for new US lithium source Read More

• Australia unveils new mine tax

  UPDATE: Industry consultation prompts Minerals Resource Rent Tax July 2012 Read More

• SOKA eyes Ukraine kaolin plant

  French group plans to build 75,000 tpa plant to refine material for ceramics industry Read More

• India re-imposes soda ash duty

  India extends duty on Chinese soda ash imports to protect domestic producers Read More

Supply Developments

• Tertiary eyes Norway fluorspar

  UK company buys rights for Lassedalen deposit; potential metspar grades Read More

• Potash back to growth

  Potash sales recover in 2010; capacity to increase over 30% by 2014 - IFA Read More

• Cliffs secures chromite majority

  Play for Canadian chromite junior pays off as Cliffs gains majority of Big Daddy Read More

• Phosphate to grow 20% by 2014

  Phosphate rock capacity expected to increase to 228m. tonnes by 2014 – IFA Read More

• Storuman fluorspar estimates grow

  Scoping study estimates 100,000 tpa fluorspar over 18-year mine life at Swedish site Read More

• Kerneos builds briquetting plant

  Shortage of suitable bauxite pushes French CAC producer to in-house processing Read More

• Itochu buys Simbol lithium stake

  Japanese trading house secures Asian marketing rights for new US lithium source Read More

• Australia unveils new mine tax

  UPDATE: Industry consultation prompts Minerals Resource Rent Tax July 2012 Read More

• SOKA eyes Ukraine kaolin plant

  French group plans to build 75,000 tpa plant to refine material for ceramics industry Read More

• India re-imposes soda ash duty

  India extends duty on Chinese soda ash imports to protect domestic producers Read More

Focus of the week

• Soda ash contract pricing

  France-based soda ash company Novacarb puts forward its case for a new pricing formula for the glass-making mineral, bringing prices in line with the costs of production Read More

Market Monitor

• June oil and gas drilling up 44%

  Global exploration rises year on year, boosting demand for oilfield minerals Read More

• Brazil cement output to expand

  Votorantim Cimentos awards Loesche contract for 3 cement raw materials mills Read More

• Fertilisers boost in Tanzania

  Tanzania’s Minjingu Mines and Fertiliser targets 250,000 tpa fertiliser by year end Read More

Strandlines

• New TRG rutile projects underway

  Sierra Leone miner seeks to recoup capacity and extend reserve data as demand rises Read More

Processing

• Mintek outlines development plans

  INTERVIEW: IM talked to Mintek’s new business development manager, John Batty, about his plans for the institute, including new lithium and rare earth projects Read More

Logistics News

• Shipping sinks to one-year lows

  Dry bulk rates fall to fresh lows; Chinese iron ore demand falters Read More

Refractories Hotline

• European steel begins recovery

  Steel demand forecasted to grow by 4.3% in 2011 after Q2 2010 turnaround – EUROFER Read More

• Kerneos builds briquetting plant

  Shortage of suitable bauxite pushes French CAC producer to in-house processing Read More