Industrial Minerals

Latest News

• Price Briefing: Week 30

  Mixed fortunes this week, as cerium and lanthanum oxide prices power ahead Read More

• PotashCorp's Q2 profits surge

  Potash sales volumes rocket to 1.9m. tonnes but phosphate lags behind Read More

• Magnezit upgrades Slovmag

  Russian group ups refractories capacity and magnesia supply for Slovakian acquisition Read More

• FMC’s Q2 profits up 35%

  Earnings up 35% as lithium, phosphate and soda ash volumes increase Read More

• Metso builds strong Q2 orders

  Mining division benefits as confidence returns to long-term mineral projects Read More

• Soda ash sales boost Solvay Q2

  Chemicals unit increases profit by 11% as soda ash and fluorochem volumes recover Read More

• Freight rates bobble up

  Dry bulk shipping rates bounces in line with stronger iron ore buying Read More

• Antimony trioxide prices fall

  Chinese stop-start production and rumours driving wide price fluctuations Read More

• New fund tracks lithium industry

  Global X Lithium ETF provides boost, but will not be a guide to global demand Read More

• Argex plans Quebec TiO2 project

  Canadian junior expects 600,000 tpa titanium dioxide feedstock production by '13 Read More

• Legend to start mining in 2013

  Australian group to start phosphate and fertiliser production at Mt Isa in 3 years Read More

• Nigeria aims to unlock minerals

  Barytes, kaolin and limestone targeted for government development fund Read More

• DuPont TiO2 rebounds in Q2

  US chemicals group’s TiO2 segment more than triples profits in Q2 on stronger demand Read More

• Rockwood profit up 37% in Q2

  Lithium and TiO2 businesses help drive recovery for US speciality chemicals group Read More

• Slower iodine growth forecasted

  Demand expected to rise 3.5% a year driven by use in LCD screens – Roskill Read More

• Fears grow over drilling ban

  Opposition to Gulf of Mexico oil drilling ban intensifies; Washington steadfast Read More

• Carborundum expands Russia SiC

  Indian group invests $75m. to build 100,000 tpa silicon carbide plant in Volgograd Read More

• AkzoNobel boosts paint sales

  Paints and coatings start recovery as world’s no.1 producer boosts Q2 profits Read More

• Fatal blast at zinc oxide plant

  Horsehead’s Pennsylvania zinc oxide plant shut down after explosion kills two Read More

• China expands lithium output

  Qinghai province to boost lithium carbonate production five-fold by 2015 – report Read More

• Mosaic boosts Q4 profits

  Potash recovery drives four-fold increase in operating profit; phosphate prices rise Read More

• MTI to build India PCC plant

  Minerals Technologies’ to supply filler minerals at Ballapur’s Orissa paper mill Read More

Supply Developments

• PotashCorp's Q2 profits surge

  Potash sales volumes rocket to 1.9m. tonnes but phosphate lags behind Read More

• FMC’s Q2 profits up 35%

  Earnings up 35% as lithium, phosphate and soda ash volumes increase Read More

• Soda ash sales boost Solvay Q2

  Chemicals unit increases profit by 11% as soda ash and fluorochem volumes recover Read More

• New fund tracks lithium industry

  Global X Lithium ETF provides boost, but will not be a guide to global demand Read More

• Legend to start mining in 2013

  Australian group to start phosphate and fertiliser production at Mt Isa in 3 years Read More

• Nigeria aims to unlock minerals

  Barytes, kaolin and limestone targeted for government development fund Read More

• Rockwood profit up 37% in Q2

  Lithium and TiO2 businesses help drive recovery for US speciality chemicals group Read More

• Slower iodine growth forecasted

  Demand expected to rise 3.5% a year driven by use in LCD screens – Roskill Read More

• Carborundum expands Russia SiC

  Indian group invests $75m. to build 100,000 tpa silicon carbide plant in Volgograd Read More

• Fatal blast at zinc oxide plant

  Horsehead’s Pennsylvania zinc oxide plant shut down after explosion kills two Read More

• China expands lithium output

  Qinghai province to boost lithium carbonate production five-fold by 2015 – report Read More

• Mosaic boosts Q4 profits

  Potash recovery drives four-fold increase in operating profit; phosphate prices rise Read More

• MTI to build India PCC plant

  Minerals Technologies’ to supply filler minerals at Ballapur’s Orissa paper mill Read More

Focus of the week

• Fertilisers approaching 2007 levels

  The fertiliser industry is looking at healthier days with increases forecasted in both consumption and production Read More

Market Monitor

• Fears grow over drilling ban

  Opposition to Gulf of Mexico oil drilling ban intensifies; Washington steadfast Read More

• AkzoNobel boosts paint sales

  Paints and coatings start recovery as world’s no.1 producer boosts Q2 profits Read More

Strandlines

• Argex plans Quebec TiO2 project

  Canadian junior expects 600,000 tpa titanium dioxide feedstock production by '13 Read More

• DuPont TiO2 rebounds in Q2

  US chemicals group’s TiO2 segment more than triples profits in Q2 on stronger demand Read More

Processing

• Metso builds strong Q2 orders

  Mining division benefits as confidence returns to long-term mineral projects Read More

Logistics News

• Freight rates bobble up

  Dry bulk shipping rates bounces in line with stronger iron ore buying Read More

Refractories Hotline

• Magnezit upgrades Slovmag

  Russian group ups refractories capacity and magnesia supply for Slovakian acquisition Read More