http://www.metalnet.co.uk/RSS.aspx?FeedID=626©2010 Industrial Minerals60Ceramics, GlassMixed fortunes this week, as cerium and lanthanum oxide prices power aheadhttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2641668/Price-Briefing-Week-31.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTMajority stake in Para Pigmentos acquired for $70m. as Imerys expands in Brazilhttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2641720/Imerys-buys-Vale-kaolin-asset.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTUpturn in refractories, abrasives, graphite demand boosts results for French grouphttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2641765/Imerys-Q2-profit-rises-88.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTMinerals Technologies reports stronger Q2 on refractories, PCC sales recoveryhttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2642013/MTI-sees-five-fold-profits-boost.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTChemicals unit increases profit by 11% as soda ash and fluorochem volumes recoverhttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2640718/Soda-ash-sales-boost-Solvay-Q2.htmlThu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTChinese stop-start production and rumours driving wide price fluctuationshttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2640797/Antimony-trioxide-prices-fall.htmlThu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTEarnings up 35% as lithium, phosphate and soda ash volumes increasehttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2640863/FMCs-Q2-profits-up-35.htmlThu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTBarytes, kaolin and limestone targeted for government development fundhttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2639629/Nigeria-aims-to-unlock-minerals.htmlWed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTGlobal X Lithium ETF provides boost, but will not be a guide to global demandhttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2639920/New-fund-tracks-lithium-industry.htmlWed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTLithium and TiO2 businesses help drive recovery for US speciality chemicals grouphttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2638788/Rockwood-profit-up-37-in-Q2.htmlTue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTBorates market is on the way to recovery. Prices are still low but demand is expected to rise by 4.5% in 2014http://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2639010/Borates-revival-sparked-by-China.htmlTue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTFrench soda ash producer, Novocarb has set out its vision to change the way soda ash is priced in a move that echoes the titanium minerals industryhttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2639046/Novocarb-targets-soda-ash-pricing-changes.htmlTue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTHorsehead’s Pennsylvania zinc oxide plant shut down after explosion kills twohttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2637692/Fatal-blast-at-zinc-oxide-plant.htmlMon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTQinghai province to boost lithium carbonate production five-fold by 2015 – reporthttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2636773/China-expands-lithium-output.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTIM looks at the world’s economy and how it will affect industrial minerals demand for the next quarter and beyondhttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2635795/IM-Global-Health-Check-Q2-2010.htmlThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTAntinomy trioxide and rare earths on the rise while traders look to cut chromitehttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2636030/Price-Briefing-Week-29.htmlThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTZircon focus pays dividends as minsands miner’s revenues almost double in Q2http://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2633877/Iluka-reports-85-Q2-sales-boost.htmlTue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTSpodumene output at Greenbushes, Australia, to expand 40% by end-2011http://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2633913/Talison-enacts-lithium-expansion.htmlTue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTTyphoon, Tripitaka minsands deposits seen as potential South Australia expansionshttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2634085/Iluka-expands-Eucla-resource.htmlTue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTWorld’s biggest spodumene miner merges with Chile lithium brine junior, Salareshttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2632202/Talison-in-lithium-brine-merger.htmlFri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTIndian barytes poised for hikes while rare earths rise on Chinese quota cutshttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/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://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2631393/Rare-earth-fears-become-reality.htmlThu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTThermo-analytical facility in Selb, Germany expanded with €1.8m. investmenthttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2631471/Netzsch-in-18m-plant-upgrade.htmlThu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTBorates, talc and TiO2 feedstock production rises as end markets bounce backhttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2630279/Rio-Tinto-boosts-Q2-output.htmlWed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTExport tax rebate to be scrapped on more than 400 products from mid-Julyhttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2630686/China-cuts-export-tax-rebates.htmlWed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTPrices increase in line with China as demand for ceramics grade up across Asiahttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2628486/Vietnam-kaolin-demand-rises.htmlMon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTUK kaolin subsidiary pleads guilty to 2009 pollution of Dorset watercoursehttp://www.metalnet.co.uk/Article/2628752/Sibelco-UK-fined-for-pollution.htmlMon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT