Industrial Minerals

Trading Faces

• Comment: A catalogue of TiO2 disasters August 2010

  Lack of criticism for industry despite less than perfect record Read More

• Trading Faces: IMCD July 2010

  IMCD, well established in marketing, sales, and distribution of speciality chemicals and food/pharma ingredients, is expanding more into mineral fillers. IM spoke with Johan Scholten, managing director, Benelux, and Director Plastics IMCD Group Read More

• Traxys June 2010

  Traxys trades a range of industrial minerals worldwide including bauxite, fluorspar, soda ash, vermiculite and wollastonite. Michael Hochschild, head of Traxys’ industrial minerals division, shared with IM his views on the challenges to find reliable sources of material Read More

• Richard Baker Harrison Ltd May 2010

  RBH, which specialises in talc, also supplies barytes, clays, magnesia and mica to various industries including refractories and ceramics. David Stuart, sales director, talked to IM about the crisis and the first signs of recovery in the industry Read More

• Bombay Mineral Supply Co. April 2010

  India’s Bombay Mineral Supply Co. supplies a wide range of industrial minerals to various industries such as foundry and refractories. Shailesh Gandhi, managing director, talked to IM about raw material opportunities in India Read More

• Technografit GmbH March 2010

  Germany’s Technografit GmbH is a major importer of natural flake graphite into Europe. Dominik Georg Luh, managing director, spoke to IM about the emergence of India, Brazil and Africa as potential markets and growing market applications such as fuel cells Read More

• Mario Pilato Blat SA February 2010

  Spain’s Mario Pilato Blat SA trades minerals for the refractories, glass, ceramics and fertilisers sectors. Mario Pilato Blat, president and general manager, underlined to IM the challenges of the recession and the potential growth of alternative energy sources Read More

• Europe Minerals BV January 2010

  Europe Minerals trades industrial minerals to the refractories, foundry, ceramics and glass industries. Dirk-Jan Oldenziel, commercial manager, talked to IM about the potential of “greener” durable products and the opportunities of new markets such as nanotechnology Read More

• ACC Resources Co. LP December 2009

  ACC Resources trades raw material in North and South America for the refractory and foundry industries. Gerardo Cortina, president, discussed with IM the challenge to find alternative sources to China in this changing environment Read More

• Omega Chemicals (Pty) Ltd November 2009

  Garry Burgess, head of the South Africa mineral trader, Omega Chemicals, talks with IM on mineral sourcing, South African power hikes and the impact of the “Chinese mineral invasion” Read More

• Minelco Ltd September 2009

  Minelco handles about 2m. tpa of a wide range of minerals, including magnetite, olivine, and mica. Gary Mansfield, logistics and trading manager, talked to IM about the changes in traders’ activities since the 1990s Read More