Industrial Minerals

Refractories, Metallurgy, Foundry, Abrasives

• Price Briefing: Week 31 30 July 2010

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

• Imerys Q2 profit rises 88% 30 July 2010

  Upturn in refractories, abrasives, graphite demand boosts results for French group Read More

• Magnezit upgrades Slovmag 29 July 2010

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

• India enters a deciding decade August 2010

  After designing a symbol for the rupee, India has joined the ranks of only a handful of countries with a currency icon. This is in preparation for the ten years in which, the country believes, it will become an economic superpower. The mining industry, including refractory and white minerals, is central to this plan Read More

• Kerneos builds bauxite briquetting plant for CAC August 2010

  Kerneos has invested €4m. in a briquetting plant at its calcium aluminate cement (CAC) facility in Dunkirk, north France, prompted by supply difficulties with suitable sized bauxite grades Read More

• S&B bauxite difficulties persist August 2010

  S&B Industrial Minerals SA, the EU’s leading bauxite producer, is finding it tough going this year as it comes to terms with disruption to its bauxite supply impacted by delays in permitting in a beleaguered Greek economy Read More

• Carborundum expands Russia SiC 26 July 2010

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

• IM Global Health Check: Q2 2010 22 July 2010

  IM looks at the world’s economy and how it will affect industrial minerals demand for the next quarter and beyond Read More

• S&B bauxite difficulties persist 22 July 2010

  Greek producer hopeful that disruption from permit delays is only temporary Read More

• Price Briefing: Week 29 22 July 2010

  Antinomy trioxide and rare earths on the rise while traders look to cut chromite Read More

• First Bauxite expands reserves 21 July 2010

  Guyana-focused group adds chemical-grade bauxite deposit through acquisition of BCGI Read More

• Iluka reports 85% Q2 sales boost 20 July 2010

  Zircon focus pays dividends as minsands miner’s revenues almost double in Q2 Read More

• June steel output up 18% 20 July 2010

  World crude steel production rises year on year as all regions continue recovery Read More

• Iluka expands Eucla resource 20 July 2010

  Typhoon, Tripitaka minsands deposits seen as potential South Australia expansions Read More

• Price Briefing: Week 28 15 July 2010

  Indian barytes poised for hikes while rare earths rise on Chinese quota cuts Read More

• Netzsch in €1.8m. plant upgrade 15 July 2010

  Thermo-analytical facility in Selb, Germany expanded with €1.8m. investment Read More

• Tata Refractories aims high 15 July 2010

  Indian producer aims to double sales in four years driven by exports growth – report Read More