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The industrial minerals industry showed signs of recovery in Q2 as customers continued to rebuild inventories, but the short-term outlook remains cloudy
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Elmin finalises licensing for option to expand bauxite production to 1.1m. tpa
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REs still rocketing, magnesia & alumina rises; Q4 talks for chromite and potash
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Chinese environmental measures and grade shortages drive price increases
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Construction of 300,000 tpa chemical alumina plant to begin January 2011
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Greek bentonite and flux producer reports 55% increase; bauxite delays continue
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USITC rules Chinese and Mexican MgO-C brick imports injure US industry
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Lack of Ukraine rutile output hits welding market; sellers enjoy higher prices rise
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Fillers and ceramics boost speciality alumina producer’s results; plans new ATH plant
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Firming prices for speciality alumina could translate into higher gains in Q4
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Foundries shake off their polluting image as new growth opportunities arise from environmental technologies
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Graphite and RE price hikes, antimony trioxide jumps while metspar prices firm
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Chinese producers look for $50/tonne price hike, but demand growth uncertain
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Capacity utilisation drops for third straight month to 75% as output lags 2008 levels
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Producers respond to government’s plans to reduce industry overcapacity
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This year Cofermin is celebrating ten years of trading industrial minerals. Managing partners Tim Geldmacher, Pawel Golak, Bernhard Krüger and Ralf Ossen talked to IM about the challenges of raw material availability and how the role of traders has evolved during the last decade
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Some of Europe’s richest mineral resources lie in the middle of an energy resources super-highway from Russia into Europe. This route has given Ukraine an abundance of cheap gas that has underpinned its economy. It is an asset that has attracted many, and one that could be its undoing
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Producers juggle a delicate supply-demand balance as alumina’s end use sectors call for increasing production from a market still emerging from economic hardship
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After a gloomy 2008-09, steel refractories are now on the way to recovery led by Asia. But raw material supply, mainly dependent on China exports, remains a concern for the industry
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After a difficult two years, the caustic calcined magnesia market is looking up. Chinese export restrictions and rising energy costs have increased magnesia prices, but recovering market demand, together with future concerns over Chinese availability, have rejuvenated western producers and added impetus to customers seeking new supply sources outside China
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Flavio Rezende Barbosa, Magnesita; Bernhard Pagenkemper, Haver & Boecker; Michael Wolfe, NYCO Minerals; Barry M. Martin, Atlantic Industrial Minerals; Adam Smits, Mineral Deposits Ltd
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US rules on Chinese exporters of magnesia-carbon bricks after a year long hearing
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Russia looks to strengthen grip on European refractories industry through Slovakia project
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Supply, demand and consumption trends in the mullite industry
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New Chapter 11 filing likely as speciality alumina producer enters new debt deal with parent group DIC
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Sohar Industrial Port Co.'s new minerals port throws Oman's trade doors wide open
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Dead burned magnesite expansion at Brazilian producer boosted by H1 2010 results
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The CEO of leading refractories and magnesia producer RHI AG has resigned
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German recycled SiC slurry processor expands Baoding plant for solar market
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Chinese prices stay at new levels as H2 export licences remain in tight supply
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Antimony trioxide jumps upwards, BFA makes gains, while rare earths rise
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Brazilian refractories group secures five sales contracts in Europe and China
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Brazil’s magnesia refractories group posts Q2 2010 earnings rise and investment plans
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Australian magnesia producer’s capacity expansion scheduled for Sept. completion
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