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China’s refractory minerals crisis: dark days of the Dog continue
Magnesia, bauxite, and BFA production halts in Liaoning, Henan, Shanxi Lone survivor: one of 12 active downdraft bauxite kilns in the Jiexiu district of Shanxi province that is not subject to local government closures [...]
Mineral Recycling Forum 2018: Review
Refractory wreck-out: a steel ladle disgorges its spent refractory brick lining - once a waste product bound for expensive landfill sites, now a keenly sought after secondary raw material. Courtesy Sidenor IMFORMED’s Mineral [...]
Refractory raw material supply “the single most important challenge”
Refractory Rendezvous Delhi – IREFCON18 Report India's Tirupati Graphite Group has been a leader in flake graphite production for over two decades supplying refractory, foundry and speciality markets; pictured is the mine at Gaura [...]
Southern Sand Storm
How US proppant demand has influenced ceramic mineral supply The Kermit, Texas plant of Hi-Crush Partners LP, located in the Permian Basin, has an annual production capacity of 3m tons of high-quality West Texas [...]
Oilfield Minerals Outlook Middle East
Review of Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forum Middle East 2018, Bahrain Courtesy RheoMinerals Inc. Key takeaways Middle East growth recognised by oilfield service companies Rising power demand drives push for unconventional gas resources Drilling muds [...]
Dog Days ahead for Chinese mineral consumers?
Refractory bauxite: CMP starts new plant | Bosai to add new rotary kilns Dogged by shortages and rising prices: a lone hound sniffs out some calcined bauxite at a stockyard in Tanggu; inset left [...]