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Proppants: Carbo Ceramics idles US & China plants in 18% capacity cut
First it was Oxane Materials, then Saint-Gobain, followed by Imerys, and now the mighty Carbo Ceramics. All of the US major ceramic proppant producers have now been forced to idle capacity in the face of [...]
Imerys seals S&B acquisition: so what does it mean?
Imerys, the world’s leading industrial minerals group, in a significant move for the industrial minerals sector has closed its purchase of Greek industrial minerals group S&B Industrial Minerals SA. The buy brings considerable mineral assets [...]
Rio Tinto moves uranium into industrial minerals group
Titanium dioxide feedstock output to remain steady In expectation of a challenging 2015 and “to drive greater value”, Rio Tinto Plc today announced an organisational restructure, essentially a streamlining in splitting up its Energy business [...]
Imerys, Sibelco, Rio Tinto, & Magnesita talk about their mineral supply chains
Where? Right here at the Mineral Logistics Forum 2015, 23-24 April 2015, Rotterdam – the networking and knowledge hub for all those active in logistics for industrial minerals. IMFORMED announces an exciting speaker panel with [...]
Proppant prospects postponed? Be patient
The sharp drop in oil price has clearly impacted the ceramic proppants market with major producers halting expansion plans and in more severe cases closing plants. How long can we expect these doldrums to last? [...]
Haydn Murray: Industrial minerals world mourns passing of a legend
Prof. Haydn H. Murray, world renowned industrial minerals geologist and long time professor of geology at Indiana University passed away peacefully on 4 February 2015 in Bloomington, Indiana. Haydn Murray was a great worker and [...]
Mineral supply logistics: often underestimated, always vital
Logistics is one of the most important components of any industrial mineral operation or project development. And yet it is the one aspect in industrial mineral project due diligence that is most often overlooked. It [...]
Industrial Minerals Market Embraces New Provider of Information and Events
IMFORMED launches new platform for industrial minerals networking and research, announcing high profile Forums on mineral logistics, oilfield, and foundry markets. A new source of information and networking events dedicated to the global industrial minerals [...]
World’s second hectorite source on stream
Hectatone’s first shipment of organoclay for oilfield drilling Hectatone Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western Lithium USA Corp., has produced an organoclay, branded Hectatone™, from its processing plant near Fernley, Nevada, using lithium-rich hectorite [...]
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