Refractories and chemicals show bright spots The overall situation for non-metallurgical chromite supply is one of weak demand and oversupply, particularly for foundry grade, although there are some signs of improvement in refractory and chemical [...]

Garuda starts new barytes processing plant India’s tender for sale of crude barytes ore concluded earlier this week, with a total of 400,000 tonnes of barytes sold by the country’s dominant producer, state government-owned Andhra [...]

Timing good as Iluka winds down US operations Southern Ionics Minerals LLC has formally opened its new Mineral Sands Plant (MSP) in Offerman, Pierce county, Georgia, with zircon and titanium minerals production scheduled to start [...]

Chromite, zircon, graphite, andalusite, mullite, bentonite, silica sand, dunite, cenospheres Only 1 week to Early Bird Rate cut-off 15 May 2015. Book now for a €125 saving! IMFORMED’s high profile 1-day conference for the foundry [...]

Revised barytes tender outcome uncertain India’s vast stockpile of low grade barytes material will be the feedstock for a new upgrading initiative planned between the country’s largest barytes producer, Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corp. Ltd [...]

Coretrack Ltd has commenced commissioning at its recently constructed pilot-scale proppant plant at Clontarf, near Brisbane, Queensland. Coretrack is developing a new ceramic proppant grade based on fly-ash for use in hydraulic fracturing of oil [...]

IMFORMED's first event a success IMFORMED’s inaugural event, Mineral Logistics Forum 2015, took place last Friday, 24 April 2015, in Rotterdam, and by common consent of the attendees was an unqualified success. A total of [...]

SEE NEWSFILE UPDATE SA Competition Commission found deal “significantly preventing competition” The acquisition of Andalusite Resources (Pty) Ltd, which would have bolstered Imerys’ already strong grip on the global andalusite supply sector, has been prohibited [...]

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