Sales volumes to steel and industrial end-markets increased last year amid a scarcity of main refractories raw materials, such as dead-burned magnesia and fused magnesia. Growth in steel output and strong performance in refractories markets drove revenues and earnings for refractory group RHI Magnesita in its adjusted financial results for 2017, although the company highlighted …

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See article below from the April issue of Industrial Minerals magazine, for market updates on price movements in various industrial minerals. Minerals featured this month include: magnesia, titanium dioxide, chromite, graphite, zircon, lithium and andalusite. IM’s full price listing is only published online. If you have any comments or concerns, or wish to discuss any …

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Shanxi is gearing up to clamp down on illegal bauxite mining while it maintains its focus on improving local environmental conditions. But the sector fears an impact to supply flows. Market participants are concerned that fresh regulation from the Chinese government will restrict bauxite mining in Shanxi and further affect market prices for the refractory …

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El pasado 12 de junio tuvo lugar nuestro IX Congreso Nacional de Materiales, Maquinara y Montaje de Refractarios, el escenario elegido fue, una vez más, la ciudad de Oviedo. Se consiguió reunir a más de 70 congresistas de distintos países: España, Portugal, Francia, Inglaterra, Alemania…   El Congreso se abrió con una cena en el …

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Iluka Resources will raise prices for its zircon and rutile products, amid strong demand, weakened supply and what it says is a “trend towards high grade feedstocks and chloride feedstocks across the board.”   Iluka Resources will raise its zircon price as of April 1 and has already raised its rutile price for the first …

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