The combined pyrochlore and columbite-tantalite output was estimated at 250,400 tonnes in 2011 in Brazil. The amount remained unchanged from 2010. Nevertheless, it was almost 9,000 tonnes lower if compared to 2008 with the largest decrease registered in the pyrochlore …
LONDON – Global experts of the expandable polystyrene industry and market will meet during the Expandable Polystyrene International Round Table Conference 2012 in Warsaw from September 13 through September 14, 2012. The conference hosted by Merchant Research & Consulting, Ltd …
LONDON – The groundbreaking Polyethylene Round Table Conference 2012 will explore all the burning issues of the polyethylene industry on a global scale. The conference, to be held on 3rd-4th September, 2012, in Warsaw, Poland, will bring together market analysts, …
India is amid owners of the world largest reserves of natural graphite. Its deposits of the material were estimated at 11 million tonnes in 2011. The country was also defined as the second most prominent manufacturer of graphite around the …
China owns the largest stake in the world aluminium production. The country generated 18 million tonnes in 2011, a rise by 1.8 million tonnes, or 11.1 percent, year on year. The Chinese market for aluminium is not well-balanced as the …
Kazakhstan occupies a position of the second world largest chromium manufacturer. Its stake in the global mine production was estimated at about 30% in 2011. The country’s yearly mine output reached 8.6 million tonnes then. It remained almost unchanged from …
The most significant world lead reserves are located in Australia. They are estimated at approximately 30 million tonnes. The country’s mine lead production volumes mounted to over 550,000 tonnes in 2011. The figure was 60,000 tonnes, or 10%, lower a …
The world mine kaolin output has recently been on downtrend. It went down by 15%, or 5.8 million tonnes, from 2006 through 2010. A certain production raise was registered in 2011. Global manufacturers generated 33.3 million tonnes during the year, …
LONDON – The global zeolites market is led today by the developing economies while the established markets of the West do not witness any high scale growth rates. China is the world leader in zeolites production. Its output accounts for …
LONDON – Being applied in large volumes for fertilizer production and in the stable glass and soap industries, potash enjoys rather high growth rates. The demand for potash is rising along with the booming use of fertilizers. The global potash …
LONDON – Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) market enjoys a rather rapid growth of end-use application. The large-scale variety of ABS due to its properties provides for a whole row of various application fields. The ABS industry is increasing the production …
LONDON – Thanks to the wide-spread application of bauxite in the face makeup, dishwashers, cement, soda cans production, the demand for the mineral is rather healthy and is to retain the stable growth rates. Alumina in its turn is primarily …
LONDON – The total global demand for methylene di-p-phenylene isocyanate (MDI) has been on the rise wave starting with 2010 – it has been driven by new infrastructure projects, governmental back-ups and overall growth of the construction and automotive segments …
LONDON – Tantalum and niobium are close geologically, however, the two metals have different industry paths and development dynamics due to the very different application areas. Tantalum market has been under pressure due to the shortfalls of supplies, while niobium …
LONDON – Nowadays the demand for 2-ethylhexanol and key consumption trends are defined primarily by the plasticiser dioctyl phthalate (DOP) industry. However DOP application in a number of fields has been strongly opposed by the environmentalists and healthcare specialists, which …
LONDON – The price for toluene diisocyanate (TDI) started to decrease after the price skyrocketing 2010. The Asian producers were loaded with pressure due to the price fallings in 2011 and the beginning of 2012, the operation rates were subject …
LONDON – The overall world talc and pyrophyllite industry is expected to show healthy and sustainable increase in the foreseeable future and reach vividly lavish volume growth levels by 2017. The market rise is primarily fueled by the demand from …
LONDON – The demand rise for platinum and platinum-group metals jumped up namely for industrial application in the recent years due to expansion and development of the glass and chemical industries. The global jewelry industry remained cold to the demand …
LONDON – Today much of the gold is mined in the frameworks of large mining projects. Thus the gold is smelted to a large extent for commercial use, and although many commercial gold mines exist, mineral specimens and crystals are …
LONDON – The world market for pumice and pumicite is constantly filled up with supply as the materials are extensive and are produced on a sustainable level. The demand for the minerals is as a matter of fact defining the …
LONDON – Overall the market for zirconium and hafnium is enjoying a period of healthy and stable development. The demand for both metals is rising thus driving the industry at approximately 4% annually upwards. The key back-up force behind the …
LONDON – Today the key forces that drive the iron and steel market upwards are the expanding infrastructure in the emerging economies, booming industrialization and urbanization. The overall increase tempo of the mentioned fields is forecast to reach up to …
LONDON – Manufacture of both perlite and vermiculite is focused today on the volume growth and has been increasing since the global recession period. In vermiculite industry, South Africa accounts for 38.7% of the total produced volume and takes up …
LONDON – Chromium consumption is expected to expand in the coming years along with the market as a whole. The metallurgical and aerospace industries, and industrial gas turbines manufacture are all contributing to the chromium demand growth at large extent. …
LONDON – Beryllium has been back in business after the global recession and since then has been enjoying the growing demand, which is tracked back at the expanding and developing end-use markets – rising security industry, new-age telecommunications and aerospace …