Industrial minerals

Industrial minerals and the modern economy

Industrial minerals are rocks, minerals and naturally occurring materials mined and processed for their economic value. The industrial minerals sector creates a steady foundation for construction, manufacturing, and agricultural industries to thrive. Our independent market coverage of the industrial minerals markets provides global and local data-driven insights, prices, forecasts and market news to help you make sense of the forces influencing industrial minerals – and how to respond.
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Demand for neodymium rare earth magnets from the offshore wind power industry is set to soar in the next decade if decarbonization plans are realized

Fastmarkets explores the logistical challenges facing South African ore exports, from the perspective of chrome and manganese markets

Supply challenges persist to meet rising rare earths demand, reports Davide Ghilotti

Spot prices for spodumene concentrate continued to post sharp gains over the past fortnight due to tight supply combined with continuously improving demand for downstream lithium chemicals amid booming electric vehicle demand worldwide

This will take Northern Graphite from being a junior miner to a producer, although they will enter a relatively tight market

Chinese battery makers are expected to consider increasing the proportion of natural graphite feedstock they use in anode material because of the fast-rising cost profile and availability issues affecting supplies of synthetic graphite

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    • Barite, drilling grade, unground lump, API, bulk, SG 4.10, fob Chennai, $/tonne
    • Barite, drilling grade, unground lump, API, bulk, SG 4.10, fob Morocco, $/tonne
    • Barite, drilling grade, unground lump, API, bulk, SG 4.10, fob China, $/tonne

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