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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Latest industrial minerals news and market analysis

Correction to copper bonded stocks, manganese and chrome ore inventories publication date

Fastmarkets has corrected the published date for Shanghai bonded copper stocks, tonnes; chrome ore inventories at the main ports of Tianjin, Qinzhou, Lianyungang and Shanghai, million tonnes; and manganese ore inventories at the main Chinese ports of Tianjin and Qinzhou, million tonnes.

February 28, 2023

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Manganese, chrome industries seek answers to South Africa’s transport network woes

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

September 5, 2022

Jon Stibbs

Market imbalances for rare earths persist

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

March 14, 2022

the Fastmarkets team

Pricing Notice calendars 2022-02-23 England and Wales

Consultation on proposed changes to holiday pricing for minor metals, ores, alloys, industrial minerals from 2023

From January 2023, Fastmarkets proposes to no longer roll over its price assessments for minor metals, ores, alloys or industrial minerals when these are scheduled to be made on days that fall on public holidays in the country in which the price is assessed, or in which a price is based.

February 24, 2022

Fleur Ritzema

A road runs through an open pit for lithium mining in Australia

Spot spodumene prices continue uptrend amid lingering supply concerns

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

January 25, 2022

the Fastmarkets team

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Mine purchases set to ‘transform’ Canada-based Northern Graphite

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

January 14, 2022

Jon Stibbs

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