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Industry News UAD investigation on silica bricks from China initiated. .............................................................................................................................................................01 Graphite in 2012: a wave more than a bubble..............................................................................................................................................................................01 Analysis on China magnesia market in 2013-2017......................................................................................................................................................................02 New Shape for the Bauxite and Alumina Industry.......................................................................................................................................................................02 Mozambique: Chibuto zircon sand tender annull.........................................................................................................................................................................03 Zimbabwe Govt to lift ban on chrome ore exports.......................................................................................................................................................................03 World crude steel output increases by 1.2% in 2012....................................................................................................................................................................04 India's steel demand to increase by 7% in 2013-14......................................................................................................................................................................05 Company News RHI to buy 43.6% stake from Orient Refractories promoters......................................................................................................................................................06 Minerals Technologies achieves annual record earnings in 2012.................................................................................................................................................06 Iluka to lay off 65 staff after revenue falls by 30% in 2012.........................................................................................................................................................07 Magnezit Group obtains patents for inventions & utility models.................................................................................................................................................07 Empire Refractory Specialists acquired by Thorpe Specialty Services........................................................................................................................................08 Uni-Ref Inc. to relocate to new plant in Indiana after expansion.................................................................................................................................................08 Calderys NL awarded two orders for Rosneft Refineries.............................................................................................................................................................08 Zircoa forms Zircoa GmbH, replacing DIDIER...........................................................................................................................................................................08 Korab Resources retains Batchelor project exposure...................................................................................................................................................................08 S&B Industrial Minerals bauxite sector spin-off to its subsidiary. ...............................................................................................................................................09 Canada Carbon finalizes the purchase of 3 graphite properties. ..................................................................................................................................................09 Focus Graphite inks definitive option for Caninde project in Brazil............................................................................................................................................10 Syrah Resources wows with the world's largest known graphite deposit. ....................................................................................................................................10 Graphite One Resources to develop N.A.'s largest graphite deposit............................................................................................................................................11 Aziana digs for graphite in Belanitra of Madagascar...................................................................................................................................................................12 E&M Group to acquire Pt.E&M Indonesia to produce zircon.....................................................................................................................................................12 Kenmare Resources posts decline in production in Q4 2012.......................................................................................................................................................12 Gunson Resources did surveys to Coburn zircon project.............................................................................................................................................................13 BCH looks for partner to manufacture ceramic proppant. ............................................................................................................................................................13 Tata Steel stops production at chromite mine as lease ends.........................................................................................................................................................14 Canada Fluorspar Inc commences exploration drilling program. .................................................................................................................................................14 Market Information Analysis on China Refractory Raw Materials in Jan. 2013..........................................................................................................................................................15 Market Trend Export Price of China Refractory Materials in 2012....................................................................................................................................................................18 Export Volumes of China Refractory Materials in 2011-2012.....................................................................................................................................................19 Export Composite Price of China Refractory Materials in 2011-2012. ........................................................................................................................................20 Statistics Export Data of China Refractory Materials and Products (Nov. 2012)........................................................................................................................................21 Import Data of China Refractory Materials and Products (Nov. 2012)........................................................................................................................................21 China CCM Export to Different Countries in Nov. 2012.............................................................................................................................................................22 China DBM Export to Different Countries in Nov. 2012.............................................................................................................................................................22 China FM Export to Different Countries in Nov. 2012................................................................................................................................................................23 China BFA Export to Different Countries in Nov. 2012...............................................................................................................................................................24 China Corundum Export to Different Countries in Nov. 2012.....................................................................................................................................................25 China Graphite Export to Different Countries in Nov. 2012........................................................................................................................................................26 China SiC Export to Different Countries in Nov. 2012................................................................................................................................................................26 China Fireclay Export to Different Countries in Nov. 2012.........................................................................................................................................................27 China Mullite Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)............................................................................................................................................................28 China Basic Refractory Products Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012). .............................................................................................................................29 China Al-Si Refractory Products Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)..............................................................................................................................31 China other Refractory Products Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)..............................................................................................................................33 Technical Information......................................................................................................................................................................................................35 Meetings Conference Calendarr...................................................................................................................................................................................................................37 Buyer's Guide .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................38

Industry News
AD investigation on silica bricks from China initiated

an. 2013 - Commerce initiated an AD investigation on silica bricks and shapes from the Peoples Republic of China on December 6, 2012. Silica bricks are a type of refractory brick for high temperature insulation used to line refractory furnace roofs. Silica bricks are commonly used in glass refractories. Petitioner, Utah Refractories Corporation, had filed a petition in November requesting the imposition of AD duties on these products. The value of 2011 U.S. imports of silica bricks from China was approximately $43 million. AD investigations are initiated to determine whether an imported product is being sold in the United States at a less than fair value and whether

such imports are injuring or threatening to injure U.S. producers of like products. Commerce stated when announcing initiation of this investigation that the AD law is in place to address the market distorting effects caused by injurious dumping of imports into the United States. After reviewing the petition, Commerce concluded that the Petitioner demonstrated significant domestic industry support for the petition. The Commission made an affirmative preliminary determination on injury on December 28, 2012. Commerce and the Commission will proceed to investigate the allegations in the petition.

Graphite in 2012: a wave more than a bubble

an. 3, 2013 - During the first half of 2012 the graphite sector was on everyones lips. The Vancouver (Cambridge House) conference in Vancouver in January 2012 did not mince its message: Graphite was the raw material of the year. In the weeks that followed there was nothing short of a scramble to develop graphite projects, especially in Canada, after years of neglect and indifference as the West seemed all too happy to allow China to dominate that sector along with so many others. Until recently, and not unlike the situation for rare earths, China was seen as maintaining an unchallenged monopoly over graphite. Indeed, China supplies half of the graphite needs of Europe, Japan or North America (combined). China is said to account for 70% of world graphite production, but, this could change very soon as export restrictions are expected to be adopted by authorities in Beijing, including fewer openings of new mines (with the closing of many that have failed to meet the new and tougher standards). The graphite supply problem is that there are few active mines for this resource outside China and a few dozen are said to be needed in order to address demand. Much of Chinese graphite is said to be of low quality amorphous material. Graphite demand until 2020 will be driven by batteries, accounting for at least 6% of the projected 9% demand rise. Apart from Canada, the renewed impetus to develop graphite spread to Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Germany as the interest to get hold of new graphite projects grew. Indeed, the demand for graphite and its prospects remain strong now and the notion, that some brought up by the late spring of 2012, that graphites renewed attraction was a bubble is unjustified. Undoubtedly, the graphite sector has been the target of speculative capital and, as with all mining projects, few will ultimately reach the production stage; nevertheless, there is no shortage of good investment targets. During 2012, graphite stocks have suffered losses after booming in April. The losses were less a reflection of the actual value of graphite than general market volatility. While some analysts have interpreted this as the validation of their bubble cries, the conditions that pushed graphite prices higher are still valid; so much so that the US State Department and the European Commission maintain that graphite is a critical mineral because of its applications in the development of batteries, steel, lightweight composites for aerospace and pebble bed nuclear reactors.

The average mobile phone or laptop Liion battery already contains 20 times more graphite than it does lithium, which suggests that demand for graphite will increase by several factors before the end of the decade. There are some mines closer to reaching production stage than others, some of these featuring outstanding grades and varieties such as Focus Graphite - the latter also developing expertise in the scalable production of graphene. Zenyatta - which showed the most remarkable share price rise of the year moving a gargantuan 464%, reflecting confidence that the Company would achieve unprecedented purity grades after it intersected Sri-Lankan type graphite last April, enabling it to compete with the much more expensive petroleum derived graphite. Zenyattas property offers graphite that is very similar in chemistry and appearance to the famed Sri-Lankan or vein graphite variety. And the comparison with synthetic/petroleum derived graphite is one of the main points for investors to consider. While the latter will still be used in such applications as sports equipment or carbon fibre, the flake graphite at the heart of all the new graphite plays is the variety needed to meet the needs of the new technologies and applications. The higher the percentage of large flake and high purity mineralization (higher carbon content), the better the price a resource can command. Focus Graphite and Standard Graphite have prolific high grade resources. Those companies whose share prices are not indicative of the quality of the resources have suffered from overall low market confidence. Graphite demand will persist thanks to demand from emerging technologies. Focus Graphite and Standard Graphite have uncovered very high grade resources and the former is relying on these to stimulate the emerging graphene industry. Canadian Platinum Corp. launched a graphite project in Saskatchewan at its Brabant Lake graphite property. Galaxy Graphite Corp. announced encouraging sample results from its Brownell gold project in mid-November. Flinders Resources Limited published its first NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate for its Kringel flake graphite deposit in central Sweden. Quebec has proven to be one of the most desirable areas for graphite mining and many new plays, including Mason Graphite, which is targeting the production of very high grade graphite, noting that its ore body has shown average graphitic carbon content of 20.4%.

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Analysis on China magnesia market in 2013-2017

an. 15, 2013 - In 2012, the global magnesium demand volume reached 745,000 tons, increased by 7.5% over 2011, of which, the aluminium magnesium alloy's demand for magnesium reached 280,000 tons with the year-on-year growth of 14%, and automobile die pressed casting demand for magnesium reached 210,000 tons with the growth of 10%. China is the country with the most abundant magnesite resources. There are 27 proved magnesite deposits in China, and mainly distributed in Liaoning, Shandong, Xinjiang, Tibet and Gansu, of which, the reserves in Liaoning is the largest, accounting for about 85.6% all over China, and is world-famous by its large reserves and high quality. In 2011, the national magnesite output has reached 18 million tons, and the output in Liaoning was about 16 million. In 2011, the output of crude magnesium has reached 660,600 tons, increased by 11.04% over 2010; of which, the output in Shanxi reached

329,200 tons, accounting for 49.36% of the country's total output, followed by Shaanxi and Ningxia, with the output of 253,900 tons and 37,800 tons. In the future decade years, the annual growth rate of magnesium industry will reach 7.5%, and it is estimated that the demand for magnesite will increase steadily. At the same time, Liaoning Provincial Government and Anshan Municipal Government build Haicheng Magnesite new material industrial base with the output value of CNY 100 billion. Haicheng Sanyan has formed the mining, firing, electric smelting and finished products production system which based on the high quality and abundant magnesite resources, and in the future, this company will finish a whole industry chain which combines mining, deep processing, gangue flotation and refractory production together. It is estimated that China's magnesite output will reach 29.5 million tons in 2015.

New shape for the bauxite and alumina industry

an. 21, 2013 - The shape and dynamics of the global bauxite and alumina industry are changing, according to a new report from Roskill. New alumina refining and bauxite production capacity will boost supply over the next five years to meet the rising demand for aluminium, mainly from China, but also other growth areas such as the Middle East and India. The influence of China has changed the dynamics of the bauxite and alumina markets, and this will continue over the next five years. Production increases in Asia World production of bauxite and alumina is growing. The latest report from Roskill details how Australia is the largest producer of bauxite, accounting for nearly 70Mt in 2011, but that production in China, Indonesia and India has grown. Asia now accounts for 45% of global supply, compared with 16% a decade ago. This growth in non-captive bauxite production has led to sharp increases in shipped and traded bauxites, changing the dynamics of the marketplace. Global alumina production increased from 80Mt to 96Mt between 2007 and 2011, with most of the supply increase from China, which is now the largest producer. More refinery capacity is planned over the next three years, with another 14Mt in China alone. If it is all commissioned as scheduled, then the market will be oversupplied in the short term, until demand from the aluminium industry catches up. Chinese seeking bauxite Domestic supply issues are pushing Chinese alumina producers to source their bauxite overseas, often in the form of joint venture companies or acquisitions. New operations and projects are underway in countries such as Australia, Guinea, Ghana, Indonesia and Fiji, which are all described in the new report. New trade patterns emerge The growth in Chinese demand for bauxite has seen a significant rise in imports over the last five years, mainly from Indonesia, but also from Australia. Total Chinese imports have risen from 9Mt in 2006 to 45Mt in 2011. In early 2012, the Indonesian government shook the industry by announcing curbs on exports of unprocessed minerals, which is being phased in over the next two years. As a result, Indonesian bauxite exports to China fell to an estimated 28Mt, down from 36Mt in 2011. This will provide opportunities for other bauxite producers currently planning

expansions and new projects in other countries to step in. Aluminium - short term woes? The aluminium industry is the key driver for the bauxite and alumina industry, with some 94% of alumina converted into aluminium. Globally production of aluminium has grown by an average of 6.6% between 2002 and 2011, but by 18.4% in China. However, consumption has grown by a slightly more modest 5.9%. Inventories overhang the market, and throughout 2013 the industry will be stretched by rising production costs and low prices. Despite this present malaise, the aluminium industry is positive about its future, predicting rising consumption growth through to 2020, mostly due to increased industrialisation and urbanisation in emerging economies. Non-metallurgical bauxite - supply concerns Concerns remain in the industry over the availability and security of supply of calcined bauxites, as there are relatively few producers. Calcined bauxites are used principally in the refractories and abrasives industries. New sources of supply and expansions in Guyana and Brazil may ease fears of future shortages going forward. European supply of non-metallurgical bauxites has increased over the last five years, mainly through growing production in Greece, Turkey and Russia. Market growth for non-metallurgical grades Both bauxite and alumina are used for non-metallurgical applications, and in these sectors growth prospects are more mixed. Refractory grade bauxite is predicted to have moderate growth over the next five years, largely linked to the fortunes of the iron and steel industry, while markets such as proppants will exhibit a stronger growth profile, due to the expansion of shale gas production. Chemical grade aluminas outlook positive Around 6% of the total alumina produced is chemical grade. This is then split between calcined alumina markets and speciality grade alumina markets, which includes alumina trihydrate (ATH). Calcined alumina is used in a wide spectrum of end uses with the total market forecast to grow to 3.1Mt by 2017. ATH is either used in speciality applications such as fillers and flame retardants or as commodity grades used in water treatment, zeolite manufacture and in aluminium fluoride. Roskill forecasts growth for ATH markets, especially in water treatment and flame retardant markets to take the total market size to over 4.6Mt by 2017.

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Industry News
Mozambique: Chibuto zircon sand tender annull

an. 20, 2013 - Mozambiques Minister of Mineral Resources, Esperanca Bias, has annulled the restricted tender held last year for development of the titanium-bearing heavy mineral sands in Chibuto district, in the southern province of Gaza, according to a report in Saturdays issue of the Maputo daily Noticias. The tender was launched in late 2011, and the bids were opened in May 2012. As a result the rights to exploit the Chibuto heavy sands were granted to the Zambezi Delta Consortium, which then had 180 days to negotiate with the government the terms and conditions for the project. This was the third company to be awarded the rights to Chibuto mineral sands. Originally the rights were given to the Australian company BHPBilliton, but it withdrew in 2009. Then, in April 2011 the rights were handed over to Rock Forage Titanium Ltd, a company formed by Canadian and Mozambican investors. However, in November 2011 the government cancelled Rock Forage

Titanium's rights because the company failed to pay it the agreed signature bonus of 50,000 US dollars, despite repeated extensions to the deadline. The government therefore had to lunch another tender, which only received two bidders: Zambezi Delta Consortium and SPI Chibuto Sands Consortium. Once again, the tender has failed. The deadline for negotiating and signing a project implementation agreement with the government expired on 3 December, but the company did not meet the deadline, and the government is now back to square one. The sands at Chibuto contain known reserves of 72 million tons of ilmenite, 2.6 million tons of zircon and 400,000 tons of rutile. This is enough to keep a mine in production for 30 years. Ilmenite (iron titanium oxide) and rutile (titanium dioxide) are used to make white pigments for paints, paper and plastic. Titanium can be extracted from these ores and used to manufacture metallic parts where light weight and high strength are needed. Zircon (zirconium silicate) is used for abrasive and insulating purposes.

Zimbabwe Govt to lift ban on chrome ore exports

an. 11, 2013 - The Zimbabwean government is expected to lift the ban on chrome ore exports in April, exactly a year after it was reinstated following protracted negotiations with industry stakeholders, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal. The move is among a raft of reforms anticipated in the extractive industry which hopes for a downward review of government's 2011 increase in mining fees and ground rentals by as much as 5 000%. Highly placed sources in the mining industry said the Ministry of Mines had already approved the decision which now awaits implementation. "The Ministry of Mines has already agreed to allow miners to export chrome on condition that weighbridges are built on Chikwalakwala and Nyamapanda borders where chrome was being shipped through," said a source. Chrome miners were using these two entry points to smuggle chrome into Mozambique. It is alleged most companies deliberately underweighted the exports by, for example, labelling 1.3 tons of chrome as one ton because of the absence of a weighbridge. The ministry is also understood to be investigating concerns of the industry, particularly low prices. Chrome miners claim the market is flooded.The lifting of the ban, which is also meant to protect small-scale chrome miners most of whom are indigenous, comes with a tax on sales to facilitate local beneficiation which is currently too low to warrant the embargo. The nature of the tax is yet to be specified and analysts say it would be a further barrier to the viability of the battered industry, especially given the

low prices of raw chromium which closed the year between US$165 and US$185 per ton, from a peak of US$230 per ton in May. However, the industry has argued the decision to lift the ban on raw chrome ore exports would not be enough to save chrome mining, as the industry teeters on the brink of collapse due to deepening viability challenges. Local mining expert and immediate past president of the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe, Victor Gapare, said any additional levies on chrome exports would make chrome mining unviable and ultimately defeat the purpose of exporting raw ore.

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World crude steel output increases by 1.2% in 2012

orld crude steel production reached 1,548 megatonnes (Mt) for the year 2012, up by 1.2% compared to 2011, a record for global crude steel production, according to World Steel Association. The growth came mainly from Asia and North America while crude steel production in the EU (27) and South America decreased in 2012 compared to 2011. Annual production for Asia was 1,012.7 Mt of crude steel in 2012, an increase of 2.6% compared to 2011. The regions share of world steel production increased slightly from 64.5% in 2011 to 65.4% in 2012. Chinas crude steel production in 2012 reached 716.5 Mt, an increase of 3.1% on 2011. Chinas share of world crude steel production increased from 45.4% in 2011 to 46.3% in 2012. Japan produced 107.2 Mt in 2012, a -0.3% decrease from 2011. In 2012, South Koreas crude steel production was 69.3 Mt, a 1.2% increase compared to 2011. The EU recorded a decrease of -4.7% compared to 2011, producing 169.4 Mt of crude steel in 2012. Germany produced 42.7 Mt of crude steel in 2012, a decrease of -3.7% on 2011. Italy produced 27.2 Mt in 2012, a -5.2% decrease over 2011. Frances crude steel production in 2012

was 15.6 Mt, a decrease of -1.1%. Spain produced 13.6 Mt of crude steel in 2012, a -12.1% decrease on 2011. In 2012, crude steel production in North America was 121.9 Mt, an increase of 2.5% on 2011. The US produced 88.6 Mt of crude steel, 2.5% higher than 2011. The CIS showed a decrease of -1.2% in 2012, producing 111.3 Mt of crude steel. Russia produced 68.9 Mt of crude steel, a 2.5% increase on 2011 and Ukraine recorded a decrease of -6.9% with a yearend figure of 32.9 Mt. Annual crude steel production for South America was 46.9 Mt in 2012, a decrease of -3.0% on 2011. Brazil produced 34.7 Mt in 2012, down by -1.5% compared to 2011. In December 2012, world crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 121.3 Mt, an increase of 2.4% compared to December 2011. The crude steel capacity utilisation ratio of the 62 countries in December 2012 declined to 73.2% compared to 76.1% in November 2012.The average capacity utilisation ratio in 2012 was 78.8% compared to 80.7% in 2011.

The top 10 crude steel producing countries in 2012 are as follows:

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Country China Japan United States India Russia South Korea Germany Turkey Brazil Ukraine

2012 (Mt) 716.5 107.2 88.6 76.7 70.6 69.3 42.7 35.9 34.7 32.9

2011(Mt) 694.8 107.6 86.4 73.6 68.9 68.5 44.3 34.1 35.2 35.3

YoY Growth (%) 3.1 -0.3 2.5 4.3 2.5 1.2 -3.7 5.2 -1.5 -6.9

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Industry News
India's steel demand to increase by 7% in 2013-14

an. 7, 2013 - The demand for steel in India is expected to rise 7 percent in the next financial year beginning April 1 as compared to the sluggish 5.5% projected growth in 2012-13, according to a senior official of Tata Steel. Managing Director H.M. Nerurkar said the overall outlook for the steel sector is positive and the demand was likely to pick up in the next financial year on the back of revival in economic growth and the governments measures to ease infrastructure investment rules. "In fiscal 2012-13, growth in domestic steel demand is expected to be around 5.5%. Total demand is expected to be around 75 million tons, up from 71 million tons in 2011-12. In 2013-14, demand is expected to be higher at around seven%," Nerurkar told IANS. Weak demands have affected performance of major steel firms in India. Tata Steel, which is a part of the $100 billion Tata Group, posted a Rs.363.93 crore loss in the second quarter of the current financial year as against a profit of Rs.212.43 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Tata Steel reported slowest sales growth in the second quarter of the current financial year since 2009. Nerurkar hoped that the governments recent measures to ease infrastructure investment rules and push forward economic reform measures would boost steel demands in India. "Formation of the cabinet committee on infrastructure for single window clearance for mega projects will generate activity in the power and roadways sectors, among others. The expected lowering of interest rates by RBI in January will provide impetus to the manufacturing and

consumer durables sectors, among others. The full impact of all these will be felt in 2013-14," Nerurkar said. He said India was expected to emerge as the second largest producer of crude steel in the next two years. "With the ongoing greenfield and brownfield expansions India is expected to become the worlds second largest producer of crude steel in the next two years," he said. India is currently the worlds fourth largest producer of crude steel after China, Japan and the US. Major public as well as private sector firms including Tata Steel, SAIL and JSW Steel are expanding production capacity. According to the government data, steel production is expected to reach 200 million tons by 2020 as compared to 71 million tons recorded last year. In steel production, India is expected to leave behind USA and Japan in a couple of years. However, it will substantially lag behind China that produces almost 700 million tons of steel per year. Nerurkar said steel demand in Europe is expected to rise next year after registering a decline in the current year. "In Europe, we expect a modest 2.5% growth against the backdrop of a negative growth this year," he said. Tata Steels European unit, formerly called Corus, is the largest in Europe. The Tata Group, led by the then chairman Ratan Tata, had acquired the Anglo-Dutch Corus in 2007 for $12 billion. The company is now called Tata Steel Europe.

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Company News
RHI to buy 43.6% stake from Orient Refractories promoters
an. 15, 2013 - Austrian firm RHI AG, a leading global refractories maker, today entered into an agreement to buy 43.6% of the promoters' stake in the city-based Orient Refractories (ORL) for nearly Rs 230 crore (31 million Euro). "Orient Abrasives, S G Rajgarhia along with other promoters of ORL have entered into a share purchase agreement today with Dutch US Holding, Netherlands, an entity owned by RHI AG, Austria for sale of 5.24 crore shares held by them in the company (aggregating 43.62%) at a price of Rs

43 per share," ORL said in a BSE filing. ORL produces refractories and monolithics for the use in iron and steel industry. Listed on the National Stock Exchange as well as the Bombay Stock Exchange, the company had clocked Rs 300 crore sales in the last fiscal. ORL's manufacturing and R&D facility is based in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan and has eight sales offices in various parts of the country. The proposed sale is subject to various conditions that includes regulatory approvals. "ORL's business is complementary to RHI's current market position... ORL's technical and service know-how as well as its Indian production facility will further strengthen RHI's service-oriented sales approach for the growing Indian and Asian steel industry," RHI said in a statement. RHI would make an open offer to the public shareholders for up to an additional 26% of the shares of ORL at Rs 43 per share, it added. "SG Rajgarhia will carry on as a member of the future board of directors of ORL as he will continue to own below 5% of the shares," RHI AG said.

Minerals Technologies achieves annual record earnings in 2012

an. 31, 2013 - Minerals Technologies Inc. today reported operating income for the full year 2012 grew 9% to a record $110.0 million compared to $100.8 million in the prior year, excluding special items and reported net income for the full year of 2012 was $74.1 million, a 10% increase over the $67.5 million recorded in 2011. This increase was due to a strong operating performance highlighted by a 6% company-wide productivity improvement and 3% lower expenses. Operating income improved despite a 4% decrease in worldwide sales due to unfavorable foreign exchange and weakening market conditions in Europe. Worldwide sales were $1.01 billion compared with $1.04 billion recorded in 2011. The impact of foreign exchange on sales was $26.5 million, or 3 percentage points. In addition to the impact of foreign exchange, several paper and steel mill closures in Europe and North America contributed to the sales decrease, which was offset by increased sales in the Paper PCC product line. Excluding the effect of foreign currency and the paper and steel mill closures, sales grew 1%. The Refractories segment recorded operating income of $32.6 million, flat with the previous year. Sales in the Refractories segment decreased 7% to $343.4 million from $368.8 million recorded in 2011. Foreign exchange had an unfavorable impact on sales of $9.3 million, or 3 percentage points. Refractory products sales decreased 8% to $264.1 million from $287.4 million in the prior year due primarily to continued weakness in the global steel industry resulting in the closure of four steel mills worldwide. Metallurgical products sales decreased 3% to $79.3 million from $81.4 million in the prior year due primarily to weakness in the European steel market. In 2012, Minteq International, the operating division of Refractories, also signed an agreement with United Steel Company B.S.C. (SULB) to perform all refractory maintenance at a greenfield steel mill in Bahrain that started up in the third quarter of 2012. Minteq, working with other refractory companies, will be responsible for coordinating refractory

maintenance of the steel furnaces and the other steel production vessels. This agreement is expected to generate between $25 million and $30 million in revenues over a three-year period. The Refractory segment also introduced a new, fourth generation Lacam(R) laser measurement system for use in the worldwide steel industry that is 17 times faster than the previous version. This new technology provides the fastest and most accurate laser scanning for hot surfaces available today. Also, during the year, the business engineered and installed its first Scantrol(R) laser refractory measuring system for basic oxygen steel-making furnaces at the Nizhny Tagil Metallurgical Plant (NTMK) in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia. NTMK is one of the largest fully integrated steel production facilities in Russia. The Refractory segment recorded operating income of $7.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with $10.4 million in the prior year, a 28% decrease. This decrease was primarily attributable to the closure of four steel mills, global weakness in the worldwide steel industry and lower equipment sales. Fourth quarter sales in the Refractories segment decreased 9 percent to $83.4 million from $91.8 million recorded in the same period in 2011. Refractory products sales declined 11 percent to $63.5 million from $71.3 million in the prior year. Metallurgical products sales decreased 3% to $19.9 million from $20.5 million in the same period in 2011. "In 2012, we saw our strategies of geographic expansion and new product development gain momentum. Today, Minerals Technologies is a strong operating company driven by our focus on productivity and cost reduction through our Operational Excellence/Lean initiative and employee engagement," said Mr. Muscari, "Our Refractories and Performance Minerals product lines have shown significant improvement, we expect to continue to improve our financial performance through the execution of our key strategic initiatives of new product development, geographic expansion and Operational Excellence."

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Company News
Iluka to lay off 65 staff after revenue falls by 30% in 2012
an. 18, 2013 - MINERAL sands miner Iluka will cut 65 jobs after shutting its West Australian mining operation as it continues to cut costs in response to adverse market conditions. The company, releasing its quarterly production report yesterday, said the redundancies were a result of its decision to idle its Eneabba operation in March. Iluka also said other operations would be run on a reduced roster and utilisation basis. "These and other potential actions will reduce costs across the business," the company said. "Capital expenditure levels, relative to 2012, will also be reduced." The company had announced at the end of last year that it would idle most of its operations during the Christmas period because of challenging conditions in mineral sands markets, including lower demand, inventory destocking and product substitution. Iluka said yesterday last year's production volumes were lower than the previous year's, reflecting the lower demand environment and the fact the company had exercised production flexibility in response to market conditions.

Revenue for the year was down 30.4% from the previous year, which the company said reflected a reduction in the sale of its principal and highervalue products of zircon (used in ceramics) and synthetic rutile (pigments). Iluka said the lower demand for zircon during the December quarter also reflected buyer uncertainty in the lead-up to an announced zircon auction and a further significant fall in zircon pricing following the auction. "Continued market competitiveness in December led to some further reductions in prices," it said. "It is evident that a number of customers Iluka deals with believe that a stabilisation in zircon pricing is a necessary precursor to significant demand resumption following recent sharp declines in pricing, which have made planning of production, raw material purchases and flow-on customer commercial arrangements very challenging." The company plans to draw down its inventory levels to meet demand before restoring production settings to match underlying demand conditions. "Actions taken are in the context of what Iluka believes is a cyclical low for mineral sands product demand," the company said. Iluka said it expected to provide further guidance on production levels, cash production costs, other costs and capital expenditure levels at its fullyear results at the end of next month.

Magnezit Group obtains patents for inventions & utility models

an. 22, 2013 - Magnezit Group obtained patents of Russian Federation for the invention "Method of Repair of Pipe of Vacuum Steel Degasser and for the utility model Water Cooled Roof of Electric Arc Steel-Making Furnace, as well as a patent of Ukraine for the utility model " Tundish for Continuous Casting of Steel. On December 20, 2012 Federal service for intellectual property of Russian Federation (Rospatent) issued a patent 2469101 for the invention Method of Repair of Pipe of Vacuum Steel Degasser. The method consists in applying of refractory mass onto the repair piece, placing onto it of the hot vacuum degasser with the pipe. For this purpose first a repair piece is produced by way of casting of concrete into the mould, which has an inner cylindrical hole equal to the diameter of the pipe hole in its initial state and the outer diameter by 5-25 less than diameter of the worn out lining of the pipe. The invention allows increasing service life of the pipe lining and strength of its inner surface after repair. Method of vacuum degasser pipe repair was tested at the arc-furnace melting shop 2 of the JSC Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Integrated Works. On December 26, 2012 Federal service of intellectual property of Russian Federation (Rospatent) issued to Magnezit Group a patent 123128 for the utility model Water Cooled Roof of Electric Arc Steel-Making Furnace. Water cooled roof of the furnace has a water cooled panel, created by concentric rows of water cooled pipes, and a central refractory plate. According to the utility model the slanted part of the water cooled panel is made with a bending and is divided into two parts the outer one and the inner one in such a way, that the angle of slope of the walls of the inner part of water cooled panel is 60-90, and thanks to this the central refractory plate is distanced from the level of metal by 300-400

mm. Tightening refractory rings are put onto the central refractory plate. Such a model was tested for the first time during lining of an electric arc furnace with capacity of 110 tons at the arc-furnace melting shop 2 of the JSC Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Integrated Works. On December 28, 2012 The State service of intellectual property of Ukraine (Ukrpatent) issued to Magnezit Group a patent 75672 for the utility model Tundish for Continuous Casting of Steel. Earlier this development of the company was protected by the patent of RF 114627 (issued on April 17, 2012). Specialists of the Technical Department of Magnezit Group upgraded a construction of tundish for continuous casting of steel and developed the most optimal variant of positioning of its separate components. There are several rows of overflow channels in the tundish for continuous casting of steel and there are dams in the collecting and casting areas. In the body of the dams there are gas conducting channel with independent supply of blowing gas. Dams consist of the main body and blowing zone, located in the upper part of the dam and made of porous refractory material. When steel is cast through the suggested tundish, impurities are removed by way of creating a continuous curtain of gas, supplied through the blowing zone of dams. Thanks to this the purity of cast metal is improved, vortex formation and drawing of non-metal impurities into nozzle of the tundish is excluded. Quality of metal is improved. As at January 1, 2013 Magnezit Group is holder of 31 patents for inventions, 8 patents for utility models and 2 trademarks. Another 12 applications for inventions are at the stage of expertise: 7 of them at Rospatent, 2 - at Ukrainian patent service, 2 - at Eurasian Patent Office and 1 application - in China.

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an. 11, 2013 - Birmingham's Empire Refractory Specialists Inc. has been acquired by Houstonbased Thorpe-Sunbelt Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a release from Thorpe said Empire's management team, project staff,

superintendents and employees will be retained in the acquisition. Empire installs refractory products for the lime, cement, pulp and paper and steel dust recycling industries in the Birmingham area. After the acquisition, the business will operate as Thorpe-Sunbelt. Thorpe-Sunbelt is a subsidiary of Thorpe Specialty Services Corp.

Uni-Ref Inc. to relocate to new plant in Indiana after expansion

an. 23, 2013 - Sharonville-based Uni-Ref Inc. has acquired a 270,000-square-foot plant in Brookville, Ind., and plans to relocate from its smaller facility on Jefferson Avenue. The subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based United Refractories Co. manufactures products used in high-temperature applications at iron and steel foundries, power generation facilities, cement and lime plants, and in the petrochemical industry. The property sale closed in December for $2.4 million, said Scott Berger at Cushman & Wakefield/Cincinnati Commercial Realtors. Si Pitstick and Josh Young brokered the deal for the seller. The 18-year-old plant is on 23 acres on Golden Drive, northeast of Brookville off State Route 101. Uni-Ref officials could not be reached for comment. It wasnt immediately known what it plans to do with the Sharonville plant, how soon it will relocate, or how many jobs are affected.

Calderys NL awarded two orders for Rosneft Refineries

an. 9, 2013 - Calderys the Netherlands B.V. has been awarded in November 2012 by CB&I Lummus Technology Heat Transfer B.V. with two orders for Rosneft refineries in Achinsk and Komsomolsk, Russia. These two orders include (approx. 200 drawings of) engineering, production and supply of approx. 120 m Insulating Firebricks and approx. 3500 tons of different Insulating Castables for the refractory lining of two new Hydrocracking complexes. Each complex consists of 6 multicell

Zircoa forms Zircoa GmbH, replacing DIDIER

an. 8, 2013 - Zircoa recently announced it has formed Zircoa GmbH, replacing DIDIER as its representative for many of Zircoas products to Europe and parts of Asia. "We strive to exceed the customers expectations, said Ronne Proch, Zircoa president. "DIDIER, as our representative, was an embodiment of that goal. With the torch now passed and with the formation of Zircoa GmbH, we reaffirm our commitment and will continue to back it up with the excellence in product support and customer service. Existing customers may rest knowing that with the formation of Zircoa GmbH, nearly all existing staff will remain. Zircoa GmbH will reportedly further its market development and grow it sales activities into Eastern Europe, Russia and other EMEA member countries. As part of this growth, Zircoa GmbH seeks the development of relationships with other ceramic and refractory materials companies with products complementing Zircoas and sharing similar sales objectives in the target markets.

Korab Resources retains Batchelor project exposure

an. 4, 2013 - Korab Resources' recent sale of the Winchester magnesite deposit represents only around 2% of the overall area of the Batchelor project in Northern Territory, leaving the company with exposure to much of the upside from potential development of the project. Korab recently signed a deal to sell the Winchester magnesite deposit to Augur Investments for $33.2 million. Augur is an Estonian investment company with interests in mining, infrastructure and commercial property development. The deposit is located within a 3.4 square kilometre surveyed area, which is to be cut off from the Batchelor project and transferred to Augur. The Batchelor project covers 171 square kilometres and it is being retained by Korab and the company is currently seeking joint venture partners to further explore the Batchelor project. Its work completed to date in the Winchester area that is being sold is limited to rehabilitation of the site, update of the magnesite feasibility study and various desk studies. All field work conducted by Korab within the Batchelor project was located in the area that is being retained by Korab. Previous drilling at Winchester to a depth of 100 metre outlined a

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high grade zone of magnesite mineralisation 7.5 kilometre long and 500 metre wide, with mineralisation open at depth. Close spaced drilling over the area 550 metre by 300 metre also outlined an indicated resource of 12.2 million tons of 43.1% MgO and an inferred resource of 4.4 million tons at 43.6% MgO. An update of the feasibility study by Tenova/Bateman Engineering of a previously completed on Winchester in 2001 suggested that at the current magnesium price and at current labor costs, the processing of the ore into magnesium metal would not be economical if the smelter was to be built and operated in Australia. However, it may be economical if the ore was to be shipped offshore for processing.

S&B Industrial Minerals bauxite sector spin-off to its subsidiary

an. 1, 2013 - The Board of Directors of S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. (S&B) and Greek Helicon Bauxites - G.L. Barlos A.B.E.M.E. (HB), 100% subsidiary of S&B, approved in their meetings held on 18/12/2012 and 28/12/2012, respectively, the spin-off of S&B's bauxite sector and its contribution to HB. The spin-off is an internal rearrangement to serve the rationalization of S&B's Group structure and will not have any impact on financial figures. The date of transformation (of S&B's financial position) has been set at

31/12/2012 while the spin-off and contribution of S&B's bauxite sector will be realized in accordance with the provisions of L.2166/1993 and C.L.2190/1920. Based on the latest fiscal data of 2011, sales revenue of the spinned-off sector is less than 30% of S&B Group's total consolidated sales revenue, specifically 7.2%. Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4.1.3.12 of the rulebook of the Athens Exchange the issuance of an information memorandum is not required.

Canada Carbon finalizes the purchase of 3 graphite properties

an. 14, 2013 Canada Carbon Inc. (formerly Bolero Resources Corp.) is pleased to announce that it has closed the previously announced agreement to acquire certain mining claims in relation to three properties: the Miller, Walker and Dun Raven graphite mines with Quebec Inc. (herein Quebec Inc) a private Quebec corporation. Paul Ogilvie CEO commented: "We are very pleased with the acquisitions. The Miller property will add great value to our business model; the opportunity to own a lump/vein graphite project is very exciting, we look forward to starting work as soon as possible. We anticipate the Walker and Dun Raven properties will be secondary material feed stock for our mill. The Miller Mine is a past producer of graphite located 70km west of Montreal. This mine may have been the first graphite operation in Canada. It was worked around 1845 to at least 1900 when it was reported that a twenty-five car trainload of lump graphite was shipped from the deposit. The property consists of nine claims covering 5.4km2 including the past mine and similar geology around the original deposit, with road access and power nearby. The mineralization at the mine site consists of five veins of varying widths with unknown direction or depth. The quantity and grade is unknown but such veins usually consist of high grade mineralization ranging from 30 to 90% graphite. Vein graphite is the most valued natural form of graphite, and is currently only mined in Sri Lanka. There is no certainty that further exploration will result in the development of similar deposits. Pursuant to the terms of the mining claims purchase and transfer agreement (Agreement) dated January 7th, 2012, Canada Carbon has made an initial contribution of $5,000 CDN and will make a second cash payment of $45,000 CDN on April 1, 2013 and will pay a yearly royalty of 0.75% on the net production returns. As further consideration for the transfer and sale of the Miller Claims and related assets, the Company has issued 1,000,000 common shares to Quebec Inc. A conditional payment of

1,000,000 shares will be issued on the first anniversary date of the closing after the purchaser makes certain expenditures of up to $250,000 CDN and confirms specific defined quality, grade and feasibility targets. The Walker Mine is a past producer of graphite located 30 km northeast of Ottawa. The property consists of four claims covering the past mine and eleven claims covering interesting geological formations with potential graphite mineralization around the original deposit. More than thirty pits have been reported on the past producing property. Massive graphite veins have been found at the Walker Mine. Pursuant to the terms of the mining claims purchase and transfer agreement (Agreement) dated January 7th, 2012, Canada Carbon has made an initial contribution of $5,000 CDN and will make a second cash payment of $45,000 CDN on April 1, 2013 and will pay a yearly royalty of 2% on the net production returns. As further consideration for the transfer and sale of the Walker Claims and related assets, the Company has issued 1,500,000 common shares to Quebec Inc. A conditional payment of 1,000,000 shares will be issued on the first anniversary date of the closing after the purchaser makes certain expenditures of up to $250,000 CDN and confirms specific defined quality, grade and feasibility targets. The Dun Raven is a graphite deposit located near Shawville, QC, about 80km west of Ottawa. A geophysical anomaly exists of which only about 15% has been drilled. Pursuant to the terms of the mining claims purchase and transfer agreement (Agreement) dated January 7th, 2012, Canada Carbon has made an initial contribution of $1,000 CDN and will make a second cash payment of $9,000 CDN on April 1, 2013 and will pay a yearly royalty of 2% on the net production returns. As further consideration for the transfer and sale of the Dun Raven Claims and related assets, the Company has issued 250,000 common shares to Quebec Inc. A conditional payment of 250,000 shares will be issued on the first anniversary date of the closing after the purchaser makes certain expenditures of up to $100,000 CDN and confirms specific defined quality, grade and feasibility targets.

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Focus Graphite inks definitive option for Caninde project in Brazil

an. 15, 2013 - Focus Graphite has signed a definitive option deal with Lara Exploration for Lara's Caninde graphite project in Ceara State, northeastern Brazil. Under the terms of the deal, Focus will have two separate options to acquire a total 60% undivided interest in the property, subject to an underlying royalty to a third party on 11 exploration licenses. The royalty will amount to 2% of gross revenue from production sales, to a lifetime maximum of R$750,000. In exchange for these rights, Focus has committed to staged exploration expense payments over 5 years, as well as to 500,000 shares to Lara within three years, and the reimbursement to Lara of certain claim acquisition costs. Focus will be the operator of the exploration program at the project throughout the duration of the agreement. The first option deal, for a 51% stake, will see Focus carry out exploration on the property totalling $2.5 million by the third anniversary of the agreement. For another 9% interest, Focus will have to undertake more exploration, including a further 5,000 metres of drilling, and complete a positive preliminary economic assessment, taking total expenses to at least $4.5 million within five years. If Focus should not exercise its second option, Lara and Focus will enter into a joint venture, with Focus holding a 51% stake and Lara holding the remainder. Otherwise, Focus will hold a 60% stake in the venture. Both parties will fund exploration according to their respective interests once a joint venture is formed.

Focus Graphite is an emerging junior mining development company, and the owner of the Lac Knife graphite deposit located in the Cote-Nord region of northeastern Quebec. Last week, its shares advanced after the company announced the appointment of Benoit Lafrance as its new VP of exploration. The company is arming itself with experienced management as it develops its Lac Knife graphite deposit. In November, the company received a bullish outlook from analysts, as Fundamental Research Corp raised its fair value estimate on Focus after the fairly recent preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the graphite explorer's Lac Knife deposit. The equity research firm, which also highlighted Focus' strong cash position, raised its fair value estimate on the company to $1.44 per share from $1.21 per share previously. It is noted that the Lac Knife PEA shows high production rates, and three potential saleable products. The long-awaited PEA, which was unveiled in late October, showed average concentrate grades of 92% graphitic carbon. The company says that Lac Knife is unique because of its cost-mitigating, high concentration of large, medium and small flake graphite. Flake graphite - the most actively pursued type of graphite and associated

Syrah Resources wows with the world's largest known graphite deposit

an. 23, 2013 - Syrah Resources has delivered an impressive initial resource for its Balama Graphite-Vanadium Project in Mozambique demonstrating the sheer massive size of the deposit that still has the potential to grow significantly. The Resource well and truly exceeded the exploration target of 400 to 500 million tons at 10% total graphitic carbon (TGC) previously outlined for Balama West. The global Inferred Resource for Balama West is 564 million tons at 9.8% TGC and 0.21% V205 at a 5% TGC cut off. The contained graphite of the Balama deposit is expected to exceed the rest of the worlds reserves of graphite as recorded by the USGS (77 million tons as at 2012). Syrah expects Balama to be one of the lowest cost producers of graphite in the world, including China. Given that the independently prepared resource exceeded the exploration target for Balama West, the company is also confident of exceeding the exploration target for Balama East. World class graphite resource Also impressive is the size and grade of the two combined high grade portions of the deposit - the Ativa and Mualia Zones. The Resource comprises two very high grade zones surrounded by an extensive zone of medium grade graphite.

The Inferred Resources commence from outcrop down to a depth of 300 metres below surface. The combined high grade zones are 157 million tons at 17.1% total graphitic carbon (TGC) and 0.43% V205 at a 5% TGC cut off. The Ativa Zone (formerly North Zone) has an Inferred JORC Resource of 21 million tons at 20.8% TGC and 0.38% V2O5 at a 13% TGC cut off, and is among the highest grade deposits recorded for flake graphite globally. The Mualia Zone (formerly Hill Zone) has a JORC Resource of 136 million tons at 16.6% TGC and 0.43% V2O5 at a 5% TGC cut off. This zone in isolation is one of the world's largest graphite deposits. It is also one of the highest grade graphite deposits recorded globally. These two zones are separated by only 200 metres lateral distance, and there is potential to increase these tonnages significantly. There has been limited drilling at the northern margin of the Ativa Zone and the zone remains open in all directions and at depth. Based on these high grade zones alone, Balama West is one of the world's largest deposits of graphite and vanadium. At a grade of about 17% it is also one of the highest grade flake graphite deposits in the world. Balama progress The 2013 drill program is slated to begin in March/April 2013, following

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the current wet season. The program will extend and close-off the high grade Ativa and Mualia zones. Around 5,000 metres of diamond drilling will be required to complete this program. An Inferred Resource from Balama East is planned to be released in the June quarter this year. Meanwhile, the Scoping Study is also progressing to plan and is also expected to be released during the June quarter this year. This, combined with the resource, metallurgy and marketing studies will provide the foundation for feasibility study deliverables. Analysis Balama is an extraordinary deposit on any measure. Not only is it worlds largest graphite deposit, but it is among the highest grade deposits recorded for flake graphite globally, and contains a vanadium resource that far exceeds the worlds largest operating vanadium deposit. In November 2012, Proactive opined: Syrahs current share price of $2.48 looks likely to be on the "light" side for a deposit of this rank and potential quality and scale. "On current trends, Syrah looks to Proactive Investors to be a $3.00-$3.50 stock." Syrahs shares are now at around $3.14 and, given the potential still to significantly grow the resource even further particularly with a Balama East resource still to come, this is still early days for the company. The Balama deposit outcrops over a distance of 7 kilometres, with graphitic schists outcropping over the entire distance. None of the high grade domains are closed off and Syrah expects these to continue to expand in size. Based on the size of the deposit and the product mix achieved from metallurgical testwork, Balama could meet demand requirements across all natural graphite flake ranges (jumbo to amorphous) for several generations. The deposit will also be one of the lowest cost producers of graphite in the world, including China.

Graphite One Resources to develop N.A.s largest graphite deposit

an. 28, 2013 - Calgarybased Graphite One Resources released a NI43101 compliant resource estimate that is reverberating through the mining industry. The deal was settled the old-fashioned way, with a friendly handshake in Nome, Alaska. The parties to the deal were a group of Canadian entrepreneurs and the descendants of one of Alaskas foremost pioneer families. Now, less than two years later, the groundwork has been laid for what has the potential to become the worlds largest, richest graphite mine. All but lost in the pre-Christmas bustle, Calgary-based Graphite One Resources released a NI43-101 compliant resource estimate that is reverberating through the mining industry. The full Technical Report describing the resource was filed on SEDAR January 18, 2013. Its still dawning on people that the potential production at Graphite Creek on the Seward Peninsula could dwarf the combined output of the rest of the worlds leading graphite producers. "Based on the size of the resource, flake content and potential, we believe this to be the largest reported flake graphite deposit in the world. We will look to take an aggressive approach in 2013 to advance the project towards production in the near future," says Anthony Huston, President of Graphite One. Two years ago, Huston was in Alaska, investigating a gold prospect, when a local geologist happened to mention that he had done a study of Graphite Creek while working for the U.S. government, and had gotten to know the Tweet family that held the mining rights. Huston recalls the geologist saying: "Theres this amazing property that I

believe could be world class." Huston and Charles Chebry, now Chairman and CEO of Graphite One, made the connection and were instantly impressed. "The Tweets are great partners" says Huston. The founder of the clan, Nicholas Tweet, of Norwegian heritage, came to Nome from Minnesota in 1899 at the age of 23, when the gold-rush settlement consisted only of tents, a saloon built of driftwood and a lone log cabin. Tweet prospered, successfully exploiting the rich deposits of gold that were then strewn along the beaches of Cape Nome. Joined a year later by his wife, Evinda, and their two sons, the family went on to found N.B. Tweet and Sons, a company still in business today and which has operated placer gold mines on the Seward Peninsula for over 110 years. Gold has always been the Tweet familys major preoccupation. But in 1914, the outbreak of World War I triggered a surge in demand for graphite. The existence of high-grade graphite deposits in the Kigluaik Mountains 65 km north of Nome had been known since 1900, and Nick Tweet had staked claims there. During the war years, the claims produced some 500 tons of graphite, which was hauled three kilometers down to a barge in the bay by one of the first gasoline-powered tractors seen in the territory. That same HoltTM tractor is now on display in Taylor, Alaska. Writing in 1919, geologist G.L. Harrington described the Kigluaik deposits as "very high grade (up to 98 percent carbon), and comparable to high quality flake graphite deposits produced elsewhere; even the poorest material is regarded as good ore as compared to many commercial locations." When the war ended, the market for graphite shrank and the Tweet family claims went largely unworked for decades. But the Tweets and their descendants knew the richness of the resource. The claims were still in good standing when Huston and Chebry approached the family in 2011. "We spent over six months getting to know them, says Huston. "It was not unusual to have 16 members of the family in the room, all wanting to understand the future partnership. "Its extremely important to recognize that we did close to 12 months of due diligence before we even closed the deal."

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Aziana digs for graphite in Belanitra of Madagascar

an. 21, 2013 - Aziana has started exploration work, which will include mapping and trench sampling, on its Belanitra graphite project in Madagascar. The objective of the immediate exploration program is to confirm the extent and quality of the graphite and this will be followed up by shallow diamond drilling using the company's rig to confirm the depth of the saprolite zone. Aziana's exploration permit comprises five tenements spread over 31.25 square kilometres and the company holds the environmental permit to allow for immediate start of exploration.

The tenements also lie in a region of Madagascar, which is known for mining of high quality flake graphite including four historic graphite mines within the licence area, two of which hold particular importance. The Befotaka mine is located on the western limb in the north of the licence with the original working face up to 40 metres high. The 150 metres wide face has exposed four seams of graphite between 1.5 metres and 2 metres thick over a 15 metres interval each assaying about 30% carbon. The Antsahalava mine is located on the eastern limb of the licence area and graphite occurs in a northwest dipping mica schist sequence. Geological reports indicate a 7 metres thick graphite seam under the cover of about 8 metres overburden.

E&M Group to acquire Pt.E&M Indonesia to produce zircon

an. 21, 2013 - E&M Group, Inc. is pleased to report that it has ratified a share exchange agreement with PT. E&M Indonesia, an Indonesian mining company. By acquiring PT.E&M Indonesia, E&M Group will take the major step forward to become a major player in producing iron sand and zircon. We are looking forward to expanding our operations in Indonesia to grow our business and, furthermore, increasing our shareholder value. Both companies and their shareholders are expected to benefit from increased scale and enhanced capital markets profile. Discussing the acquisition, Jooin Kim, E&M Groups Chief Executive Officer said, "The mining project E&M to proceed in the south offshore of Sukabumi in Indonesia is a very attractive and promising project along with current booming mining industry. Difficulties we had on developing untapped mining reserves due to hard work environment, lack of funds

and technology can now be resolved with accumulation of our unique technology which enables to develop buried ironsand at minimal cost and great profit will be generated for not only for our company but also for mine owners. Our unique networks and relations with private business sectors in China will also take a big part in distribution of the ironsand." "There is still a huge gap between the supply and demand for zircon and the price growing as a result. In fact, the price of zircon exited 2010 above $1,000 per ton and has gone up to $2,400 per ton in the third quarter of this year. Credit Suisse, in their 3QT 2012 Commodities Quarterly, has predicted that the price of zircon will increase up to $3,500 per ton by the end of year 2013. Zircon mine, which will be our main projects, will become a major driver the companys future growths as zircon price is expected to grow.

Kenmare Resources posts decline in production in Q4 2012

an. 31, 2013 - Kenmare Resources said that revenue rose 40% in 2012, but disappointed investors with an anticipated decline in quarter-on-quarter production of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) during the final three months of the year. Mining operations produced 157,000 tons of HMC during the fourth quarter, compared with 229,100 tons in the third quarter, due to a combination of electricity supply disruptions and geotechnical challenges. Full year HMC production totaled 772,300 tons. Finished product volumes for the year were 574,500 tons of ilmenite, which drove the rise in revenue, and 46,900 tons of zircon (including 20,000 tons of a secondary zircon product). Compared with the previous year, average ilmenite prices realised were 98% higher in 2012 and were up 17% in the second half of 2012 compared with the first half of the year. Average prices for primary zircon products increased in 2012 by 9.0% compared with 2011, but dropped by 32% in the second half of 2012 compared with the first half year. Product volumes shipped in 2012 declined by 7.0% compared with 2011, resulting from reduced production

levels. Operating costs edge higher There was some increase in operating costs, particularly in the second half of 2012 as the mine pond was making the complex transition up to the dunal plateau, and cost control remained a key priority for management, the group said. Revenue rises 40% 680,800 tons of finished products were shipped in 2012, compared with 730,400 tons in 2011. These shipments generated revenues of $234.5m (unaudited), an increase of 40% from $167.5m during 2011. The group also said that global titanium feedstock inventories are depleting and demand outlook improving: "2012 was a year of contrasting halves for the titanium feedstock industry. During the first half, demand for titanium feedstocks was very strong and prices grew steadily. "However, as the painting season in the second quarter was weaker than expected, pigment producers felt the impact of holding excess finished goods inventories. "Despite overall weaker feedstock demand from pigment producers,

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demand for ilmenite was more resilient than feedstocks in general, and Kenmare was able to sell more than it produced in 2012 at significantly higher prices than in 2011. Year-end inventories were drawn down to low levels as a result." Zircon markets provide a challenge Global zircon market conditions proved challenging during 2012, and consumption was weak due to significantly reduced demand, primarily from the ceramics sector. Kenmare explained this was driven by the slowdown in construction activity in China and weak economic conditions in Europe. Additionally, zircon consumers started 2012 with high inventory levels on the expectation of continued supply shortages. However, faced with slower demand for their products, zircon consumers took a cautious approach to buying as 2012 progressed. "Prices held up well initially but reduced sharply during the fourth quarter," it said, adding that, "whilst this trend has continued into 2013, there are some tentative indications that prices may be close to stabilising". "Kenmare, with its relatively small production volume, was able to sell all of its zircon during 2012 at the prevailing market price. With a stronger economic outlook expected in China during 2013 and completion of the de-stocking cycle in Europe, zircon demand growth is expected to resume in 2013. The readjustment of market prices that has taken place should help to reverse the downward trend in consumption seen over the past 12 to 15 months."

Gunson Resources did surveys to Coburn zircon project

an. 11, 2013 - Gunson Resources has encountered no major environmental issues identified during baseline surveys along the proposed gas pipeline route for the Coburn Zircon Project in Western Australia. This was disclosed after reports were submitted to State government regulators in late December 2012.

Enabling the 15 month delivery period estimated in last years Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study to be met. Work has continued on planning and optimisation work for the zircon project. This short-term work program is designed to meet the POSCO's commercial condition by 28 February 2013. As part of this work, and in preparation for the commencement of the Project development stage, Gunson is collaborating with a small number of key contractors and equipment suppliers in relation to optimising mining and mineral processing plans. David Harley managing director of Gunson Resources said, "further high level financial modelling incorporating the main aspects of this work program has provided increased confidence that the POSCO SPV commercial condition can be met."

BCH looks for partner to manufacture ceramic proppant

an. 7, 2013 - Today's ceramic proppants come either from overseas -- Brazil, Russia or China -- or from the "kaolin belt" in Georgia and eastern Alabama. That is because they must contain either kaolin or bauxite to work in current formulations. Austin-based Brownwood Clay Holdings, LLC, (BCH) is announcing the development of a method for making ceramic proppant out of a type of clay found near many of the top shale formations which, if proven commercially viable, could slash the cost and the delivery time for this type of proppant. The product is currently completing the testing phase, according to Gary Davis, co-operating manager of BCH, and is looking for a partner to manufacture the proppant. Should they find one in 2013, Davis said they could have product ready for delivery by 2015. The idea has been under consideration for two to three years, starting with the consideration of how to utilize a clay deposit on 476 acres of land BCH owned near Brownwood. BCH consists of a number of owners of this land, some of which have been connected with the property for more than 50 years, others for just a few years. The clay had previously been used for brick and tile, but Davis and his associates were looking for greater uses. There had already been some studies based on core samples taken in 1997, so the group started there and moved forward. After about a year

of studying the existing information, they hired On the Plant Floor (OPF) Enterprises, a Missoula, Montana company whom Davis described as "some of the pre-eminent ceramics experts in the country." This was about 16 months ago. During this time BCH also used a number of labs around the country to test the ideas coming from OPF. In January of 2012 they decided to establish their own lab in Houston to be operated by OPF. One of the outside testing facilities was the Bishop Materials Laboratory at Clemson University. BCH says this testing resulted in proprietary formulations that successfully convert clay like that at the BCH property, which is also available worldwide, into lightweight ceramic proppants. While the company has used a simulated factory to produce a few pounds of the proppant, they have not had the capability to make enough to test in any actual fracturing jobs. That is one thing Davis hopes will come from a manufacturing partner. He said there are five main categories of companies that could be potential partners: An E&P company that wants to vertically integrate; a well service company wanting to expand its product offerings; an existing manufacturer of ceramic proppants; a company that is currently a proppant supplier but not a manufacturer; or an industrial minerals company. Davis said BCH would consider other possibilities as well. To clarify, the company's clay deposit near Brownwood was the catalyst

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for the research, but the now-patented process could be used on any similar clay formation anywhere in the world, giving the company a possible global market. Currently, Davis said, sand proppants make up 56% of the dollars spent in the category, while ceramics account for 37%, with other materials coming in at 7%. Ceramics perform better in certain formations, but because of their scarcity, are currently more expensive. The clay of the

raw materials currently must contain either kaolin or bauxite. Davis says that, because the new procedure requires neither, the cost would be less for the material itself. And because it could be manufactured near the producing formation, transportation costs would be decreased by an even greater degree. The final proof awaits the manufacture of many tons of the material, enough to incorporate into a frac job and test the results.

Tata Steel stops production at chromite mine as lease ends

an. 22, 2013 - Tata Steel Ltd, Indias third-largest steel producer, has halted production at its chromite mine in Sukinda in Orissa following the expiry of its mining lease on 12 January. Its clearances are delayed, two senior mining officials in the state said. The companys spokesman confirmed it had stopped production at the mine and added Tata Steel was confident of getting the clearances that would allow it to resume activity. Analysts said a delay in lifting the closure will affect the companys profitability. An 8 January notice asked Tata Steel to stop mining, said another senior mining official in Jajpur district where the chromite mine is located. Chromite is an essential ingredient in the making of stainless steel. The mine has been in operation since the 1960s. It caters to the ferro alloys and minerals division of the company, the largest non-steel business of Tata Steel, besides selling to other steel plants. The company started preparations to build an underground mine in the same location last year, according to the companys website. Ferro alloys contributed 8% to operating income in the September quarter of the current fiscal year, according to the company. Three analysts said a prolonged disruption of production at the mine could threaten the profitability of the division. To be sure, Tata Steel can procure chromite in India or import it, said Bhavesh Chauhan, an analyst at Angel Broking Ltd. Shares of Tata Steel closed at Rs.414.05 on BSE on Monday, down 0.14%. The benchmark Sensex rose 0.31% to close at 20,101.82 points. "Our applications are being processed by various government departments, and we are confident of getting the necessary approvals soon," the Tata Steel spokesman said. "In the interim period, the mining operation has

been temporarily discontinued but will recommence immediately upon getting the clearances." According to him, the company applied for the third renewal of its lease one year ahead of its expiry as per the provisions of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act. The company also applied for the so-called forest clearance two years ago and for the temporary working condition nine months in advance, the spokesman said. Tata Steels chromite mine covers 406 hectares, including 106 acres of forest land, and had been leased to the company for 20 years. That expired this month. The mine has the capacity to produce 2.4 million tons (mt) of chrome ore, 0.6mt of chrome concentrates and 0.5mt of pyroxenite ore per annum, according to a report on the website of the ministry of environment and forests.

Canada Fluorspar Inc. commences exploration drilling program

an. 16, 2013 - Canada Fluorspar Inc. is pleased to announce an update of its exploration activities on the Director and Grebes Nest Veins located on the Company's 100% owned mineral properties at St. Lawrence, Newfoundland. On January 15, 2013, the Company commenced a 13,000 meter (approximately 35 holes) drilling program on its 100% owned Director Vein fluorspar property. The first phase of the program will include 3,000 meters to be drilled as part of northern extension of the old Alcan workings at greater depths than the previously drilled by Alcan. Historical mining operations by Alcan on the property produced in excess of 4.2 million tons of fluorite from 1942 to 1977, with the Director vein having an average 60% CaF2. The first phase of the drilling program will also include a further 5,000 meters to be drilled on the Director South Extension area based on the vein identified in the 2012 trenching program.

In addition to drilling the Director prospect, the Company plans to carry out surface trenching on its Grebes Nest property in St. Lawrence during the first half of 2013. Pending these trenching results, the Company plans to drill approximately 5,000 meters on the Grebes Nest property in the second half of 2013. "We are very encouraged by the results of the 2012 Director Vein trenching program, a vein that has a history of significant high grade fluorspar," stated Lindsay Gorrill, President & CEO of the Company. He also added that, "We have long been aware of the 41 identified veins of fluorspar on our exploration licenses and are looking forward to trenching programs at Grebes Nest, Scrape, Church and Black Duck to help us better understand these other prospects and, together with our Newspar partnership, to get us closer to our goal of becoming a major player in the fluorspar industry."

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Market Trend
Analysis on China Refractory Raw Materials in Jan. 2013
Entering into New Year, The overall market continues to be stable for most China refractory materials, with different-degree increase in certain items sales volumes, driven by seasonal surge of purchasing amount before Chinese Lunar New Year. Quoted offers of most types of refractory materials keep unchanged, expect for some price volatility of bauxite, silicon carbide and magnesia.
Bauxite The stagnancy of China bauxite market throughout the whole year of 2012 continues to spread at the beginning of 2013, under the impact of the state's relevant policies of mining restriction and the improved standards for environmental protection, in addition to the weak market demand. In January, exports prices of bauxite have declined nearly by USD30/t, at about USD390-410/t for rotary kiln bauxite 86%min lump, FOB Tianjin. A certain number of shaft kiln owners in Yangquan, Shanxi province are under big pressure of high cost for kiln transformation, as well as the fuels renewal for round kilns, and a few plants even face existence crisis on issues concerned; manufacturers in Xiaoyi, Shanxi province are producing in negative mood and some even had cut or suspended production due to the raw material constraint and hard fund withdrawal. Currently, part companies have raised sale price slightly, at the range of RMB50-100/ t. Source says that China bauxite prices, affected by multiple factors, are likely to boost after the Chinese Lunar New Year, and the tranquil market is hopefully to get recovery after the kiln reform process. BFA (Brown Fused Alumina) In January, China brown fused alumina market continues to remain flat, with prices keeping at about USD700-730/t, FOB Tianjin. Sales in China domestic market have been slightly revived and prices remain unchanged yet, in spite of electricity price increase in Guizhou province during the period of dry season. The main inhibition factor is nothing else than the sustained weak market demand, for which many producers feel hesitate to raise prices. Regarding the newly released draft policy on possible elimination of fixed kiln and tilting kiln with transformer power rate less than 4,000 KVA, there is no panic among BFA makers, who are quite rational to expect a mitigating period before implementation. BFA market in China is predicted to run steadily in near future. China roughly exported about 540,000 tons of brown fused alumina from Jan. to Nov., down by 11.5%, of which exports in November were 66,000 tons, up by 26.7% YoY and 34.7% MoM. In November, exports to USA were approximately 18,000 tons, up by 27.7% YoY, holding the first place, followed by Japan and South Korea. Alumina Compared with that in last month, alumina prices in Henan remain stable at RMB2,650-2,680/t this month, with offers from Chinalco keeping unchanged at RMB2,900/t. Alumina suppliers are expecting an increase in sales price on gradually increasing orders from purchasers. According to some market participants in Henan province, the purchase quantities they received have improved as Chinese Lunar Year draws near, and the market there is promising, with prices on an upward trend; while that in Shanxi province is another picture, where producers are less competitive than those in Henan, because of the increasing usage of natural gas, and some have to cease production due to production cost augment. WFA (White Fused Alumina) Prices of China white fused alumina stay unchanged in January, with fractionally sized WFA keeping at USD830-850/t, FOB Tianjin. As Chinese Lunar New Year draws near, most refractories manufacturers are stocking up, but the market demand for white fused alumina does not show obvious improvement, with the turnover significantly reduced compared with the same period of the previous year, partially by over 33%, with higher pressure of funds withdraw. Market participants said sales in 2012 had a sharp decline by a record of about 30% compared with prior year. On the forum held in Henan early last December, more conditions for smelting WFA companies were discussed, but there is still a long way to go for the industry organization. SiC (Black Silicon Carbide) Market price of black silicon carbide hiked in Gansu in mid-January, as an effect of unbearable cost pressure, with ex-works prices of both SiC 9798% and SiC 88-90% up by RMB 100 per ton than a month earlier, with a RMB 200 per ton increase in the production cost, and the reason for SiC prices rise in a smaller range is no other than the sluggish market demand. It is predicted that prices are likely to hike further once the market situation turns warmer. It is reported that the electricity price in Ningxia is originally higher than that in Gansu, RMB 0.01 per Kwh higher currently, in addition to the sustained downturn situation for silicon carbide industry, and the sales situation is described by most smelters as "losses more than sales efforts". There is currently no news about price increase in Ningxia, remaining stable, due to weak market demand. Export price has decreased obviously as the export policies relaxed in 2013. Price of silicon carbide 88%min is at about USD760-800/t in December and that of silicon carbide 97%min is at about USD1,0501,100/t, FOB Tianjin, China. China totally exported about 149,132 tons of silicon carbide during the first eleven months of 2012, down by 17.6% YoY, of which exports to Japan, the U.S., South Korea, and Taiwan province were 44,653 tons, 37,901 tons, 22,101 tons and 20,462 tons respectively. The export situation for the period seems to be inferior to the level of last year, about 70,000 tons decrease year on year. Flake Graphite In January, the market offers seem to be in chaos, with some quoted higher with an expectation of an integrated price increase after Chinese Lunar New Year, and some others quoted lower for eager funds withdrawal. Export prices are stiffened at USD1,300-1,350/t for +895 flake graphite, FOB Qingdao, after a slight increase in December 2012 due to the seasonal production suspension in Northeast China. Graphite, as an important material for a wide range of applications, is strongly encouraged by China government to boost intensive and fine processing, and business participants are closely stirring their concern

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on future market trend of China flake graphite, which is expected to turn better, with the recovery and production resumption of steel industry as the weather becomes warmer. China totally exported 102,463 tons of natural flake graphite in the first eleven months, down by 26.0% YoY, of which exports in November were 14,014 tons, up by 13.3% YoY and -33.3% MoM, and the main destinations of exports were Japan (14,793 tons), the Netherland (13,850 tons), the U.S. (13,539 tons), India (10,173 tons), South Korea (8,985 tons), and Germany (7,150 tons) respectively. Amorphous Graphite Prices of China amorphous graphite in January remain unchanged as before, with ex-works prices keeping sable in Hunan local market. Manufacturers have confidence in future market, although the current market presents with flat prices and lukewarm sales. The total exports of China natural graphite (exc. powder and powder slice) from Jan. to Nov. 2012 were roughly 86,927 tons, down by 52.2% YoY, with the export amount at USD34.329 million, down by 53.2% YoY, of which exports to Japan, the largest destination, were about 52,731 tons, down by 67.3% YoY, accounting for 60.66% of the total. In November, exports of China natural graphite were about 10,920 tons, up by 20% YoY. FM (Fused Magnesia) As Chinese Lunar New Year is approaching, fused magnesia market are turning to be blooming, along with the provisional procurement increase, and most suppliers are on the business trips for payment collection, and producers in Liaoning with zero inventories, are under less sales pressure than previous months. In order to avoid capital chain rupture, more and more cash deals are reached, and prices of fused magnesia remain stable at the moment and are said to go up on seasonal recovering demand. The market is sluggish for large-crystal fused magnesia, holding 80% market share in global market, and the challenge is more severe for large-crystal fused magnesia manufacturers to cope with the depressing international market. According to China Customs, China exported roughly 272,600 tons of fused magnesia from Jan. to Nov., declining by 14.8% YoY, of which exports in November were 36,500 tons, down by 0.7% YoY and up by 93.12% MoM. In November, the main countries of destination of China fused magnesia were the U.S. (8,200 tons, +8495.2% YoY), Japan (7,600 tons, +286.6% YoY), Russia (5,100 tons, +46.8% YoY), Turkey (4,100 tons, +4.2% YoY), and the Netherland (2,700 tons, -86.9% YoY). A sharp increase was seen on the exports to the U.S., the biggest country of destination in November. DBM (Dead Burned Magnesia) Compared with that in previous month, the export prices of China dead burned magnesia hike in January as quotas cost increased, and the agency fee for magnesia export quota is presently at about RMB800-850/t. Sales volumes have gotten improved with prices remaining stable in China domestic market, because most refractories manufacturers in China are busy with sourcing materials for sufficient inventories before Chinese Spring Festival to ensure normal operation afterwards, except that certain producers have no sufficient capital to purchase on large scale, and the seasonal stocking up drives magnesia sales to a small peak, with magnesia from some producers in such a tight supply that output is behind orders even for regular customers, queued up by new customers, which is hardly ever seen in current stagnant market. According to China Customs, there were 591,300 tons of dead burned magnesia exported from China from January to November 2012, an

increase by 18.6% YoY. Exports in November were 82,100 tons, edging up 8.1% YoY and soaring by 65.86% MoM. In November, the biggest country of destination were the Netherland (23,800 tons, -9.7% YoY), accounting for 28.99% of total, followed by the U.S. (22,600 tons, -16.8% YoY) and Japan (21,600 tons, +211.1% YoY). Sintered MgO-Al2O3 Spinel At the beginning of the New Year, the market continues to maintain stable for China sintered magnesia-alumina spinel, with little volatility in price. According to sources in Henan province, the production costs for caustic calcined magnesite and coal have not been changed much in January, which assures the sales price to remain smooth with thin profit; while the production capacity of manufacturers in Shanxi was reduced due to the scarcity of bauxite with stricter mining regulation. The sales situation for China sintered magnesia-alumina spinel gets some improvement with the traditional sourcing preparation before Chinese Lunar New Year, but the prosperity of the whole market is still yet to be time. Fused MgO-Al2O3 Spinel Prices of fused magnesia alumina spinel hold steadily in China domestic market in early 2013, with offers for grains of Henan origin remaining at RMB5,000-5,500/t and that of fines staying at RMB5,200-5,600/ t, the same level of December 2012, since which purchases have been growing as refractories manufacturers are preparing for stocking up with the Chinese Lunar New Year approaching, but the order quantities have dropped in a small range than a month earlier. There are different degrees of concerns about payment methods for different companies, and a majority of producers prefer cash to acceptance in particular in the special period between the Solar New Year and Chinese Lunar New Year. The overall market situation is not optimistic during the year of 2012, and even the sales in the last month of the year were not promising despite provisional procurement increase at the year end, and for several producers the sales in certain months of 2012 even presented a 50% YoY decrease. Market is expected to get improved after the Chinese Lunar New Year. Sintered Mullite In January, market offers of China sintered mullite maintain the same level as last month, at about RMB2,400-2,700/t for M60 grains, and RMB2,500-2,800/t for M70 grains in Henan province. Throughout the whole year of 2012, most manufacturers sales volumes have not reduced much, with difficult fund withdrawal. A sales manager from a mullite manufacturer, with 20,000 tons of annual output, said that sintered mullite 70 sells the best out of other types, accounting for nearly 50% of the market share. Generally speaking, the sales volumes of sintered mullite in 2012 kept fairly flat as that in 2011, with a decrease of 20-30% compared with that in 2010. Fused Mullite Market prices of China fused mullite turn to be stable in early January after a small decrease in the last month of 2012. According to a majority of manuafcturers located in Henan province, the overall sales status have been improved in the beginning of the new year, and the order quantity from regular customers has been increased as well, but payment collection remains a big problem since most deals are reached in acceptance, which brings about much capital pressure to manufacturers. Part producers in Hunan province source bauxite, the raw material for fused mullite, from Guizhou province, where the local market demand

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is much higher than other areas because of several big alumina projects being put into production one after another, which drives regional prices of bauxite higher and add more cost pressure to mullite producers in Hunan, where the output are therefore reduced to some extent. Andalusite, Kyanite and Sillimanite Currently, most andalusite manufacturers in Xinjiang and Gansu provinces had stopped production due to the shivery weather, and mainly de-stocking. Suppliers reflected that the high grade andalusite was in short supply, as well as the segment sand. As Chinese Lunar New Year is approaching, the sales volumes of kyanite in China were seen a slight uptick according to some producers, with growing inquiries resulting from consumers new procurement plan formulation before Chinese Spring Festival. The market of China sillimanite has no sign to change before the Lunar New Year, with stable prices, and temporary production halts can be seen for many manufacturers. Market participants said sales situation in 2012 were inferior to the previous year, and the imported sillimanite had imposed pressure on domestic market. China imported approximately 28,500 tons of andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite from January to November, up by 44.3% YoY, of which imports in November were 3,600 tons, up by 135.4% YoY and 44% MoM. In November, China mainly imported the three minerals from South Africa (1,600 tons, up by 239.9% YoY), followed by India (1,100 tons) and the U.S. (500 tons). The main port of importation was Xingang of Tianjin (3,500 tons, up by 189.9% YoY). The main countries of origin in the first eleven months of 2012 was still South Africa, totaling 12,800 tons, edging up 43.9% YoY, followed by India and the U.S. Binders Calcium Aluminate Cement: Prices of calcium aluminate cement remain stable with the production cost keeping unchanged. According to industry insiders seeing, offers of raw material alumina will not run up much as expected, influenced by the depressed market of aluminium ingot, and will not impact the price of calcium aluminate cement. Prices of calcium aluminate cement is at about RMB5,500-5,800/t for CA70 in Henan province, and USD970-1,020/t, FOB Tianjin. Alumina Cement: Compared with that in last month, prices of alumina cement remain unchanged, keeping at RMB1,400-1,800/t for A700 in Henan province. But the supply of bauxite from Shanxi province is tight with more strict mining restrictions regulated by local government. Phenolic Resin: In January, the production cost of phenolic resin has slightly increased as the price of raw material phenol had increased by RMB50-100/t, to about RMB10,800-11,050/t. But suppliers of phenolic have not adjusted sales price in view of the current sluggish demand market, and maintain the price unchanged, at about RMB11,500-12,500/ t for MgO-C bricks production, and RMB11,000-12,500/t for iron trough materials in Henan province. Additives Urotropine: In January, ex-works price of urotropine drops down by RMB 100 per ton to RMB6,600-6,700/t in Shandong and Henan market; while the market in Hebei province remains stable at RMB6,500-6,600/t as last month. According to manufacturers in Henan, the reason for price reduction in a small range is no other than the price fall in its raw material, methyl alcohol, and producers expect better sales through price cut. The sales price in Hebei is originally lower than that in Shandong and Henan, so no price change happens for the moment. Aluminium Powder: Prices of aluminium powder remain stable this month in China, with ex-works prices of spherical product quoted at RMB 17,500-19,500/t, and that of non-spherical items at RMB 18,500-20,000/t, keeping the same level of last month. Some producers cut down the price in small range due to slumping market demand. Prices of aluminum ingot, the raw material, remain unchanged as last month. Silicon Metal Powder: Quotations of silicon metal powder in China market seem to keep at the same level as last month, at about RMB12,50013,500/t for 98%min, 200 mesh and RMB12,600-14,200/t for 98%min, 325 mesh, in Henan province. In spite of the cost increase in raw material and labor, most silicon metal powder suppliers have not raised price, in order to maintain regular customers. Silica fume: Quotations of silica fume for refractories remain flat after a slight rise last month, with prices for 94-96% keeping at about RMB 1,300-1,800/t, and that for 90-92% at RMB1,000-1,500/t in Southwest China. It is predicted that space is limited for price increase, taking the weak market demand into consideration.

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Export Price of China Refractory Materials in 2012

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Market Trend
Export Volumes of China Refractory Materials in 2011-2012

*Fireclay includes bauxite, flint clay, other fireclays and alumina monolithic refractories.

*Corundum includes all artificial corundum except BFA.

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Export Composite Price of China Refractory Materials in 2011-2012

*Fireclay includes bauxite, flint clay, other fireclays and alumina monolithic refractories.

*Corundum includes all artificial corundum except BFA.

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Statistics
Export Data of China Refractory Materials and Products (Nov. 2012)
Commodity Natural flake graphite Silica/Quartz sand Fireclay Andalusite, Kyanite, and Sillimanite Mullite Fused magnesia (FM) Dead Burned Magnesia (DBM) Caustic calcined magnesia (CCM) Chromite & its concentrate Zircon sand & its concentrate Brown Fused alumina (BFA) Synthetic Corundum except BFA Alumina except synthetic corundum Silicon carbide (SiC) Refractory products (MgO, CaO, Cr2O350%) Refractory products (Al2O3, SiO250%) Other refractory products & similar products Quantity (Kg) 14,014,096 619,500 45,946,548 106,100 9,486,202 36,453,862 82,106,030 24,034,100 52,000 1,005,000 66,057,505 17,355,389 3,639,393 16,556,336 84,627,167 56,344,523 11,547,452 Amount (US$) 11,447,647 13,586 13,402,251 26,709 1,902,851 24,077,826 24,662,739 5,618,902 21,689 2,116,919 44,662,428 12,436,122 2,604,433 22,239,827 70,918,989 44,462,009 13,460,539 Growth Rate YoY (%) Quantity 13.34 -44.09 -28.89 24013.64 79.88 -0.67 8.15 -6.54 -56.78 -57.93 26.74 51.13 130.29 21.86 -13.85 -11.32 -51.93 Amount -25.60 -83.84 -35.68 11265.53 51.54 -4.31 -4.62 -13.1 -77.37 -62.91 28.14 19.70 13.76 -17.22 -12.45 14.57 -31.85

Import Data of China Refractory Materials and Products (Nov. 2012)

Commodity Natural flake graphite Silica/Quartz sand Fireclay Andalusite, Kyanite, and Sillimanite Mullite Fused magnesia (FM) Dead Burned Magnesia (DBM) Caustic calcined magnesia (CCM) Aluminum ore & its concentrate Chromite & its concentrate Zircon sand & its concentrate Brown Fused alumina (BFA) Synthetic Corundum except BFA Alumina except synthetic corundum Silicon carbide (SiC) Refractory products (MgO, CaO, Cr2O350%) Refractory products (Al2O3, SiO250%) Other refractory products & similar products Quantity (Kg) 9,686 9,976,059 933,361 3,598,216 618,637 889,653 743,940 6,913,681 3,611,992,444 651,308,687 60,126,150 50,997 3,034,720 543,225,608 173,352 2,283,593 1,425,008 272,208 Amount (US$) 48,979 2,124,006 248,224 1,227,725 258,929 173,566 269,553 1,198,536 189,014,240 128,537,098 67,158,449 130,506 3,020,458 194,211,766 543,181 3,891,865 5,541,889 4,638,488 Growth Rate YoY (%) Quantity -98.53 -50.17 221.25 135.41 285.57 641.22 21.94 -0.03 -21.38 -7.56 -6.30 8.73 -3.09 139.23 -19.94 -31.78 32.05 521.59 Amount -85.08 -81.45 38.11 101.00 65.61 74.07 -0.75 -5.85 -11.68 -28.13 -40.09 14.61 -20.19 111.79 -4.43 -19.48 73.14 1011.74

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China CCM Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)

Country Bangladesh Indonesia Japan Malaysia Pakistan Saudi Arabia Vietnam Taiwan province South Africa UK the Netherlands Poland Lithuania Brazil Australia New Zealand Total Quantity (Kg) 148,000 1,417,000 9,540,000 846,000 49,000 105,000 650,000 4,425,000 792,000 154,000 4,481,500 22,000 66,000 22,000 99,000 1,217,600 24,034,100 Amount (US$) 24,560 365,420 2,446,247 192,888 11,740 24,150 117,250 929,750 174,240 33,880 979,293 4,840 14,520 7,700 22,280 270,144 5,618,902

China DBM Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)

Country Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Malaysia Mongolia Oman Pakistan the Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Thailand Turkey Quantity (Kg) 21,000 1,399,950 280,000 250,000 21,559,740 35,400 120,000 15,000 133,440 200,000 40,000 1,076,000 192,000 3,182,000 1,694,000 151,000 Amount (US$) 6,300 394,849 76,332 105,250 5,744,104 18,961 70,800 5,550 83,589 53,077 19,760 484,280 51,840 768,056 758,422 65,605

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Statistics
UAE Vietnam Taiwan province Egypt South Africa Congo the Netherlands Spain Poland Russia Ukraine Slovenia Croatia Argentina Chile Paraguay USA Australia Total 220,000 246,400 888,000 52,000 619,000 15,000 23,843,100 600,000 542,500 194,000 1,568,200 24,000 1,300 286,800 400 3,500 22,589,300 63,000 82,106,030 89,145 90,716 267,187 27,432 158,755 5,715 7,816,546 105,000 241,412 83,633 656,837 6,960 990 101,200 299 1,295 6,287,722 15,120 24,662,739

China FM Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)

Country India Iran Japan South Korea Turkey Taiwan province Germany Italy the Netherlands Spain Russia Ukraine Brazil Mexico Canada USA Total Quantity (Kg) 63,250 600,000 7,581,000 2,486,000 4,090,000 25,000 1,430,000 100,032 2,677,680 208,000 5,140,000 1,625,000 1,722,000 540,000 500 8,165,400 36,453,862 Amount (US$) 51,235 499,090 5,507,597 1,489,600 2,247,954 19,530 1,443,780 69,222 1,434,092 126,880 3,496,740 1,095,250 1,164,880 367,200 300 5,064,476 24,077,826

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China BFA Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)

Country Bangladesh Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Lebanon Malaysia Pakistan the Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Thailand Turkey UAE Vietnam Taiwan province Kazakhstan Kenya South Africa Belgium Denmark UK Germany France Ireland Italy the Netherlands Spain Hungary Poland Romania Russia Slovenia Croatia Czech Republic Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Mexico Canada USA Australia New Caledonia Total Quantity (Kg) 50,000 9,925 2,922,400 230,000 620,000 62,500 11,321,589 24,000 127,100 109,000 276,100 691,039 56,000 4,781,310 3,591,025 1,137,000 651,500 301,200 2,605,115 5,000 40,000 390,000 1,049,050 2,806 926,100 610,000 144,000 26,000 2,614,450 4,467,050 310,250 100,000 1,259,000 26,000 4,013,000 566,000 10,000 92,000 359,300 389,425 6,050 105,500 428,000 203,267 18,009,954 318,500 20,000 66,057,505 Amount (US$) 38,417 41,300 1,855,211 164,430 310,380 36,545 7,840,279 21,540 80,358 77,765 175,286 445,472 41,448 3,336,842 2,528,455 789,594 421,428 251,239 1,665,328 6,092 37,800 246,749 697,799 2,310 697,479 467,778 109,710 16,900 1,641,816 2,633,719 201,708 66,650 950,514 20,827 2,909,892 430,460 5,000 60,280 242,036 306,138 1,314 81,573 280,523 144,967 12,046,293 223,355 11,429 44,662,428

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Statistics
China *Corundum Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)
Country Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Malaysia Pakistan the Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Thailand Turkey UAE Vietnam Taiwan province Egypt South Africa Belgium UK Germany France Italy the Netherlands Spain Bulgaria Norway Poland Romania Russia Ukraine Czech Republic Argentina Brazil Chile Mexico Canada USA Australia New Zealand Total Quantity (Kg) 61,570 767,652 127,840 953,000 100 4,146,290 54,950 4,000 90,900 98,000 4,000 1,555,945 289,250 1,021,272 5,000 74,000 300,628 500,000 118,500 230,000 20,000 430,120 6,000 374,550 299,450 11,000 18,000 26,000 48,700 800 266,000 23,000 1,000 245,000 170,000 20,000 5,000 74,000 4,874,422 38,200 1,250 17,355,389 Amount (US$) 31,570 653,223 84,952 641,436 239 3,476,816 50,144 4,320 111,422 76,904 3,987 1,276,585 249,338 458,225 4,800 65,136 236,325 150,000 86,563 144,140 27,240 574,116 12,500 161,874 303,800 10,561 14,400 21,580 62,940 1,331 262,420 18,300 1,450 206,607 74,010 4,000 5,529 115,777 2,718,820 31,441 1,301 12,436,122
*Corundum includes all artificial corundum except BFA.

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China Flake Graphite Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)

Country India Indonesia Iran Japan Malaysia Pakistan the Philippines South Korea Thailand Turkey Vietnam Taiwan province Egypt South Africa Zambia Belgium Denmark UK Germany Italy the Netherlands Spain Poland Russia Ukraine Slovenia Argentina Brazil Colombia Mexico USA Total Quantity (Kg) 1,872,457 116,000 556,000 1,752,490 45,000 173,001 36,000 891,311 5,350 936,000 7,000 23,000 2,000 60,000 10,000 79,875 800 230,000 120,012 1,255,600 2,978,000 240,000 232,000 113,050 220,000 60,000 35,000 150 2,000 100,000 1,862,000 14,014,096 Amount (US$) 1,577,114 75,340 512,322 2,088,241 57,842 78,551 29,159 1,030,245 10,422 848,570 7,919 17,899 2,000 46,178 21,000 77,365 812 120,930 153,025 659,790 1,643,570 187,680 248,402 201,125 89,980 48,600 24,850 222 1,092 40,200 1,547,202 11,447,647

China SiC Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)

Country India Indonesia Iran Japan Malaysia Pakistan the Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore Quantity (Kg) 458,750 63,540 50,500 5,315,266 155,200 112,000 27,100 21,000 100,300 Amount (US$) 453,019 83,205 78,997 8,354,228 152,142 156,080 31,918 18,555 210,007

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South Korea Thailand Turkey Taiwan province South Africa Belgium UK Germany the Netherlands Spain Romania Czech Republic Argentina Brazil Colombia Mexico Canada USA Australia Total 3,237,680 595,680 65,850 1,309,700 60,000 25,000 2,100 496,000 232,000 148,000 22,000 1,000 40,000 100 2,500 179,000 286,000 3,534,570 15,500 16,556,336 4,314,313 699,375 62,716 3,348,328 51,696 19,750 5,596 552,847 170,567 197,008 17,160 2,750 44,850 160 3,075 207,259 286,473 2,703,563 14,190 22,239,827

China *Fireclay Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)

Country India Indonesia Iran Japan Malaysia the Philippines Singapore South Korea Thailand Turkey UAE Taiwan province Egypt South Africa Denmark UK Germany Italy the Netherlands Spain Quantity (Kg) 6,807,990 537,000 1,700,000 7,129,320 264,000 50,000 96,000 2,946,000 3,060,010 3,439,000 152,250 1,989,000 250,000 2,163,000 250,000 1,528,800 513,000 162,000 2,480,000 2,564,750 Amount (US$) 1,685,172 117,771 363,500 1,783,273 59,520 10,000 22,680 912,790 906,725 1,041,226 69,114 450,810 109,369 795,557 107,318 685,463 102,600 32,400 990,850 639,638

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Poland Romania Russia Argentina Brazil Chile Cuba Guatemala Mexico Peru Canada USA Australia Total

780,000 430,000 1,317,000 1,520,000 700,000 150,000 500,000 26,000 1,000,000 25,000 20,000 1,099,898 296,530 45,946,548

296,400 85,500 483,900 497,200 199,500 30,750 195,000 5,460 208,955 6,375 9,535 386,509 111,391 13,402,251
*Fireclay includes bauxite, flint clay, other fireclays and alumina monolithic refractories.

China Mullite Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)

Country India Indonesia Iran Japan Malaysia South Korea Thailand Turkey Vietnam Taiwan province South Africa UK Germany Italy Spain Argentina Brazil Mexico Australia Total Quantity (Kg) 989,000 40,400 2,000 763,162 80,000 2,120,000 18,000 2,122,720 100,000 980,000 72,000 20,400 100 606,000 883,500 385,000 128,000 105,000 70,920 9,486,202 Amount (US$) 229,260 5,680 3,017 188,774 25,600 433,029 7,350 278,172 20,000 219,125 32,544 13,001 67 96,100 198,767 77,800 39,025 9,000 26,540 1,902,851

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China *Basic Refractory Products Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)
Country Bangladesh Burma North Korea Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Mongolia Oman Pakistan the Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Turkey UAE Vietnam Taiwan province Kazakhstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Republic of the Congo Egypt Kenya Libya Morocco Mozambique Quantity (Kg) 50,230 454,404 285,952 20,642 10,576,898 1,735,111 2,473,659 12,786,951 105,656 458,103 58,140 41,570 1,586,725 373,894 399,147 2,773,016 122,050 8,965,507 66,727 1,791,446 1,905,493 1,890,477 1,108,972 1,036,651 1,794,020 170,315 292,405 238,000 2,408,453 40,780 695,993 160,821 24,792 Amount (US$) 23,761 338,847 140,517 13,293 8,201,578 1,125,938 2,143,631 12,426,088 70,000 343,376 53,092 31,960 1,388,358 300,525 271,453 2,098,922 71,313 7,309,894 57,876 1,490,361 2,295,502 1,928,546 735,163 931,051 1,547,838 288,528 150,295 116,621 1,922,248 29,300 486,983 81,156 15,283

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Nigeria South Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambia Belgium UK Germany France Italy the Netherlands Greece Spain Finland Poland Romania Sweden Estonia Georgia Russia Ukraine Slovenia Croatia Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Guatemala Mexico Paraguay Peru Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela Canada USA Australia New Zealand Total

438,570 2,327,925 433,477 23,460 885,867 1,850,847 1,700,088 230,846 655,144 1,867,641 22,554 1,206,049 65,321 394,530 601,736 652,452 172,247 26,448 2,218,067 520,191 15,840 43,698 715,787 1,081,760 1,450,519 35,910 47,933 31,598 2,179,569 57,853 583,488 248,052 111,652 582,789 3,621,889 392,795 239,575 84,627,167

375,121 1,514,441 492,256 21,044 610,013 1,586,279 1,425,360 164,453 430,593 1,628,398 17,118 938,307 40,621 371,777 611,684 652,159 118,977 8,067 1,977,623 303,274 7,445 43,521 611,611 786,719 1,255,560 26,214 44,773 30,457 1,593,168 62,371 380,311 190,885 83,126 474,939 3,141,860 274,716 194,451 70,918,989

*Basic refractory products refer to refractory shapes with MgO, CaO and Cr2O3 content over 50%.

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Statistics
China *Al 2O 3-SiO 2 Refractory Products Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)
Country Bahrain Bangladesh Burma North Korea Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Jordan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Mongolia Oman Pakistan the Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Syria Thailand Turkey UAE Vietnam Taiwan province Kazakhstan the Kyrgyz Republic Tajikistan Uzbekistan Algeria Republic of the Congo Egypt the Gabonese Republic Kenya Morocco South Africa Quantity (Kg) 196,855 195,582 416,970 293,275 23,718 8,274,404 3,722,980 1,476,322 8,753 6,384,648 97,440 885,638 911,492 236,831 620 89,997 797,648 738,095 20,000 8,223,712 3,220 1,003,891 2,114,896 91,272 3,308,192 769,733 428,246 20,000 551,975 7,300 47,810 295,730 318,906 49,668 25,000 16,708 439,174 www.refwin.com 31 Amount (US$) 112,761 11,735 73,680 66,739 30,430 4,339,506 1,527,351 1,894,467 7,246 4,687,396 66,162 372,314 207,519 331,564 3,000 28,872 230,173 1,015,100 1,116 5,245,485 16,635 1,903,608 3,780,965 43,607 1,668,525 779,211 400,536 36,000 481,936 10,147 37,387 121,914 264,302 25,714 4,650 12,031 272,514

Sudan Belgium UK Germany France Italy the Netherlands Greece Portugal Spain Albania Austria Bulgaria Norway Romania Sweden Georgia Armenia Belarus Russia Ukraine Slovenia Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica the Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Guyana Mexico Paraguay Peru Trinidad and Tobago Canada USA Australia New Zealand Total

250 700,716 330,283 262,923 416,321 529,751 209,447 95,604 82,557 278,632 50,000 28 152,308 25,968 5,481 44,457 26,499 126 10,080 2,005,017 32,544 23,418 119,898 1,016,635 173,146 68,939 62,392 24,023 17,821 35,988 21,000 827,533 9,584 135,836 9,129 227,810 4,458,856 1,190,972 175,850 56,344,523

390 757,055 147,155 510,561 1,450,533 433,581 483,306 20,060 391,079 295,628 7,000 1,604 1,108,558 4,749 4,385 83,808 9,010 240 2,960 1,030,923 85,107 6,097 92,077 894,253 129,759 59,510 11,105 5,517 9,809 5,521 9,712 508,586 9,942 161,302 8,966 236,252 4,415,948 832,219 125,444 44,462,009

* Al2O3-SiO2 refractory products refer to refractory shapes with Al2O3 & SiO2 content over 50%.

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China other Refractory Products Export to Different Countries (Nov. 2012)
Country Bahrain Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Lebanon Macao Malaysia Mongolia Oman Pakistan the Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Turkey UAE Vietnam Taiwan province Uzbekistan Cameroon Egypt the Gabonese Republic Ghana Madagascar Nigeria South Africa Tunisia Zambia UK Germany Ireland Quantity (Kg) 112,128 430 1,368,858 2,220,870 37,433 863,285 5 5,000 968,507 103,670 28,271 39,262 285,867 21,368 504,235 3,398 921,321 62,972 363,079 238,179 206,821 530 49,160 255 230,907 150 250 49,065 112,794 406,000 8,800 103,680 488 19,829 Amount (US$) 141,559 676 692,709 1,305,197 65,305 1,851,697 20 1,290 789,024 5,832 58,571 13,175 338,094 56,593 138,837 1,295 408,159 111,650 733,171 240,437 358,044 960 5,786 6,485 158,968 2,157 320 15,455 14,832 45,570 4,770 63,624 2,788 7,986

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Italy the Netherlands Spain Romania Sweden Georgia Belarus Russia Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Mexico Panama Peru Venezuela Canada USA Australia New Zealand Total

292,184 178,851 24,338 38,732 46,239 4,590 70,840 11,979 20,060 561,498 213,043 4,840 671 4,172 11,098 4,480 73,743 211,347 410,706 27,174 11,547,452

1,478,030 334,127 145,565 78,348 36,414 13,500 47,460 51,676 15,936 1,830,361 75,996 500 5,187 15,860 9,105 14,739 151,730 802,424 662,032 50,513 13,460,539

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Technical Information
Study on the Properties of Weilu Kyanite
SHEN Yi HAN Liying (College of Material Science and Engineering Hebei United University) WANG Xingguo CHEN Face (Xingtai Xing Kyanite Manufacturing Company Limited)
ABSTRACT: The properties of the Weilu kyanite were measured according to GB standard. The analyses of the microstructure and the mineral composition were done by SEM and XRD. Key Words: Weilu kyanite, properties, structure 1.Introduction Kyanite, andalusite and sillimanite belong to the sillimanite group which have the same general formula Al2O3SiO2. The theoretical chemistry compositon of kyanite is Al2O362.92%, SiO2 37.08%. The kyanite mineral always contains Fe2O3, TiO2 and trace amounts of alkali metal oxide. There are a few pure kyanite mineral in the world. Pure kyanite has a softening point about 1800 and, when heated above 1310, it decomposes into mullite (3Al2O32SiO2) and amorphous SiO2. The decomposition is accompanied with a permanent 15% volume increase, so it is usually used as a dilatant material in unburn refractory. Kyanite decomposed into mullite at a lower temperature than that of andalusite or sillimanite and this transformation did not occur at a definite temperature, it depends on the grain size and heating rate. Weilu kyanite is a pale green kyanite crystal. The ore is a large deposit by geological exploration survey.The ore reserve is more than 2 million tons. The majority of kyanite ore grade is less than 30%. This kink of mineral can not be used directly. The mineral should be purificaed to the concentrate before it can be used in industry. In the work, properties and microstructural analysis were made of the concentrate and fired samples. 2 Samples and Analysis The samples referred to in this paper were collected from Xingtai Xing Guo Manufacturing Company Ltd. The Chemical compasitions of the concentrate and the groud acid pickling samples were examined by wetchemistry method. The powder sizes and distribution were test by using LS230.The X-ray diffraction (XRD) traces were run on samples of powder and sintering samples using a D/MAX2500 diffractometer equipped with a cobalt anode. An ideal XRD pattern was synthesised from basic crystal structure data for each mineral identified in the sample. The applied sintering temperature was 1250.The compacts were heated

Fig. 1 The powder size and distribution of the concentrate

at an average rate of 30/h up to the sintering temperature, which were then hold at peak temperature for 2h and followed by furnace cooling to room temperature. The thermal expansion coefficient and the refractoriness were measured according to GB standard. The fracture surfaces of the selected fired samples were observed by SEM (KYKY 2800). 3 Results 3.1 Powder size and distribution The powder size and distribution of the concentrate are listed bellow (fig.1). The test result showed the average powder size was 248.1m. 3.2 Chemical Composition and mineral character The chemical compasitions of the the concentrate and the groud acid

Fig. 2 XRD of kyanite concentrate

Table 1 The chemical composition of kyanite concentrate Chemical composition concentrate Groud acid pockling sample SiO2 33.46 36.75 Al2O3 56.85 57.98 TiO2 0.08 0.08 TiO2Fe2O3 1.11 1.07 CaO 0.83 0.14

wt% MgO 0.00 0.00 K 2O 0.13 0.15 Na2O 0.28 0.23

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pickling samples are showed in Table 1. The analyses showed that Weilu kyanite is the very pure mineral. The free iron impurity is less than 0.05wt%. XRD analyses showed that the mineral composition of the concentrate is dominated by kyanite. Other minerals are minor components quartz and mica (fig 2). 3.3 The Sintering Properties of Weilu Kyanite The thermal expansion coefficient and the refractoriness were 17% and 1800 respectively. The initial particle size of the groud powder was about 1m. After the compacts were sintered under the test condition, the compacts appeared to be of small and homogeneous apparent grains. Considering of the porosity, the compactss average density was 1.7842 g/cm3 . After sintered at 1250 and holding 2 hours, the apparent grains in compacts were large and imhomogeneous and containing large pores. XRD analyses showed they are mullite crystals. 4. Conclusion The Weilu kyanite is a relatively pure and completely crystallize kyanite mineral. The properties make Weilu kyanite as a ideal raw materials for high quality refractories. Reference: 1. Shen Yangyun and Shen Yi, The Utilization of Silimanite in the

Manufacture of Kiln Furniture, CHINAS REFRACTORIES Vol.2, No. 4, 12-16 (1993). 2. ZHAO Ping, et. Al, Purification and Allication of Sillimanite, CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, No.6 16-18(2003).

Fig.3 SEM image of the fracture surface of sample sintered at 1350

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Meetings
JANUARY 2013 Jan. 22-23, 2013, Eurasia - MENA Steel Summit, will be held in Istanbul, Turkey. For more information, please refer to www.ebyintl.com. FEBRUARY 2013 Feb. 5-6, 2013, XXII Annual International Conference of Leading Metallurgy and Refractory Companies, will be held in Moscow, Russia. For more information, please write to borisov@gol.ru. Feb. 18-19, 2013, 2nd Global Cement India Conference & Exhibition, will be held in Mumbai, India. For more information, please refer to www. Cement-India.com. MARCH 2013
Mar. 7-9, 2013, 3rd International Conference on HighTech Aluminas and Unfolding Their Business Prospects (Aluminas 2013), will be held in Kolkata, India. For more information, please refer to www.incers.org. Mar. 14-15, 2013, International Conference for Refractory Experts and Metallurgists 2013, sponsored by International Metallurgists Union, will be held in Moscow, Russia. For more information, please contact l.sorkin@imet.ru. Mar. 27-28, 2013, the 49th Annual Symposium on the Theme Refractory Challenges in the Chemical and Petro-Chemical Industries, sponsored by the St. Louis Section and the Refractory Ceramics Division of the American Ceramic Society, will be held in St. Louis, MO, USA. For details, please contact psmith@mst.edu.

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May 8-10, 2013, the 2nd China International Refractory Production and Application Conference (Refractory China 2013), sponsored by ACRI (the Association of China Refratories Industry), will be held in Wuhan city, Hubei Province China. For more information, please write to Cathy_refwin@126.com.

JULY 2013
Jul. 3-5, 2013, Thermotec 2013 6th International Exhibition on Industrial Furnace, Thermal Technology, Equipment and Material, sponsored by Japan Industrial Furance Manafacturers Association (JIFMA), will be held in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, please refer to thermotec-expo.com.

SEPTEMBER 2013
Sep. 1013, 2013, UNITECR 2013 -The Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories, sponsored by North American UNITECR Committee, will be held in the Fairmont Empress Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. For more information, please visit www.acers.org. Sep. 25-26, 2013, 56th International Colloquium on Refractories 2013, sponsored by ECREF European Centre for Refractories gem. GmbH, will be held in EUROGRESS. Aachen, Germany. For more information, please contact events@ecref.eu or visit www.ecref.eu.

October 2013
Oct.14-17, 2013, 74th Conference on Glass Problems, will be held in Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OhioFor details, please contact dbanks@ gmic.org.

April 2013 Apr. 23-25, 2013, ALUMINIUM MIDDLE EAST 2013, will be held in Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center, For more information, please

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or listing under the present categories or adding your own headings, please submit your company names, main products, and contact details to: refwin@126.com

export@hnhxgk.com, www.hnhxgk.com Al2O3: 95%, grain & powder, US$650-750/t, FOB Tianjin Henan Maofahe Commerce Trade Co., Ltd Tel: +86-379-80879799, Fax: +86-379-65195877 ycfr01@hotmail.com, ycfr02@hotmail.com www.hnmfh.com, www.lyfrnc.com Al2O3: 95%, tilting kiln, US$690/t, FOB Tianjin Luoyang Chennuo Trade Co., Ltd Tel: +86-379-64183658, Fax: +86-379-64183658 Mobile: +86-13938888606, info@lychennuo.com lychennuo99@126.com, www.lychennuo.com Al2O3: 95%, SiO2: 1.0%max, US$700/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 95%, SiO2: 1.5%max, US$680/t, FOB Tianjin Crown Sino Enterprises Limited Tel: +86-371-67895772, Fax: +86-371-678795775 hc@cse-minerals.com, www.cse-minerals.com Al2O3: 95.5-96%, tilting kiln, fractional sizes, US$770/t, FOB Tijian Changzhi Green Energy New Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-355-8466369, Fax: +86-355-8466369 LNYXCL@163.COM Al2O3: 95%, tilting kiln, US$702/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 95%, fixed kiln, US$686/t, FOB Tianjin Zhengzhou Shengda High-temp Materials Tech Development Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-68122898, Mobile: +86-13253589555 Fax: +86-371-68122898, lg-0802@163.com Al2O3: 95%, granules, US$870/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 95%, grains & powder, US$830/t, FOB Tianjin;

Alumina - Black Fused

Al2O3>60%, US$450/t, FOB Tianjin/Qingdao Xuchang Minmetals Industry Co., Ltd Mobile:+86-18903991112, Fax:+86-374-2332852 hnxcminmetals@163.com, www.xcminmetals.com

Alumina - Brown Fused

Al2O3: 95%min, various sizes, USD750/t, FOB Tianjin Henan Great Wall Special Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-13503982296, Fax: +86-398-4955379 swyao70@126.com, www.cccys.com.cn Al2O3: 95%, 0-1/1-3/3-5/5-8mm, US$670-700/t, FOB Tianjin Luoyang Derui Import & Export Co., Ltd Tel: +86-379-65903636, Fax: +86-379-69357770 lyderui@gmail.com, www.lyderui.com Al2O3: 95%, fractional sizes, US$700/t, FOB Qingdao Bosai Minerals Group Co., Ltd. Tel: +86-23-63886666, Fax: +86-23-63620343 info@bosai.minerals.com.cn, www.cqbosai.com Al2O3: 95%, fractional sizes, US$720/t, FOB Tianjin Futong Imp & Exp Inc Tel: +86-371-63691216, Fax: +86 371 63691212 jack@ftong.com.cn, www.futong.com.cn Al2O3: 95%, fractional sizes, US$785/t, FOB Tianjin Henan HengXin Industrial & Mineral Products Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-67529327, Fax: +86-371-67521527

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Al2O3: 95.5%, micropowder, US$825/t, FOB Tianjin DaYu Abrasives Materials Co., Ltd Mobile: +86-15294622777, Fax: +86-371-85299588 www.dayuml.com Al 2O 3: 95%, B.D.: 3.85g/cm 3, fractional sizes,, tilting furnace + Bamac Crusher, US$675/t, FOB Xingang Zhengzhou Yulong Abrasive Co., Ltd Mobile: +86-15294629269/15981862735 yulongabrasive@yahoo.com.cn, www.chinasabos.cn Tilting kiln, fractional sizes, US$720/t, FOB Tianjin; F24-F36, US$830/t, FOB Tianjin; F46-F180, US$780/t, FOB Tianjin; Fine size 200F, US$750/t, FOB Tianjin Henan Yilong High & New Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-379-68355282, Fax: +86-379-68333950 wlyilong@163.com, www.yilong.com.cn Fractional sizes, US$840/t, FOB Tianjin Kaifeng Hecheng Special Refractories Co., Ltd. Tel: +86-18803781058, Fax:+86-378-6689111 18803781058@139.com, www.kfhc-ref.com

Alumina - White Fused

Al2O3:99.6%min, fractional sizes, US$835/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3:99.6%min, fine powder, US$852/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3:99.6%min, granules, US$964/t, FOB Tianjin; Zhengzhou Xinyuan Abrasives Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-69008268, Fax: +86-371-64655986 Mobile: +86-13503851739, dacong1221@163.com Al2O3:99.5%min, grains, US$860/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3:99.0%min, powders, US$880/t, FOB Tianjin Zhengzhou Haixu Abrasives Co., Ltd Tel: +86-15838373120, Fax: +86-371-60305637 sales@zzhaixu.cn, www.haixuml.com Al2O3: 99.3%, various sizes, US$780/t, FOB Tianjin Zhongtian Special Alumina Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-68943377, Mobile: +86-15838028891 cnaal@hotmail.com, www.cnnal.com Al2O3: 99.3%, various sizes, US$840/t, FOB Tianjin Zhengzhou Hexing Alumina Products Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-60972281, Fax: +86-371-60972282 annie2liu@hotmail.com, www.hnhxml.com Al2O3: 99.22%, fractional sizes, US$820-950/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 99%, 120F/150F//320F, US$853/t, FOB Tianjin Xingyang Jinbo Abrasives Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-64958388, 64957688, Fax: +86-371-64958388 jbabrasives@yahoo.com, www.refractory-abrasives.com Al2O3: 99%min, various sizes, US$820/t, FOB Tianjin Henan Great Wall Special Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-13503982296, Fax: +86-398-4955379 swyao70@126.com, www.cccys.com.cn Al2O3: 99%min, fractional sizes, US$850/t, FOB Tianjin Xingyang Rongjin White Fused Alumina Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-64957916, Fax: +86-371-64957916 Mobile: +86-13700855713 Al2O3: 99%, B.D.:3.56g/cm3min, 8-5/5-3/3-1/1-0mm, US$763/t, FOB Tianjin; 0.046mm: US$795/t, FOB Tianjin MeiHeKou BoDa Mineral Co., Ltd Tel: +86-435-4216880, Fax: +86-435-4216880 Mobile: +86-13804451650, 18904302003 yankeeland2006@hotmail.com Al2O3: 99.3%, fractional sizes, CNY5,100/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 99%, fine powder, US$870/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 99%, particle sizes, US$950/t, FOB Tianjin;

Alunima - Calcined
ALTEO BP 43, F-13541 Gardanne Cedex, France Tel: +33 (4) 42 55 22 22, Fax: +33 (4) 42 51 41 79 specialtyaluminas-marketing@alteo-alumina.com www.alteo-alumina.com Al2O3: 99.52%min, T.D.: 3.95g/cm3, US$840/t, FOB Xingang Weiliyuan Imp. & Exp. Trading Co. Ltd Mobile: +86-13783716106, Fax: +86-371-68967369 wlytrading@yahoo.cn, www.wly-trading.com Al2O3: 99.5%min, fine sizes, US$750-780/t, FOB Qingdao Zibo Taibeilier Aluminium-Magnesium Co., Ltd Tel: +86-13583384880, Fax: +86-533-3151860 tabular.baile@yahoo.cn, www.cn-tbl.com

Alumina - Tabular
Al2O3: 99%min, 3-6mm, US$850/t, FOB Shanghai Pingxiang Huangguan Chemical Co., Ltd Tel: +86-799-6322979 sales@hgchemical.com, www. hgchemical.com Al2O3: 99.2%min, B.D: 3.5g/cm3min, various sizes, US$870-900/t, FOB Qingdao Zibo Taibeilier Aluminium-Magnesium Co., Ltd Tel: +86-13583384880, Fax: +86-533-3151860 tabular.baile@yahoo.cn, www.cn-tbl.com Al2O3: 99.3%min, various sizes Eastern Industries & Trading Co., Ltd Tel: +86-10-84417255, Fax: +86-10-64107328 eastern@eastern.net.cn, www.eastern.net.cn

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Al2O3: 99%, micropowder, US$2,625/t, FOB Tianjin DaYu Abrasives Materials Co., Ltd Mobile: +86-15294622777, Fax: +86-371-85299588 www.dayuml.com Al2O3: 99%min, F46, US$902/t, FOB Qingdao Jiangsu Shangfoder Abrasives Co., Ltd Tel: +86-15861285673, Fax: +86-0518-85707672 shangfoder@gmail.com, www.shangfoderabrasives.com Al2O3: 99%min, fractional sizes, US$815-845/t, FOB Lianyungang Lianyungang Zhaofu Mineral Co., Ltd Tel: +86-518-85765101, Fax: +86-518-85765101 jslygzf8888@163.com Al2O3: 99%min, fractional sizes, US$820/t; Fine powder, US$850/t, FOB Qingdao Zhengzhou Zhongtian Hi-tech Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-64958358, Fax: +86-371-64956257 Mobile: +86-15083575016, 080600081@163.com Al2O3: 99%min, Na2O: 0.4%max, US$800/t, FOB Tianjin Crown Sino Enterprises Limited Tel: +86-371-67895772, Fax: +86-371-678795775 hc@cse-minerals.com, www.cse-minerals.com Al2O3: 99%min, F16-F220, US$995/t, FOB Tianjin Henan HengXin Industrial & Mineral Products Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-67529327, Fax: +86-371-67521527 export@hnhxgk.com, www.hnhxgk.com

Tel: +86-510-87591266, Fax: +86-510-87595020 manager@nuoming.cn, www.nuoming.cn

Bauxite - Calcined
Al2O3: 86%min, rotary Kiln, US$445/t, FOB Xingang; Al2O3: 87%min, rotary Kiln, US$480/t, FOB Xingang; Al2O3: 87%min, rotary Kiln, US$492/t, FOB Xingang Yangquan Jintu Refractory Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-22-66220901, Fax:+86-22-66224991 tjrefractory.lily@yahoo.com, www.jtrefractory.com.cn Al2O3: 86-88%, 0-30mm, US$355/t, FOB Xingang Weiliyuan Imp. & Exp. Trading Co. Ltd Mobile: +86-13783716106, Fax: +86-371-68967369 wlytrading@yahoo.cn, www.wly-trading.com Al2O3: 87-88%, CNY2,850/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 85-86%, CNY2,750/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 80-83%, CNY2,500/t, FOB Tianjin Anyang County East Metallurgy Refractory Factory Tel: +86-372-5658858, Fax: +86-372-5661456 nifaming@cndfnc.com.cn Al2O3: 85%min, shaft kiln, US$360/t, FOB Tianjin Yangquan Taihu Refractories Co., Ltd Tel: +86-13096501892, Fax: +86-353-2132135 fh1892@live.cn Al2O3: 85-88%, rotary kiln, US$380-430/t, FOB Zhanjiang Guizhou Botong High Quality Refractories Co., Ltd Tel: +86-851-6831662, Mobile: +86-18685174609 Fax: +86-851-6827817, gyxinsheng@sina.com Al2O3: 85-88%, rotary kiln, various sizes Eastern Industries & Trading Co., Ltd Tel: +86-10-84417255, Fax: +86-10-64107328 eastern@eastern.net.cn, www.eastern.net.cn

Alumina Brick
LZ-65, Al2O3: 65%min, CNY1,700/t, FOB Shanghai; LZ-55, Al2O3: 55%min, CNY1,400/t, FOB Shanghai; LZ-48, Al2O3: 48%min, CNY1,350/t, FOB Shanghai; Zhejiang Xiangfa Refractories Co., Ltd Tel: +86-572-6011047, Fax: +86-572-6011283 Mobile: +86-13906823738 hyx@chinarefractory.com, www.xiangfa.com.cn Al2O3: 70%min, CNY4,400/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 80%min, CNY4,800/t, FOB Tianjin Gongyi Guowei Refractories Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-64158466, Fax: +86-371-64158466 guoweinaicai@126.com, www.gygwnc.com Compound prefabricated brick for rotary kiln Al2O3: 70%min, US$890/t, FOB Qingdao Shandong Luming High-temperature Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-533-6013888, Fax: +86-533-612266 sdlumingkeji@126.com, www.lmrefractory.com B.D.:2.75-2.90g/cm3, A.P:17-19%, C.C.S.: 85Mpa, Refractoriness under load > 1500Ta , Linear thermal expansion: 0.9% (1200), Thermal shock resistance: 80 (950 /air), USD850/t, FOB Shanghai Jiangsu Nuoming High Temperature Materials Co., Ltd

Binders & Additives

Calcium lignosulphonate, 55%min, moisture: 6.0%max, water insoluble: 1.5%max, ph: 5-7, CNY1,800/t, FOB Lianyungang; Sodium lignosulphonate, 55%min, moisture: 7.0%max, water insoluble: 1.5%max, ph: 10-12, CNY1,800/t, FOB Lianyungang Xinyi Jindelai Biological Technology Co., Ltd Tel: +86-0516-88998899, Fax: +86-516-88935188 jdlswkj@126.com, www.xyjdl.cn Coal tar pitch, ash: 0.3%max, US$450/t, FOB Tianjin; Medium tempreture pitch, S.P.: 85, US$500/t, FOB Tianjin; Spherical pitch, ash: 0.25max, US$600/t, FOB Tianjin; Modified pitch, S.P.: 110-120, US$500/t, FOB Tianjin Handan Qunbang Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-138-32081194, Fax: +86-310-5100550

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gqsmyxgs@163.com Aluminum Tripolyphosphate Hydrate, P2O5: 60-70%, Al2O320-30%, US$2252.6/t, FOB Tianjin; Condensed Aluminium phosphate, P2O5+Al2O3: 93-97%, US$2574.4/ t, FOB Tianjin; Potash water glass firming agent, P2O5+Al2O3: 93-97%, US$2896.2/t, FOB Tianjin; Aluminium Dihydrogen Phosphate (liquid), P 2O5+Al2O3: 37-43%, US$1287.2/t, FOB Tianjin; Aluminium Dihydrogen Phosphate (solid), P2O 5+Al 2O 3: 91-97%, US$2252.6/t, FOB Tianjin Shijiazhuang City Xinsheng Chemical Co., Ltd Tel: +86-311-88676378, Fax: +86-311-88676379 admin@xsphos.com, www.sjzxschem.com Mobile: +86-13906823738 hyx@chinarefractory.com, www.xiangfa.com.cn

Ceramic Fiber Board

SiO2+Al2O3 >95%, US$10/piece, FOB Dalian Yingkou Tianrun Refractory Co., Ltd Tel: +86-417-3921238, Fax: +86-417-3920495 sale@refractory-fibre.com, www.refractory-fibre.com

Chromium Oxide Green

Cr2O3: 99%min, US$4,600/t, FOB Xingang Tianjin Minle Chemical Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd (Branch office of Gansu Jinshi Chemical Company) Tel: +86-22-84259028 ext: 8005, Fax: +86-22-84255368 info@tjminlechem.com, www.chinaminle.com, www.tjminlechem.com Cr2O3: 99%min, US$4,620/t, FOB Xingang Tianjin Jinyide Chemical Co., Ltd (Branch company of Tianjin Zhiyuan Group) Tel: +86-22-26834486 ext: 8009, Fax: +86-22-26916988 panhuilun666@sina.com, www.jydhg.com.cn

Calcium Aluminate Cement

CA70, US$930/t, FOB Tianjin Kaifeng Gaoda Furnace Charge Co., Ltd Tel: +86-13849147193, Fax: +86-378-3180557 sunmao2008@yahoo.com.cn, www.gdllgs.com CA70, US$900/t, FOB Tianjin; CA80, US$930/t, FOB Tianjin; CA50, US$270-280/t, FOB Tianjin Tianjin Yiyuande Development Co., Ltd Tel: +86-22-6626-7860 shuaiyimeng@tj-yyd.com, www.tj-yyd.com CA70, US$960/t, FOB Tianjin; CA80, US$980/t, FOB Tianjin Zhengzhou Lvdu Refractory Material Co. Ltd Tel: +86-371-68921965, Fax: +86-371-68931990 zzldnc@sohu.com , www.zzldnc.com

Friction Screw Press

J93-1000ton, US$155,000, FOB Qingdao Qingdao Hongda Metal Forming Machinery Co., Ltd Tel: +86-532-82298218, Fax: +86-532-82292758 alex@chinaforgingpress.com, www.chinaforgingpress.com

Castable
Low cement, Al2O3: 60%min, US$300/t, FOB Qingdao; Self-flow, Al2O3: 65%min, US$450/t, FOB Qingdao; Light-weight & Hi-strength, B.D.: 1.0 g/cm3, US$350/t, FOB Qingdao; Self-flow, quick-drying, explosion-prevention, Al 2 O 3 : 60%min, US$570/t, FOB Qingdao Shandong Luming High-temperature Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-533-6013888, Fax: +86-533-612266 sdlumingkeji@126.com, www.lmrefractory.com Pyrophyllite based, Al2O3: 75%min, CNY1,850/t, FOB Shanghai; Abrasion resistance with Hi-strength, YG-TJ-13 Al2O3: 85%min, CNY2,750/t, FOB Shanghai; Self-flow, YG-GJ-14, refractoriness: 1790, CNY2,950/t, FOB Shanghai; Light-weight, 1.0g/cm3, CNY1,050/t, FOB Shanghai Zhejiang Xiangfa Refractories Co., Ltd Tel: +86-572-6011047, Fax: +86-572-6011283

Graphite - Amorphous
C: 75%-80%, fine powder, US$550/t, FOB Huangpu Lutang Crystallitic Graphite & Carbon Co., Ltd Tel: +86-735-2270188, Fax: +86-735-2270188 czlcgc@vip.163.com, www.czlcgc.net C: 80%min, S: 0.1%max, 0-5mm, US$470/t, FOB Huangpu; C: 80%min, -200mesh, US$480/t, FOB Huangpu; C: 75%min, -200mesh, US$370/t, FOB Huangpu; C: 65%min, -200mesh, US$250/t, FOB Huangpu; C: 40%min, -200mesh, US$180/t, FOB Huangpu South Graphite Co., Ltd Tel: 86-735-8338320, Mobile: +86-18673503618 lhr@cnbm-sg.com, overseas.gray@gmail.com

Graphite - Natural Flakes

C: 94%, -100mesh, US$694/t, FOB Yichang

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China Sciences Hengda Graphite Co., Ltd Tel: +86-156-71001859, Fax: +86-717-7200303 cshdgraphite@yeah.net, www.cshdgraphite.cn C: 95%, +100mesh, US$1,160/t, FOB Qingdao Qingdao Xinghe Graphite Co., Ltd Tel: +86-532-83813821, Fax: +86-532-83813821 graphitecarbon@hotmail.com, www.qdxinghegraphite.cn C: 95%, +80mesh, US$1,360/t, FOB Qingdao; C: 95%, +100mesh, US$1,240/t, FOB Qingdao Qingdao Haida Graphite Co., Ltd Tel: +86-532-80819786, Fax: +86-532-80819787 info@qdhaida.com.cn, www.qdhaida.cn C: 95%, +80mesh, CNY7,100/t, FOB Tianjin Datong Kuntai Graphite Co., Ltd. Mobile: +86-15589613999, ktlf999@sina.com www.refwin.com/company/companynr.asp?id=85805 C: 95%, -100mesh, US$879/t, FOB Qingdao; C: 95%, +80mesh, US$1,206/t, FOB Qingdao Dongshan Graphite Co., Ltd Tel: +86-18669826700, Fax: +86-0532-88890573 harry@htgraphite.com, www.dongshangraphite.com C: 95%, -100mesh, US$900/t, FOB Dalian Heilongjiang Bridgestone Graphite Co., Ltd Tel: +86-13942013028, Fax: +86-0411-39805890 phoenix640513@hotmail.com, www.qlgraphite.com C: 99%, -100mesh, US$1,350/t, FOB Tianjin; C: 94%, +80mesh, US$1,300/t, FOB Tianjin; C: 94%, -100mesh, US$900/t, FOB Tianjin; C: 90%, -100mesh, US$800/t, FOB Tianjin Qingdao Heiyu Graphite Co., Ltd Tel: +86-532-84351707, Fax: +86-532-84351707 heiyugraphite@hotmail.com, heiyugraphite@hotmail.com C: 94%, -100mesh, CNY4,200/t, FOB Qingdao; C: 95%, -100mesh, CNY4,400/t, FOB Qingdao; C: 98%, -100mesh, CNY5,800/t, FOB Qingdao; C: 95%, +80mesh, CNY6,600/t, FOB Qingdao; C: 97%, +80mesh, CNY7,000/t, FOB Qingdao; C: 99%, +50mesh, CNY9,600/t, FOB Qingdao Qingdao Lianyou Graphite Co., Ltd Tel: +86-532-87329000, Fax: +86-532-87329000 1601372384@qq.com, www.qdlianyou.com

M Magnesia - Caustic Calcined MgO: 90%, US$310/t, FOB Dalian; MgO: 94%, US$350/t, FOB Dalian; MgO: 96%, US$400/t, FOB Dalian Haicheng Magnesite Refractory General Factory Tel: +86-412-3773116, Fax: +86-412-3773116 haimei@vip.163.com, www.hc-mag.com

Magnesia - Dead Burned

MgO: 90%, US$300/t, FOB Dalian Yingkou Tianrun Refractory Co., Ltd Tel: +86-417-3921238, Fax: +86-417-3920495 sale@refractory-fibre.com, www.refractory-fibre.com MgO: 90%, US$340/t, FOB Dalian; MgO: 95%, US$460/t, FOB Dalian; MgO: 97%, US$550/t, FOB Dalian Haicheng Magnesite Refractory General Factory Tel: +86-412-3773116, Fax: +86-412-3773116 haimei@vip.163.com, www.hc-mag.com

Magnesia - Fused
MgO: 97%, US$645/t, FOB Dalian Liaoning Jinding Magnesite Group Co., Ltd Tel: +86-417-5284455, Fax: +86-417-5284455 serena19860919@hotmail.com, www.jd-mg.com MgO: 97%, US$700/t, FOB Dalian Haicheng Magnesite Refractory General Factory Tel: +86-412-3773116, Fax: +86-412-3773116 haimei@vip.163.com, www.hc-mag.com MgO: 97.5%min, SiO2: 0.6max, CaO: 1.2%max, US$880/t, FOB Dalian Dashiqiao City Jinhe Refractories Plant Tel: +86-417-5368188, Fax: +86-417-5368177 Mobile: +86-13941782699, wangtj110@sina.com MgO: 96%min, SiO2: 1.1%max, CaO: 2.5%max, 0-150mm, US$620/ t, FOB Dalian; MgO: 97%min, SiO 2 : 0.75%max, CaO: 1.7%max, 0-150mm, US$720/t, FOB Dalian; MgO: 97.5%min, SiO 2 : 0.6%max, CaO: 1.5%max, 0-150mm, US$780/t, FOB Dalian; MgO: 97.8%min, SiO 2: 0.45%max, CaO: 1.2%max, 0-150mm, US$835/t, FOB Dalian; MgO: 98%min, SiO 2 : 0.45%max, CaO: 1.2%max, 0-150mm, US$860/t, FOB Dalian Yingkou Xingyuan Refractory Co., Ltd Tel: +86-417-5911201, Fax: +86-417-5910200 xyzabc169@163.com, www.xingyuanref.cn

Gunning Material
Al2O3: 48%min, US$300/t, FOB Qingdao Shandong Luming High-temperature Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-533-6013888, Fax: +86-533-612266 sdlumingkeji@126.com, www.lmrefractory.com

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Magnesite Brick
MgO: 93%, US$419/t, FOB Dalian Yingkou Tianrun Refractory Co., Ltd Tel: +86-417-3921238, Fax: +86-417-3920495 sale@refractory-fibre.com, www.refractory-fibre.com MgO: 90%min, B.D.: 2.9g/cm3, US$450/t, FOB Dalian Liaoning Jiasheng Mining Co., Ltd Tel: +86-417-5917333, Fax: +86-417-5629666 jsmining@vip.163.com, www.jsmining.cn For coke oven, DIN1089-1, US$495/t, FOB Qingdao; For glass kiln, US$480/t, FOB Qingdao; For blast stove, US$500.t, FOB Qingdao Shandong Daqiao Refractories Co., Ltd Tel: +86-533-4290064, Fax: +86-533-4292303 dqzdx@163169.net, www.sddqnh.com

Silica Fume
SiO2: 85%min, CI: 0.02%max, Fe2O3: 0.9%max, Al2O3: 0.8%max, US$160/t, FOB Tianjin Gansu Lixinyuan Microsilica Co., Ltd Tel: +86-931-8502200, Fax: +86-931-8507755 sunpeng@gslxy.cn, www.gslxy.cn SiO2: 96-97%, US$298.5/t, FOB Qingdao Jinan Yinfeng Silicon Products Co., Ltd Tel: 86-18660798152, Fax: +86-531-85603017 yfsilicon@126.com, www.silicon-china.com

Magnesite Chrome Brick

Various types for nonferrous & glass kiln B.D.:2.85-3.00g/cm3, A.P:15-17%, C.C.S.: 65Mpa, Refractoriness under load > 1700Ta , Linear thermal expansion: 1.5% (1200), Thermal shock resistance: 100 (950 /air), USD880/t, FOB Shanghai Jiangsu Nuoming High Temperature Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-510-87591266, Fax: +86-510-87595020 manager@nuoming.cn, www.nuoming.cn Direct-bonded, MgO: 68%min, Cr 2O3: 16%min, B.D.: 3.05g/cm3, US$750/t, FOB Dalian; Fused rebounded, MgO: 60%min, Cr2O3: 20%min, B.D.: 3.22g/cm3, US$1,260/t, FOB Dalian Liaoning Jiasheng Mining Co., Ltd Tel: +86-417-5917333, Fax: +86-417-5629666 jsmining@vip.163.com, www.jsmining.cn

Silicon Carbide - Black

98%, pan mill, jet mill, US$1,750/t, FOB Lianyungang; FEPA series grains, US$1,300, FOB Lianyungang Lianyungang Abrasives Co., Ltd Mobile: +86-13805134703, Fax: +86-518-85153816 13805134703@139.com 97%, 200F, US$1,150/t, FOB Lianyungang Lianyungang Zhaosheng Minerals Co., Ltd Tel: +86-518-85166587, Fax: +86-518-85166588 minerals2009@sina.com, www.zsmineral.com 97%, 100mesh, US$1,165/t, FOB Tianjin Zhengzhou Steell Metal Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-86080791, Fax: +86-371-67221140 zhengzhou3717125@yahoo.com.cn, www.steellmetal.com 97%, 0-1/1-3/3-5mm, US$1,160/t, FOB Lianyungang Lianyungang Chuanshi Mineral Resource Co., Ltd Tel: +86-518-82325720, Fax: +86-518-82325708 jiangquan@mineral-resource.com, www.mineral-resource.com CF 97-325, US$1,200/t, FOB Tianjin Tangshan Hexagon Silicon Carbide Co., Ltd Tel: +86-315-3852488, Fax: +86-315-3852488 tshsic@163.com, www.lfsic.com 97%, 200mesh, US$1,090/t, FOB Lianyungang; 95%, 200mesh, US$1,060/t, FOB Lianyungang; 90%, 200mesh, US$795/t, FOB Lianyungang Lianyungang Land Silicon Carbide Co., Ltd Tel: +86-518-8743-3088, Mobile: +86-18661269957 landsic@163.com, www.landsic.com 98%, 0-10mm, US$1,060/t, FOB Tianjin;

Mullite - Fused
Al2O3: 71-77%, fractional sizes, US$860/t, FOB Tianjin Henan Great Wall Special Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-13503982296, Fax: +86-398-4955379 swyao70@126.com, www.cccys.com.cn Al2O3: 70-77%, B.D.:3.03g/cm3min, 8-5/5-3/3-1/1-0mm, US$763/t, FOB Tianjin; 0.046mm: US$795/t, FOB Tianjin MeiHeKou BoDa Mineral Co., Ltd Tel: +86-435-4216880, Fax: +86-435-4216880 Mobile: +86-13804451650, 18904302003 yankeeland2006@hotmail.com

Mullite - Sintered
Al2O3: 60-70%, various sizes Eastern Industries & Trading Co., Ltd Tel: +86-10-84417255, Fax: +86-10-64107328 eastern@eastern.net.cn, www.eastern.net.cn

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97%, 0-10mm, US$1,045/t, FOB Tianjin; 90%, 0-10mm, US$760/t, FOB Tianjin; 90%, 1-10mm, US$795/t, FOB Tianjin; 88%, 0-10mm, US$745/t, FOB Tianjin Ningxia Xinwangde Silicon Carbide Co., Ltd Mobile: 86-13014277793, nxxwdzz@126.com 97-98%, 88-90%, various sizes Eastern Industries & Trading Co., Ltd Tel: +86-10-84417255, Fax: +86-10-64107328 eastern@eastern.net.cn, www.eastern.net.cn 90%min, 0-10mm, US$750/t, FOB Tianjin; 88%min, 0-10mm, US$730/t, FOB Tianjin Xining Metals and Minerals Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd Tel/Fax: +86-971-6133239, M: +86-15909789697 huiming111@live.cn, www.xnwkjt.com 88%min, 0-10mm, US$795/t, FOB Tianjin China Abrasives Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-55983685, Fax: +86-371-67617346 hankcaec@vip.163.com, www.china-abrasives.com 88%, 1-10mm, US$800/t, FOB Tianjin Haicheng Champion (Tianjin) Intl Trade Co., Ltd Tel: +86-22-65521766, Fax: +86-22-65521566 fujing800830@yahoo.com.cn 80%, -100mesh, US$550/t, FOB Dalian Dalian Xinghai International Trading Co., Ltd Tel: +86-0411-86903317, Fax: +86-0411-86904417 dalianxinghai@hotmail.com

SiO2: 97-98%, powder, CNY13,750/t, FOB Tianjin Anyang County East Metallurgy Refractory Factory Tel: +86-372-5658858, Fax: +86-372-5661456 nifaming@cndfnc.com.cn

Spinel - Fused
Al2O3: 63-68%, various sizes, US$710/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 71-73%, various sizes, US$750/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 81-86%, various sizes, US$800/t, FOB Tianjin; Al2O3: 88-92%, various sizes, US$820/t, FOB Tianjin Henan Great Wall Special Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-13503982296, Fax: +86-398-4955379 swyao70@126.com, www.cccys.com.cn Al2O3: 70-75%, MgO: 20-30%, B.D: 3.3g/cm3min, 8-5/5-3/3-1/1-0mm, US$763/t, FOB Tianjin; 0.046mm: US$795/t, FOB Tianjin MeiHeKou BoDa Mineral Co., Ltd Tel: +86-435-4216880, Fax: +86-435-4216880 Mobile: +86-13804451650, 18904302003 yankeeland2006@hotmail.com Al2O3: 68-73%, grains, US$835/t, FOB Qingdao; Al2O3: 68-73%, fine powder, US$870/t, FOB Qingdao Zhengzhou Zhongtian Hi-tech Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-64958358, Fax: +86-371-64956257 Mobile: +86-15083575016, 080600081@163.com

Steel Fiber
Refractory type: 430, 446, 304, 310, 316, 330 Concrete reinforced type: A variety of length to diameter ratio, profile, high strength Dalian Harvest Metal Fibres Co., Ltd Tel: +86-411-82807736, Fax: +86-411-82801828 harvest_dl@163.com, www.dlharvest.com

Silicon Metal
SiO2: 99%, 325mesh, US$2,202.18/t, FOB Tianjin Luoyang Tianzhen Refractory Co., Ltd Tel: +86-379-63391200, Fax: +86-379-63391200 China-refractory@hotmail.com, www.lytz-refractory.com SiO2: 99%, powder, US$2,265/t, FOB Qingdao; 441#, lump, US$2,163/t, FOB Qingdao Jinan Yinfeng Silicon Products Co., Ltd Tel: 86-18660798152, Fax: +86-531-85603017 yfsilicon@126.com, www.silicon-china.com SiO2: 99%, 200-325mesh, US$2,385-2,415/t, FOB Tianjin; SiO2: 98%, 200-325mesh, US$2,335-2,370/t, FOB Tianjin; SiO2: 97%, 200-325mesh, US$2,270-2,300/t, FOB Tianjin; SiO2: 96%, 200-325mesh, US$2,205-2,240/t, FOB Tianjin Dengfeng Weihua Silicon Industry Co., Ltd Tel: +86-371-62862269, Fax: +86-371-62862269 15343826866@126.com, www.dfwhgy.cn

Tap hole Clay

Water free, Al2O3: 30%min, SiC+FeSi3N4: 25%max, B.D.: 2.18g/ cm3min, CNY6,500/t, FOB Qingdao Water free, Al2O3: 35%min, SiC+FeSi3N4: 20%max, B.D.: 2.20g/ cm3min, CNY7,600/t, FOB Qingdao New Ventures Corp of Jinan Iron & Steel Group Mobile: +8613793126662, Fax: +86-531-88818721 13793126662@163.com, www.jgxsy.com

Zirconia Alumina Fused

Al 2 O 3 : 74%, ZrO 2 : 24%, B.D.: 4g/cm 3 min, 8-5/5-3/3-1/1-0mm, US$3,531/t, FOB Tianjin; 0.046mm: US$3,563/t, FOB Tianjin

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Buyers Guide
MeiHeKou BoDa Mineral Co., Ltd Tel: +86-435-4216880, Fax: +86-435-4216880 Mobile: +86-13804451650, 18904302003 yankeeland2006@hotmail.com Henan Great Wall Special Materials Co., Ltd Tel: +86-13503982296, Fax: +86-398-4955379 swyao70@126.com, www.cccys.com.cn Al2O3: 42-47%, SiO2: 16-20%, ZrO2: 30-35%, B.D.: 3.6g/cm3min, 8-5/5-3/3-1/1-0mm, US$2,889/t, FOB Tianjin; 0.046mm: US$2,921/t, FOB Tianjin MeiHeKou BoDa Mineral Co., Ltd Tel: +86-435-4216880, Fax: +86-435-4216880 Mobile: +86-13804451650, 18904302003 yankeeland2006@hotmail.com

Zirconia Mullite Fused

Al2O3: 63-68%, SiO2: 16-20%, ZrO2: 30%min, B.D.: 3.5g/cm3, 5-3/31/1-0mm, US$2,100/t, FOB Tianjin ; Al2O3: 42-48%, SiO2: 16-20%, ZrO2: 36%min, B.D.: 3.6g/cm3, 5-3/31/1-0mm, US$2,150/t, FOB Tianjin

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