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We have also conducted numerous in-depth market studies
and surveys on industrial minerals ranging from asbestos substitutes
to
zircon flour. The following list of
reports illustrates the type of consulting work undertaken for clients
but are not available for resale. Please contact
us to develop a scope of work, budget, and time table.
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World Market for Alumina Trihydrate
as a Functional Filler |
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Competition between Flame
Retardant Materials |
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The Role of Aplite in the
Glass/Ceramic Industry |
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The US Market for Asbestos
and the Status of Asbestos Substitutes |
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Ramifications of the Lifting
of the US EPA Ban on Asbestos |
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Markets for Attapulgite in
Food Processing in Australia |
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Prospects for Future Consumption
in the USA and Canada |
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Mineral Competition in the
Pet Litter Market |
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Royalty Rates for Attapulgite
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Markets for ball Clay from
Ukraine |
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The Market and Price of Barite
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Sources of Chemical Grade Barite
from India and Thailand |
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The Market for Filler-Grade Barite
in North America |
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The World Market for Sintered Mullite
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The Market for Fused Alumina and
Mullite in North America, Western Europe, and Far East |
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Structure of the Microabrasives
Industry in the USA |
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Market for Tabular Alumina in Japan
and Korea |
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Bentonite Vs Polymers in Drilling
Muds |
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Foundry-Grade Wyoming Bentonite:
A Comparison of Reserves and Quality |
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Royalty Rates for Bentonite
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Beryllium Products from Bertrandite
in the United States |
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Colemanite and Boric Acid from
Mexico |
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Borate Markets in Japan, Korea,
and Taiwan |
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Ulexite from South America as a
Source of Borates |
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The Price of Elemental Bromine
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Brucite and its Potential Markets
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The Potential Market for Calcium
Carbonate from Haiti |
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Potential of Calcium Carbonate
from Jamaica |
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Calcium Carbonate in Puerto Rico
& the Dominican Republic |
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The Market for Calcium Carbonate
in the Paint Industry of the Mississippi Valley |
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Limestone, Cement, & Lime in
the Pacific Rim |
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Market Comparison of White Mineral
Pigments |
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Precipitated Calcium Carbonate
Market in Europe |
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GCC vs. PCC vs. Kaolin in the Functional
Filler Market |
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The Role of Lime in the Production
of Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) |
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Prospects for Celestite from South
Australia |
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The future of Strontium Chemical
Supply from Mexico |
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The Outlook for TV Glass Production
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Chromite Prospects in Indonesia
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Supply/Demand/Processing of Chromite
in Europe |
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The Market for Copper Sulfate
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The World Market for Garnet and
Emery |
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Markets for Decorative Stone (crushed and boulders)
in the western US |
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Sourcing Decorative Stone from
China |
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The Diamond Market and the Role
of the Central Selling Organization |
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Diatomite Production at Lompoc,
California |
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Potential Markets for Diatomite
in Australia and the Pacific Rim |
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Sales and Trade in US Diatomite
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Dolomite Sources in western North
America and Offshore |
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Dolomite Sources for Glass in western
North America |
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The Market for Fine-Ground Dolomite as
a Functional Filler |
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Feldspar/Nepheline Syenite Market
with Special Reference to Spruce Pine |
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Nepheline Syenite: Production,
Consumption, and Market Outlook |
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Evaluation of Feldspar in British
Columbia, Canada |
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Markets for Feldspar in the Pacific-Rim
Market |
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Fluorspar Market Overview
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US Flake Graphite and Amorphous
Graphite Markets |
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High-Performance, Purified Flake
Graphite |
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The World Market for Garnet and
Emery |
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Potential Markets for Garnet from
Eastern North America |
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Assessment of the Garnet from a
Western US Source |
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Garnet Sourced from India |
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Present & Potential US Market
for Alpha Gypsum |
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Gypsum City Property, Mohave County,
Arizona |
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Market Evaluation of FGD Gypsum
from Eastern Canada |
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An Overview of the US market for
helium |
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Iodine from New Projects in Chile
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The Historical Price of Iodine
from Chile |
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Iodine Producers in Chile |
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Structure of the World Iodine Market
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Review of the market for Natural
Nitrates from Chile (plus iodine) |
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The Market for Micaceous Iron Oxide Worldwide |
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The Nonmetallurgical Market for
Iron Oxide in Western Europe |
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Review of the US Kaolin Industry:
Production, Consumption & Trade |
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Markets for Kaolin from China
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Transportation of Kaolin in the
Pacific Rim Area |
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GCC vs. PCC vs. Kaolin in the Functional
Filler Market |
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The Lime Industry in the western United
States |
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The Role of Lime in the Production of
Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) |
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Lithium Minerals vs Chemicals
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Lithium Use in the North American
Glass Industry |
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Manganese Dioxide and Manganese
Sulfate Markets |
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The Impact of Magnesite from China
on World Markets |
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Non-Refractory Uses of Magnesite
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Outlook for Prices for Fused Magnesia
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The Potential Markets for Magnesium
Chloride in the Middle East |
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Estimated production Costs for Magnesium
Metal
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Prospects for the Magnesium Metal Market with Special
Emphasis on Asia |
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The Worldwide Magnesium Metal Market |
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The World Supply and Demand for Magnesium
Sulfate |
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Potential Market Outlets for Magnetite
from the Western United States |
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Overview of the US Mica Industry
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Potential Markets for Mica from
eastern Canada |
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World Markets for Potassium and
Sodium Nitrates from Chile |
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Natural versus Synthetic Nitrates
with Emphasis on the USA and Chile |
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Review of the market for Natural
Nitrates from Chile (plus iodine) |
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The Use of Olivine as an Airblast
Abrasive |
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The Market for Peat in Horticulture
in Europe |
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Potential New (high-tech) Uses
for Peat |
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Diatomite Vs Perlite Filter Aids
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A Review of Perlite Production
in New Mexico |
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Evaluation of Perlite from Idaho
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Audit of a Perlite Operation with
Special Emphasis on Markets |
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Prospects for Future Consumption
of Perlite in the USA and Canada |
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Sources of Igneous Phosphate Rock
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The market for Potassium Sulfate
in North America and Europe |
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The Market for Potassium Magnesium
Sulfate (Sulfate of Potash Magnesia or SOPM) |
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The World Market for Potassium Nitrate
(nitrate of potash or NOP) |
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The World Market for Potassium Sulfate
(Sulfate of Potash or SOP) |
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Pumice in Stonewashing |
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Use of Pyrophyllite in Refractories
in Japan and Korea |
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Refractory Mineral Sources in Japan
and Korea |
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Market Overview for a Potential
Rare Earth Source in the United States |
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Markets in North America and Europe for
Precipitated Silica |
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Silica Sand in Eastern Canada &
Northeastern USA |
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Potential Markets for Silica Sand
from Guyana |
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Tests to Determine the Meltability
of Selected Silica Sand |
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The Potential Market for Silica
Sand from Eastern Tennessee |
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The Silica Sand Market of the southwest
United States and northern Mexico |
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The Market Structure for Ultra-High
Purity Silica |
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Markets for Silicon Produced in eastern
Canada |
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Market Potential for Salt and Salt-based
Industries in Sri Lanka |
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Onslow Salt Project, Australia:
Overview of the World Salt Market |
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Potential of Salt from the Central
African Republic |
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Improving Salt Production Methods
at Lake Katwe, Uganda |
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Markets for Brine |
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Sources of Sillimanite Minerals
from southern Africa |
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Potential Market for Soda Ash from
Turkey |
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New Uses for Trona |
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Production and Utilization of Chloralkalis
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The Use of Sodium Minerals in the
Production of Zeolites |
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Nahcolite as a Source of Sodium
Bicarbonate and Soda Ash |
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The Wold Trona Project |
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Evaluation of the Markets for Soda
Ash from Owens Lake, California |
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Potential Use of Sodalite from Greenland
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Markets for Sodium Bicarbonate Produed
in the United States |
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The Market for Sodium Silicate with
Emphasis on Silicas and Zeolites |
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The North American Market for Sodium
Sulfate |
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Market for Sodium Sulfate in the
Pacific Basin |
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Sodium Sulfate from Mexico
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Potential for Sodium Sulfate from
Chile |
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A World Study of Airblast Abrasive
Materials |
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Use of Slags as Airblast Abrasives
in the United States |
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Market Evaluation of Dimension
Granite |
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An Overview of the Potential Market
for "Empire Black" Granite Tiles |
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The US Market Potential for a Tile
from Kibbutz Eilon, West Galilee, Israel |
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An Overview of Granite Tiles in
the US Marketplace |
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The North American Dimension Stone
Industry with Reference to Finland |
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Outlook for Strontium Carbonate &
Barium Carbonate |
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Celestite and Strontium Carbonate from
Mexico |
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Sources of Celestite for Metallurgical
Uses |
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Market Impact of Noranda's sulfuric
acid |
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The Market for Sulfuric Acid in
western North America |
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Sulfuric Acid in Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona |
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Potential Offshore Talc Sources
including Brazil & Turkey |
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Overview of the US talc industry
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Worldwide Markets for Ilmenite
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Titanium and Related Minerals in
the Arab Republic of Egypt |
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The Rutile Market with Particular
Reference to Sierra Leone |
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Projected Titanium Dioxide Markets
in the US |
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Titanium Dioxide Markets in North
America and Europe |
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Quality Criteria for Titanium Mineral
Feedstocks |
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Supplies and Prices of Certain
Tungsten Intermediate Products |
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Outlook for Vanadium Markets and
Prices |
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The Impact of the Closure of Libby,
Montana, Vermiculite Deposit on Markets |
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The Wollastonite Market with Special
Reference to a western US Producer |
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Market Evaluation of Wollastonite
in Sonora, Mexico |
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Potential Markets for Wollastonite
from Eastern Canada |
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The Use of Zeolite A in detergents
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Production Methods for Synthetic
Zeolites |
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Production Costs for Zeolite A
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Current Market and Outlook for
Zinc Oxide |
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The Influence of Zircon on the
Titanium Market |
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Supply/Demand/Processing of Zircon
in Europe |
GENERAL
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Overview of the Fine-Grinding Industry
in Benelux, W. Germany & UK |
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Supply/Demand/Processing of Zircon, Chromite,
Mica & Bauxite/Fused Alumina in Europe |
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The US Market for Barite, Kaolin, Bentonite,
Zeolites, and Titanium Minerals |
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Overview of the US Market for Certain
Copper, Lead, & Zinc Chemicals |
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Nonferrous Metals Recycling in the New
York City Region |
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Review of the US TV Tube Industry |
COUNTRIES
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The Potential Market for Industrial Minerals
from Malawi |
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The Potential Market for Industrial Minerals
from Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
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The Potential Market for Industrial Minerals
from Guyana |
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