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    Markets fail to rally ahead of Chinese New Year
    Industrial Minerals (2016)
    Laura Syrett
    Hebei-based Tangshan Sanyou Group raised its prices for light soda ash by nearly 7%, from Rmb 1,350/tonne ($205/tonne) to Rmb 1,440/tonne ($219/tonne) during the month. Its dense soda ash prices have increased by almost 13%, meanwhile, from Rmb 1,445/tonne ($220/tonne) to Rmb 1,630/tonne ($248/tonne)
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    Summer holiday for agriminerals, no break for mineral sands
    Industrial Minerals (2014)
    Laura Syrett
    IM 's prices for antimony trioxide (typically 99.5% min Sb[subscript]2 O[subscript]3, 5-tonne lots) have been revised to $7,900-8,000/tonne, down from $8,000-8,100/tonne on a CIF Antwerp/Rotterdam basis and to $7,700-7,800/tonne (20-tonne lots) on an FOB China basis. IM 's prices for premium grade zircon (min 66.5% ZrO[subscript]2, bulk, CIF China) have been revised to $1,050-1,150/tonne, while prices for standard grade are now set at $1,000-1,150/tonne IM 's prices for Chinese DBM (lump, FOB China) stand at $255-270/tonne for 90% MgO material; $320-400/tonne for 92% MgO; $350-400/tonne for 94-95% MgO; and $450-485/tonne for 97.5% MgO.
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