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刊名：refractories worldforum

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出版年：2012-04-01

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期：3

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From 14 to 16 May, Industrial Minerals organized the 6th MagMin Conference at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Conference Centre in Salzburg/AT, as Austria is a homeland for magnesium minerals with 30 Mt resources of magnesite ore, equivalent to. 4 % of the global magnesite resources. The magnesia industry is changing. With sales, consolidation and deeper vertical integration, the structure of the market continues to alter. This will have some impact on trends and dynamics, but the extent of this impact is yet to be seen. China's role in the sector continues to be an important one. With the recent World Trade Organization ruling on minerals, market participants are looking at how Chinese trade policy will pan out. The Chinese economy is also changing and some analysts are predicting a cooling and further downstream developments in various sectors. The future impact on exports of magnesite is yet to be completely seen. With the global economic climate, end-markets from refractories through to animal feed and fertilizers were under consideration, additionally participants explored where steel demand is heading and how this will affect the raw materials business. MagMin 2012 tried to provide answers to these important questions. The conference was a chance to understand the changing industry. Whether you're involved in olivine, serpentine, magnesite, synthetic or other sources of magnesia, this was a vital industry forum. The event provided an opportunity to network with a wide variety of producers, traders and buyers at the only international forum for magnesium-containing minerals. This opportunity was taken by nearly 300 participants from 31 countries.