Mining Chemicals

US mining chemicals demand will reach $2.5 billion in 2011 based on gains in key markets such as coal mining and aggregate quarrying, which will boost demand for blasting agents. Explosives are the most important chemicals used in the mining industry and will provide the best opportunities.

This study analyzes the 21 billion pound US mining chemical industry. It presents historical demand data for 1996, 2001 and 2006 and forecasts for 2011 and 2016 by type (e.g., inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals and polymers); by function (e.g., explosives, leaching agents, PH adjusters, lubricants, flocculants); application (e.g., blasting and drilling, mineral processing, water and waste treatment); and mining market (e.g., coal, precious metals, ores, aggregates, clay).

The study also considers market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles 35 major industry players including Dyno Nobel, Orica, Austin Powder, DuPont and Clariant.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE INTRODUCTION viii I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4 General 4 Macroeconomic Environment 5 Consumer Spending & Income Patterns 9 Manufacturing Outlook 12 Mining Industry Outlook 15 Pricing Patterns 17 Market Volatility 19 Environmental Regulations 22 Tailings 24 Water Treatment 25 Resource Recovery 27 Mine Safety 28 World Overview 29 Mining Production 30 Mining Chemical Demand 33 III. PRODUCTS & FUNCTIONS 35 General 35 Demand by Type 36 Inorganic Chemicals 38 Organic Chemicals & Polymers 41 Other 43 Demand by Function 46 Explosives 48 Markets 49 Suppliers 52 Leaching Agents 54 PH Adjusters 56 Lubricants 59 Flocculants 61 Other 63 IV. APPLICATIONS 67 General 67 Blasting & Drilling 69 Mineral Processing 71 Leaching 74 Flotation 77 Other 79 Water & Waste Treatment 81 Other 83 V. MARKETS 86 General 86 Coal 88 Coal Supply & Demand Outlook 89 Mining Chemical Demand 93 Precious Metals 98 Precious Metal Supply & Demand Outlook 98 Mining Chemical Demand 99 Copper 102 Copper Ore Supply & Demand Outlook 103 Mining Chemical Demand 105 Iron Ore 108 Iron Ore Supply & Demand Outlook 109 Mining Chemical Demand 112 Other 116 Other Mining Outlook 116 Mining Chemical Demand 121 Stone, Sand & Gravel 122 Clay 124 Lead & Zinc 126 All Other 127 VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 130 General 130 Market Share 133 Dyno Nobel 134 Orica 134 DuPont 135 Austin Powder 136 Clariant International 136 Other 137 Competitive Strategies 137 Marketing & Distribution 140 Mergers & Acquisitions 141 Cooperative Agreements 144 Company Profiles 146 Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated 147 Akzo Nobel NV 149 AMCOL International Corporation 152 American Colloid Company, see AMCOL International ArrMaz Custom Chemicals Incorporated 153 Ashland Incorporated 154 Astaris LLC, see Israel Chemicals Limited Austin Powder Company 156 Borregaard Lignotech, see Orkla ASA Century Mining, see FUCHS Petrolub AG Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC 158 Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Incorporated 160 Clariant International Limited 163 Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Company KG 165 Cyanco Company, see Nevada Chemicals and RAG AG CyPlus Corporation, see RAG AG Cytec Industries Incorporated 167 Degussa AG, see RAG AG Dow Chemical Company 170 Drew Industrial, see Ashland Incorporated DuPont (EI) de Nemours 173 Dyno Nobel Limited 174 Evonik Industries AG, see RAG AG FMC Corporation 176 FUCHS Petrolub AG 179 GE Water & Process Technologies, see General Electric General Electric Company 181 Huntsman Corporation 183 ICL Performance Products LP, see Israel Chemicals Limited Israel Chemicals Limited 186 LignoTech USA Incorporated, see Orkla ASA MAXAM Corporation SA 188 Nalco Holdings LLC 189 Nasaco International LLC 191 Nevada Chemicals Incorporated 192 Orica Limited 193 Orkla ASA 196 Quaker Chemical Corporation 198 RAG AG 199 Royal Dutch Shell plc 202 Sanyo Chemical Industries Limited 204 Sasol Limited 205 SNF SAS 207 3M Company 208 Tomah3 Products, see Air Products and Chemicals Weber (A) GmbH 210 Winnemucca Chemicals, see Nevada Chemicals Wyo-Ben Incorporated 211 Zinkan Enterprises Incorporated 212 Other Companies Mentioned in Study 214 LIST OF TABLES TABLE NUMBER PAGE SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Summary Table 3 SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT 1 Macroeconomic Overview 9 2 Consumer Spending & Income Patterns 11 3 Manufacturers Shipments 14 4 Mineral Supply & Demand 17 5 Mining Chemical Pricing 19 6 Mining Chemical Market, 1996-2006 21 7 World Mineral Production 32 SECTION III -- PRODUCTS & FUNCTIONS 1 Mining Chemical Demand by Type 37 2 Inorganic Chemical Demand in Mining by Type 41 3 Organic Chemical & Polymer Demand in Mining by Type 43 4 Other Chemicals & Materials Demand in Mining 45 5 Mining Chemical Demand by Function 47 6 Explosives Demand in Mining 49 7 Explosives Demand in Mining by Market 52 8 Leaching Agent Demand in Mining 56 9 PH Adjuster Demand in Mining 58 10 Lubricant Demand in Mining 60 11 Flocculant Demand in Mining 63 12 Other Mining Chemical Demand 66 SECTION IV -- APPLICATIONS 1 Mining Chemical Demand by Application 68 2 Blasting & Drilling Market for Mining Chemicals 71 3 Mineral Processing Market for Mining Chemicals 73 4 Water & Waste Treatment Market for Mining Chemicals 83 5 Other Applications for Mining Chemicals 85 SECTION V -- MARKETS 1 Mining Chemical Demand by Market 87 2 Coal Supply & Demand 92 3 Coal Mining Chemical Demand 97 4 Precious Metal Supply & Demand 99 5 Precious Metal Mining Chemical Demand 102 6 Copper Ore Supply & Demand 105 7 Copper Ore Mining Chemical Demand 108 8 Iron Ore Supply & Demand 112 9 Iron Ore Mining Chemical Demand 115 10 Other Mining Production 121 11 Other Mining Chemical Demand 122 12 Stone, Sand & Gravel Mining Chemical Demand 124 13 Clay Mining Chemical Demand 126 14 Lead & Zinc Mining Chemical Demand 127 15 All Other Mining Chemical Demand 129 SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 1 US Mining Chemical Sales for Selected Firms, 2006 131 2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 143 3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 145 LIST OF CHARTS CHART NUMBER PAGE SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT 1 Mining Chemical Market, 1996-2006 21 2 World Mining Chemical Demand by Region, 2006 34 SECTION III -- PRODUCTS & FUNCTIONS 1 Mining Chemical Demand by Type, 2006 38 2 Mining Chemical Demand by Function, 2006 47 SECTION IV -- APPLICATIONS 1 Mining Chemical Demand by Application, 2006 68 SECTION V -- MARKETS 1 Mining Chemical Demand by Market, 2006 88 SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 1 US Mining Chemical Sales by Company, 2006 133

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1 INTRODUCTION

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Table | MINING CHEMICAL DEMAND BY MARKET (million dollars)

3 MARKET ENVIRONMENT

3.1 General

3.2 Macroeconomic Environment

Table | MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW

3.3 Consumer Spending & Income Patterns

Table | CONSUMER SPENDING & INCOME PATTERNS

3.4 Manufacturing Outlook

Table | MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS

3.5 Mining Industry Outlook

Table | MINERAL SUPPLY & DEMAND (million metric tons)

3.6 Pricing Patterns

Table | MINING CHEMICAL PRICING (cents per pound)

3.7 Market Volatility

Table | MINING CHEMICAL MARKET, 1996-2006

3.8 Environmental Regulations

3.8.1 Tailings

3.8.2 Water Treatment

3.8.3 Resource Recovery

3.9 Mine Safety

3.10 World Overview

3.10.1 Mining Production

Table | WORLD MINERAL PRODUCTION * (million metric tons)

3.10.2 Mining Chemical Demand

4 PRODUCTS & FUNCTIONS

4.1 General

4.2 Demand by Type

Table | MINING CHEMICAL DEMAND BY TYPE

4.2.1 Inorganic Chemicals

Table | INORGANIC CHEMICAL DEMAND IN MINING BY TYPE (million dollars)

4.2.2 Organic Chemicals & Polymers

Table | ORGANIC CHEMICAL & POLYMER DEMAND IN MINING BY TYPE (million dollars)

4.2.3 Other

Table | OTHER CHEMICALS & MATERIALS DEMAND IN MINING (million dollars)

4.3 Demand by Function

Table | MINING CHEMICAL DEMAND BY FUNCTION (million dollars)

4.3.1 Explosives

Table | EXPLOSIVES DEMAND IN MINING (million dollars)

Table | EXPLOSIVES DEMAND IN MINING BY MARKET (million dollars)

4.3.2 Leaching Agents

Table | LEACHING AGENT DEMAND IN MINING (million dollars)

4.3.3 PH Adjusters

Table | PH ADJUSTER DEMAND IN MINING (million dollars)

4.3.4 Lubricants

Table | LUBRICANT DEMAND IN MINING * (million dollars)

4.3.5 Flocculants

Table | FLOCCULANT DEMAND IN MINING (million dollars)

4.3.6 Other

Table | OTHER MINING CHEMICAL DEMAND (million dollars)

5 APPLICATIONS

5.1 General

Table | MINING CHEMICAL DEMAND BY APPLICATION (million dollars)

5.2 Blasting & Drilling

Table | BLASTING & DRILLING MARKET FOR MINING CHEMICALS (million dollars)

5.3 Mineral Processing

Table | MINERAL PROCESSING MARKET FOR MINING CHEMICALS (million dollars)

5.3.1 Leaching

5.3.2 Flotation

5.3.3 Other

5.4 Water & Waste Treatment

Table | WATER & WASTE TREATMENT MARKET FOR MINING CHEMICALS (million dollars)

5.5 Other

Table | OTHER APPLICATIONS FOR MINING CHEMICALS (million dollars)

6 MARKETS

6.1 General

Table | MINING CHEMICAL DEMAND BY MARKET (million dollars)

6.2 Coal

6.2.1 Coal Supply & Demand Outlook

Table | COAL SUPPLY & DEMAND (million metric tons)

6.2.2 Mining Chemical Demand

Table | COAL MINING CHEMICAL DEMAND (million dollars)

6.3 Precious Metals

6.3.1 Precious Metal Supply & Demand Outlook

Table | PRECIOUS METAL SUPPLY & DEMAND (metric tons)

6.3.2 Mining Chemical Demand