Abstract
The report is devoted to review of market of bentonite clays and mud powder in
CIS countries. The report is prepared on the basis of studying and analysis of
data of Federal Service of State Statistics of Russia (Rosstat), Federal
Customs Service of Russia, State Customs Service of Ukraine, Customs Service
of Kazakhstan, EU Statistic Committee (Eurostat), Russian domestic railage
statistics, State Balances of Reserves of Mineral Resources, reports of
companies, data of regional mass-media and web-sites of producers and
consumers of bentonite products in CIS countries, as well as InfoMine
database. The report contains 127 Pages, including 62 Tables, 25 Figures and
Appendix.
The first Section of the report is devoted to characteristics of current
standing of world market of bentonite, including data on world reserves of
bentonite clays, volumes of mining in various countries in 1998-2006 and
prices on some kinds of the products in 2005-2007.
The second Section presents data on reserves and deposits of bentonite clays
in CIS countries.
The third Section of the report is devoted to analysis of data on mining of
bentonite and production of bentonite products. It describes technology of
production of drill mud, presents data on volumes of mining of bentonite in
Russia and CIS countries in 2000-2007, as well as production of drill mud in
2003-2007. Description of current standing of company-producers of bentonite
products in CIS countries, including data on resources base, characteristics
of the products, volumes and flows of supplies is given.
The fourth Section of the report presents analysis of foreign trade of CIS
countries in bentonite products. It presents data on volumes of supplies in
bulk and in money terms, the main exporters and importers of bentonite,
estimate of regional structure of supplies.
The fifth Section is devoted to estimation of domestic consumption of
bentonite in Russia. The Section presents supply-demand balance of bentonite,
estimates regional and sectoral structure of consumption, as well as data on
volumes of bentonite supplies to the greatest consumers by railway transport.
Description of the greatest Russian company-consumers of bentonite is given
too.
The sixth Section is devoted to price analysis. It presents data on changes of
prices on bentonite products of some Russian producers in 2005-2007, dynamics
of export-import prices on bentonite products, forecast of price conjuncture
of the market up to 2015.
The seventh Section of the report, describes current tendencies of development
of bentonite market and presents forecast of production and consumption of the
product in Russia up to 2015.
The Appendix presents contact information on leading Russian producers of
bentonite products.
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