Falling Oil Price Sees Mixed Impact On Industrial Minerals

This feature takes a look over the uncertainty that hangs over agrimineral prices as the oil slump brings doubts for barite and frac sand. The plunge in the price of oil over the last six months has been given a mixed reception by the industrial minerals industry, with various sectors reflecting on the benefits of cheaper energy weighed against concern about the deflationary impact of low oil prices on the wider economy.