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April 2017
28 April 2017
The price hike follows four increases in the first quarter of 2017 during which time the company recorded a huge jump in profits. Meanwhile other Chinese titanium dioxide producers, Jilin GPRO Titanium Industry and Annada Titanium Dioxide, posted higher sales revenues and profits in Q1.
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26 April 2017
The company returned into positive territory following a net loss of over $6m in 2015, on the back of higher sales of alumina despite revenues from both TiO2 and barium sulphate decreased.
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26 April 2017
Strandline has signed an agreement worth up to $10.75m with Rio Tinto in connection with its heavy mineral sands tenements in Tanzania.
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26 April 2017
The price hike follows increasing costs in raw material, the company said.
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26 April 2017
The agreements with Nanjing and Minchem, combined with previously agreed
deals, means Sheffield has offtakes in place for about 70% of the premium zircon and 45% of the zircon concentrate projected output from stage 1 of the Thunderbird mineral sands project in Australia.
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25 April 2017
The US company has raised its previous offer price to take over AkzoNobel by 8% and has committed not to relocate European production facilities to the US, as well as agreeing a divestiture programme to face off possible antitrust issues.
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21 April 2017
Aggregates posted growth in sales following higher demand in Europe, as industrial and performance coatings fared positively against a continued decline in the glass business.
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20 April 2017
Both borates and salt production declined in Q1 as TiO2 slag output grew substantially reflecting "higher demand".
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11 April 2017
The government of Tamil Nadu has upheld the mineral sand mining ban in the Indian state, pending the outcome of the next high court hearing in April. Local producers have come together to petition for production to restart.
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07 April 2017
The company now has total control of the joint venture, which supplies industrial coatings for electronics in the Asian market.
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04 April 2017
The updated facility now has higher capacity to meet local demand.
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03 April 2017
Ceramics production growing rapidly in India; Demand is high for good-quality raw materials; Producers expect expansion to continue