Projects in the Pipeline: Zircon buoys as prices rise
By John Ollett
Published: Monday, 23 April 2012
The zircon industry has long been tied closely together with the titanium dioxide (TiO2) feedstock industry. Although the two industrial minerals have widely different end uses and supply chains, ilmenite and rutile, used to make TiO2, and zircon are often found in the same deposits. This means that the shortage in supply of titanium feedstocks, that has sent prices rocketing in the last 18 months, will have an impact on the zircon industry.
The zircon industry has long been tied closely together with
the titanium dioxide (TiO2) feedstock industry. Although the
two industrial minerals have widely different end uses and
supply chains, ilmenite and rutile, used to make TiO2, and
zircon are often found in the same deposits. This means that
the shortage...