Price Briefing: Ilmenite prices are “unsustainable” say Kenmare

By Siobhan Lismore-Scott
Published: Tuesday, 02 July 2013

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Declining ilmenite prices are becoming a problem for producers of the titanium dioxide (TiO₂) feedstock mineral.

“It seems to me that ilmenite producers at this level will generally lose money,” Michael Carvill, CEO of Irish ilmenite miner Kenmare Resources Plc, told IM.

Carvill doubts that current ilmenite prices...

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