Iluka zircon sales hit by sharp drop in Chinese tile sector
By William Clarke
Published: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Mineral sand miner Iluka has reported sharply lower sales of zircon in 2020 with demand from China plummeting.
Iluka, the world’s largest zircon producer,
sold 185,200 tonnes of zircon concentrate in 2020, down by
42.5% year-on-year, according to a quarterly results statement
released on Wednesday January 27.
Zircon demand has been hit hard by a drop in demand from
Chinese ceramics manufacturers, the biggest end-users...