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Trade headwinds created by trade wars and Chinese environmental controls are threatening the demand for zircon from the ceramic industry, according to major producer Iluka.
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The Indian department of atomic energy is the latest government body to take aim at mineral sand mining.
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Pigment maker Kronos showed a fall in second-quarter profit because of lower sales prices and higher raw material costs.
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Tronox sales rose after its acquisition of rival TiO2 producer Cristal, but the legacy business reported falling prices.
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Chemours has purchesed Southern Ionics Minerals, increasing its access to US-mined ilmenite.
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Increasing demand in various markets for rare earth is increasing levels of interest in the mining of monazite.
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Australian miner Sheffield has new contracted sales for all of the zircon production at its new mineral sand project.
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Rio Tinto is planning a major investment in its South African mineral sand and titanium slag subsidiary, while production volumes bounce back from a troubled 2018.
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Long discarded as trash, interest is growing in the rare earth ore monazite.
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Australian miner Sheffield is focusing on zircon production to meet a growing shortage.
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MRC is eyeing neighboring property since the grade of mineral sands at its resource started to deteriorate in 2014.
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Australian miner Sheffield Resources will sell non-upgraded ilmenite to concentrate on its zircon production.
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The owner of a Crimean titanium dioxide (TiO2) plant faces charges in the United States of planned bribery over an attempt to mine heavy mineral sands in India; he is also under scrutiny in Ukraine.
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The International Finance Corp (IFC) is to invest $60 million in extending the mine life of Iluka Resources' Sierra Leone mineral sands project.
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Bluejay's Dundas ilmenite project in Greenland is reported to be 15% larger than previously estimated, the company said this week.
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Australia-based miner Mineral Commodities hopes to win the right to extend its license to extract mineral sands from its South African project at Tormin, and has applied to start development of a neighboring property.
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Further constraints in the supply of rutile are pushing the price of the material in Australia to new long-term highs.
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The company managed to beat its own forecast of mineral sand output, with a higher grade of ore than expected and 38,000 tonnes shipped in the first quarter.
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Output from the Kwale mineral sand operation in Kenya is expected to fall sharply in 2020 because of a necessary relocation to the asset’s South Dune ore body, Base Resources has said, with consequences for ilmenite, zircon and rutile.
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Ilmenite production at Tormin in South Africa could halve in 2019, due to lower ore grades and reduced operating hours, Mineral Commodities says.
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Mineral sand miner Base Resources has reported lower ore grades and reduced production for all its mineral sand products in the January-March quarter of 2019.
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Fastmarkets published its mineral sands price assessments later than scheduled on Thursday April 25, because of a reporter error.
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The mineral sand producer reported lower synthetic rutile output in the first three months of 2019, while the continued strong demand forecast for high-grade feedstock means the company cannot meet current demand.
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Mineral sand miner Kenmare has reported rising ore extraction at its Moma mine in Mozambique, while the pace of mining more than compensated for a sharp drop in ore grade.
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Tronox will become the world's second-largest TiO2 producer when it finally takes over Cristal after more than two years of negotiation with regulators.
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Ore grade depletion will hit output at Base Resources' mineral sand mine in Kwale, Kenya.
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Higher-grade ore helped emerging mineral sands miner Image Resources beat its own forecast ramp-up pace at the Boonanarring project in Western Australia.
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Kenmare has reported higher mineral sand production and revenues in 2018, although ilmenite output fell, while higher zircon prices boosted profits.
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South African mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe has called on the mining industry to improve relations with local communities after visiting a mineral sands mine in the Western Cape.
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Heavy mineral sand output from Base Resources’ Kenyan mine was maintained by an increase in the volume of ore mined, plus a draw-down of stocks to compensate for lower ore grades.
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Image Resources completed a ramp-up project at the Bonnanarring mineral sands project after two months rather than the originally anticipated six.
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The chief executive of VV Minerals tells Fastmarkets that restrictions on private exports of mineral sands will be bad for production.
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Gwede Mantashe called on the mining industry to improve community relations during a visit to Mineral Sand Resources after a long-running dispute over an allegedly unauthorized expansion.
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Lower grade ore grades at Base Resources' Kwale operations has resulted in reduced ilmenite, rutile and zircon output for the December quarter of 2018 compared with the preceding quarter. Subsequently, the miner has revised its production guidance for those minerals in the financial year ending June 30, 2019.
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Kenmare expects grade depletion to affect the company's ilmenite production capabilities in 2019.
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Iluka Resources is looking into restarting its idled SR1 kiln, with high-grade chloride-titanium feedstock tight and the availability of zirconium feedstock sparse.
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Key takeaways from independent consultant TZMI’s 2018 congress held on November 12-14 in Singapore.
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The mining junior Bluejay has issued a new resource estimate, ahead of seeking approval for its Greenland ilmenite project.
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The planned takeover of Cristal by rival TiO2 producer Tronox must overcome further regulatory hurdles before it can go ahead, a US judge has said.
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Australian miner Sheffield Resources will raise some A$19 million to begin preliminary work on its Thunderbird mineral sand site.
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Chemours and Southern Ionics Mining have announced that they will jointly develop the Jesup mineral sands mine in the US state of Georgia. Production is expected to begin in 2020.
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Australian miner Image Resources has produced the first volumes of heavy mineral concentrate at its Boonanarring mineral sands projects.
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Key takeaways from independent consultant TZMI’s 2018 congress held on November 12-14 in Singapore.
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Presentations at this year’s TZMI congress by heavy mineral sand explorers and producers have highlighted the importance of the social and environmental aspects of existing and upcoming projects.
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Cristal’s much anticipated Saudi Arabian Ilmenite Smelter Project has encountered a technical issue, setting its start-up back to the second half of 2019.
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MZI has set new quarterly sales, ore mined, and heavy mineral concentrate production records, but is yet to deliver sustained L88 recovery levels above historic averages.
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High ore throughput at Mineral Commodities’ Tormin mine was needed to keep heavy mineral sand production rates stable this quarter, with the company reporting about a 10% increase in zircon/rutile and ilmenite concentrate prices.
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Image and Melior commences wet commissioning; Sheffield is construction ready, but requires new funds.
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Fastmarkets IM Correspondent Sunder Singh looks at India's titanium dioxide supply and demand dynamics, as well as the future of the industry.
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Base Resources’ rutile and zircon output reached record highs in this year’s third quarter, while ilmenite production remained stable, after the successful implementation of the Kwale Phase 2 mine optimization project.
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