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Beginning in 2020, Fastmarkets will review its pricing methodologies and price specifications across all its Price Reporting Agency (PRA) divisions - Metals & Mining and Forest Products - on an annual basis rather than twice per year.
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A thaw in trade relations between the United States and China is lending broad support to commodity prices, with the yuan strengthening against the dollar.
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Rio Tinto's titanium dioxide feedstock production increased in 2019, despite violence in South Africa leading to the temporary shutdown of its Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) subsidiary.
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Savannah's ilmenite joint venture with Rio Tinto is ready to move ahead after receiving government approval.
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Rio Tinto say the situation at its Richards Bay mineral sands facility remains unchanged, with operations still halted.
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South African state power utility Eskom was forced to implement stage 6 load shedding for the first time ever on Monday December 9 amid a severe lack of generating capacity.
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Mining junior Savannah Resources has been granted a mining licence for its Mutamba mineral sands project in Mozambique, East Africa.
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The surprise stall in activity at a major mineral sand and slag facility has disrupted supply expectations.
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Miner Rio Tinto has suspended operations at its Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) facility in South Africa citing a reprise of unrest and violence, the company said on Wednesday December 4.
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Africa-focused miner Base reports progress on a major new project.
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The publication of Fastmarkets’ weekly mineral sands assessment prices for November 14 was delayed due to a reporter error.
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The approach of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2020 sulfur cap has sparked concern among international shipping companies, with many questioning how they will comply with the new regulation.
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Heavy mineral sand production at Base Resources' mine in Kenya stuttered in the third quarter but is increasing, with the company maintaining its full-year output forecasts.
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A pessimistic outlook for rutile demand has prompted suppliers to cut offers to secure spot business, while the zircon market withstood expected weakness for now.
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The mineral sand miner Kenmare reports higher prices for its ilmenite sales.
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Iluka Resources, the world's top zircon producer, believes there are opportunities to explore in the rare-earth refining sector, a senior executive told Fastmarkets at the TiO2 World Summit in Berlin on Tuesday September 2.
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Concerns are growing that titanium dioxide products sold in Europe will need carcinogen warning labels.
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The price of zircon is falling, but not yet as much, or as fast, as some market participants have forecast.
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Controversy over supply and demand prospects and future applications for zirconia dominated discussions at the Zircon Industry Association conference in Dubai earlier in September. Here are some of the major takeaway points.
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The Greenland-based mining junior has shipped material from its Dundas project.
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Tight supplies of the mineral sand ilmenite has led to a second price increase in two weeks for the titanium dioxide feedstock.
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Healthy demand for sulfate ilmenite supported a weekly rise in ilmenite concentrate pricing, while zircon was steady cif China and Spain.
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Base Resources attributed the 15% rise in pre-tax profits to strong zircon and rutile prices outweighing falling production at the Kwale facility in Kenya.
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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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