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HOTTER ON METALS: The coronavirus’ double whammy supply-demand shock

Thursday, 19 March 2020

While countries start to lock down their borders to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), mining companies are beginning to halt production, delay projects and withdraw staff.
Mineral sands markets slow but stable moving into March

Thursday, 05 March 2020

Mineral sands trading activity is looking slow but prices appear to have stabilized heading into the last month of the quarter, in line with market expectations in February.
Image resumes HMC shipments after coronavirus hit demand

Tuesday, 03 March 2020

Image Resources has resumed the sale of heavy mineral concentrate from its Boonanarring mine in Western Australia, after demand was stalled by the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) shutdown.
Iluka expects coronavirus situation to sap 2020 zircon demand

Monday, 24 February 2020

Mineral sand miner Iluka expects the consequences of the novel coronavirus infection to weigh on the already sluggish zircon market in 2020.

Mineral sands markets braced for slowdown after China virus outbreak

Friday, 07 February 2020

Business activity in the mineral sands markets was seen to be idling in the week to Friday February 7, with worries about the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak in China leading to a cautious outlook, as Declan Conway reports.
PRICING NOTICE: Holiday pricing schedule for 2020-2021

Monday, 03 February 2020

View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2020 and 2021.
TiO2, ilmenite markets watch for disruption from coronavirus outbreak

Thursday, 30 January 2020

Titanium dioxide and ilmenite traders are closely watching the rapid spread of a coronavirus infection in central China, with cases reported in many of the industry’s production centers.
PRICING NOTICE: Fastmarkets moves to annual methodology reviews across PRA divisions

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

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.

VV Minerals boss says canalisation will hurt mineral sand miners

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

The chief executive of VV Minerals tells Fastmarkets that restrictions on private exports of mineral sands will be bad for production.
Crouching tiger: an overview of the Indian TiO2 industry

Monday, 22 October 2018

Fastmarkets IM Correspondent Sunder Singh looks at India's titanium dioxide supply and demand dynamics, as well as the future of the industry.
It’s complicated: How mineral scarcity and human ingenuity shape the world of TiO2 feedstocks

Monday, 22 October 2018

Amid growing concern about the supply of titanium dioxide feedstocks, Fastmarkets examines the scarcity of these minerals and how processors are adapting to changes in availability.
Titanium dioxide market settles in for winter on a high plateau

Monday, 22 October 2018

Prices have built steadily over the past year in titanium dioxide, and despite seasonal fluctuations and one-off events the outlook is for a period of stability lasting at least into early 2019.