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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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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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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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Lower titanium dioxide prices weighed on second-quarter revenues for producer Venator, with “macroeconomic challenges” expected to persist into the second half of the year.
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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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The International Finance Corp will take 10% of Iluka’s operation in Sierra Leone, with initial investment of $20 million, as rutile prices rise.
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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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Australian miner Sheffield will delay ilmenite roaster construction at Thunderbird to concentrate on supplying the strong zircon market.
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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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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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Rio Tinto reported a slight year-on-year increase in its titanium-dioxide slag output amid a furnace restart.
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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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Rio Tinto is expanding the mining capacity at its Richards Bay Minerals subsidiary in South Africa, to maintain the life of the mine in response to falling ore quality.
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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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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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Australian mineral sands producer Iluka Resources expects zircon prices to rebound this year after a seasonally weaker fourth quarter as long as major markets perform well, it said
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Rio Tinto, the world's biggest producer of titanium slag, has reported a fall in production in 2018 after being affected by shutdowns and labor disputes.
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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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A one-week strike at Iluka’s operations in Sierra Leone caused the miner to lower its rutile production guidance for the second time this year.
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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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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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The mineral sand miner reported that a labor dispute at its Sierra Rutile operation has been resolved with the assistance of the Sierra Leone government.
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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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