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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.
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View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2020 and 2021.
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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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The publication of Fastmarkets’ weekly mineral sands assessment prices for November 14 was delayed due to a reporter error.
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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 price of zircon is falling, but not yet as much, or as fast, as some market participants have forecast.
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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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Fastmarkets published its mineral sands price assessments later than scheduled on Thursday April 25, because of a reporter error.
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The one-week strike at Iluka's Sierra Leone operations has caused Iluka to lower its rutile production guidance for the second time this year.
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Rutile price range narrows upwards while tight supply, strong demand continues; GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Seaborne battery-grade lithium compound prices dip on slow consumption, falling offer prices; Diverging demand scenarios result in steady pricing for zircon in Q4; Chromite market quiet as fourth quarter begins; Antimony trioxide market unchanged over Golden Week.
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Rutile prices have strengthened this week due to tightened supply and strong demand, resulting in a narrowing price spread.
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Prices for ilmenite, rutile and zircon all strongly increased over the year to June 30, the miner reports, boosting profits 114%.
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But a looming feedstock shortage has sustained fears of further supply constraints to come in 2018.
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Iluka Resources' production of natural rutile and zircon fell in the second quarter from the first and was also down in the year to date against a backdrop of strong demand and higher prices.
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Sluggish demand, cheaper material weigh on China’s battery-grade lithium carbonate prices; Haicheng government set to dismantle polluting MgO kilns, but magnesia prices steady for now; European titanium dioxide prices down under heavy imports; Fluorspar market split on extent of China's environmental controls; Producers see higher soda ash prices on strong demand; Rutile prices increase, Tronox to cease external rutile, leucoxene sales by 2018 end; Silicon carbide production shutdowns in China push up European refractory prices; Have zircon prices peaked? Global antimony trioxide markets weaken, European prices stable
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Continued supply tightness has pushed rutile prices higher in the third quarter, while Tronox announces it will cease rutile and leucoxene supply to external markets.
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Buyers, sellers expect tightness to boost Q3 rutile prices; No movement on Chinese soda ash price despite restored supply sources; PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue micronised zircon, zircon opacifiers, zircon flour, and fused zirconia prices; Chinese magnesia export market stagnant, prices unchanged; Zircon price increases confirmed for Q3, with range set to widen; PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue kaolin prices
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Continued supply tightness is set to push prices higher in the third quarter, with multiple market participants predicting upward pressure on the market.
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IM's monthly price movements.
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IM's monthly price movements.
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Tightening supply gives zircon, rutile prices a boost as Q2 gets underway; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of wollastonite prices; Chinese lithium market remains slow but prices rise globally; Low-grade magnesia prices fall while stocks rise; Foundry chromite prices strengthen; chemical grade stable; PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of sulphur prices
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Continued supply tightness pushed zircon prices higher heading into the second quarter of 2018, with rutile prices also benefiting from similar market conditions.
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IM's monthly price movements.
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IM's monthly price movements.
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Industrial Minerals will be closed from December 25 until January 1 in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.
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Industrial Minerals will extend its consultation period for the discontinuation of three grades of ilmenite and the launch of a new price for 47-49% TiO2 ilmenite concentrate.
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IM's monthly price movements.
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European fused magnesia prices rise further after Chinese prices extended the rally after holidays; Andalusite supply contracts expected to be shorter, costlier; Antimony trioxide prices dip over Golden Week; Higher Chinese prices push up European silicon carbide market; Zircon, ilmenite price rise as rutile makes moderate gains; Chinese TiO2 producers raise prices in October as buyers scramble for limited supply
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Zircon consumers continue to feel the pain of tight supply while ilmenite prices have risen again and rutile stabilized after earlier gains this month.
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IM's monthly price movements.
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IM's monthly price movements.
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End-of refrigerant season fails to pressure Chinese fluorspar prices; Chemical-grade chromite falls to 14-month low; Production cost spike could lift fused alumina prices; Ilmenite prices dip; Lomon Billions lifts profit forecast on rising TiO2 prices; Chinese soda ash exports hit multi-month high in May while India extends its soda ash anti-dumping duty to 2018.
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Bauxite and antimony trioxide prices moved down this week while iodine prices inched upwards. Meanwhile ilmenite and rutile markets remained unchanged.
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Ilmenite traders eye looming Chinese capacity losses, while welding powder producers fear Stradbroke shutdown which will take around 35,000 tonnes of rutile out of the market by 2020.
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Ilmenite price ranges widened on buyer-reluctance, as rutile remained unchanged; chromite price stable; silicon carbide spreads tighten; APMDC gear up for baryte tender; fluorspar producers outside China plan price increase; India soda ash prices rise amid shipping delay; antimony trioxide prices soften
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Spreads widened on ilmenite prices to China while rutile markets held unchanged amid little reported trading activity.
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Strict anti-pollution controls in China continue to impact bauxite production, lifting prices; while rising raw material costs support white fused alumina; rutile prices registered small gain, ilmenite holds firm; andalusite supply in 2017 to fall; barytes fell amid global oversupply; aluminium trifluoride value spike on higher fluorspar prices
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Welding grade rutile prices have strengthened this week on tighter supply in the market, while ilmenite remains stable amid strong demand.
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Mineral sands producer Iluka raised zircon prices; while ilmenite and rutile prices held firm; China Southern Rare Earth Group Co. unveiled another round of price hike; Magnesia prices unchanged as Chinese government sets new environmental standards; Galaxy Resources complete 2016 offtake spodumene sales
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Titanium dioxide feedstock materials ilmenite and rutile saw no changes to prices over the past week.
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Prices were mixed across a number of industrial minerals markets, with anti-pollution related production shutdowns lifting prices for antimony trioxide, while Chinese fluorspar prices also continue to rise. Amid prices surging over the past months, fluorspar market participants have urged caution amid supply and demand uncertainty. Rutile and titanium dioxide prices have also increased. In contrast, chemical-grade chromite prices have slumped.
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Rutile prices have risen to almost US$900/t CIF China as demand for TiO2 pigment runs high as coating season gets under full swing in Europe and the US.
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Supply tightness, higher raw materials costs and increasing demand for the mineral as a result of higher end market activity are continuing to push up prices for TiO2.
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Magnesia held unchanged, as brown fused alumina and titanium dioxide prices increased while iodine remained stable.
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Increases in prices and demand for titanium dioxide in the second half of 2016 drove ilmenite sales and prices for Base Resources. The company expects further improvements in mineral sands prices throughout 2017.
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Despite a weaker financial performance in 2016, the mineral sands producer focused on the future, with hopes that 2017 might mark an upswing in its markets.
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Industrial minerals prices were unchanged this week during the Chinese New Year holiday where the country is shut. The graphite market in Europe remained largely stable despite the scrapping of Chinese export duties from January.
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The TiO2 industry sees improving demand, chromite prices continue their weekly increases amid firm demand and lithium buyers expressed frustration as producers hike annual contract rates.
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Chinese-origin bauxite and fused alumina spot prices gained and chemical grade chromite tags rose on tight supply. while metspar prices fell and 2017 lithium contract talks continued to stall.
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Mineral sands prices moved up on increased activity in titanium dioxide and tighter supply from China; antimony trioxide continues to rise on the back of strength in antimony metal; suppliers of chemical grade chrome ore have raised their quotes further but the degree of acceptance from the market remains to be seen.
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