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March 2020
24 March 2020
Rio Tinto has closed its mineral sands and titanium slag operation at Richards Bay Minerals in South Africa, after the country’s government issued an order intended to contain the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pandemic.
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23 March 2020
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20 March 2020
Fastmarkets has amended the specifications of three of its titanium dioxide prices and discontinued one price.
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17 March 2020
China’s crude steel output increased in the first two months of the year despite the spread of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) across the country in February, according to data released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday March 16.
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12 March 2020
Global trade is being slowed down by the sluggish recovery of China’s logistics sector, with a build-up of containers at the country’s ports creating problems around the world.
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10 March 2020
Beijing has taken measures to resuscitate its sluggish logistics sector by cutting port fees in a bid to encourage businesses to increase their import and export activities.
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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.
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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.
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February 2020
27 February 2020
Global crude steel production totaled 154.44 million tonnes in January, a year-on-year rise of 2.1%, according to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel).
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27 February 2020
China’s steel industry has faced difficulties in production and sales since the first working day after the Lunar New Year holiday due to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, which has led to some 78,000 infections and close to 2,700 deaths in the country so far.
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26 February 2020
Titanium dioxide producer Tronox forecasts rising prices for the pigment in 2020, after a long period of flatness in the market.
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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.
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20 February 2020
Fastmarkets proposes changes to the specification of three titanium dioxide prices.
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19 February 2020
The European Commission on February 19 classified titanium dioxide as a suspected carcinogen, a move that could hit consumer demand for the pigment.
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14 February 2020
Titanium dioxide producer Chemours has reported a “challenging year” in 2019, with falling revenues, after it restricted production to balance falling demand.
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10 February 2020
LME Week Asia 2020 could be in doubt due to the coronavirus outbreak, with Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing evaluating all their events taking place over the next few months.
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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.
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05 February 2020
China made a record level of titanium dioxide shipments in 2019, despite being shut out of the United States market, according to the latest statistics.
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03 February 2020
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