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October 2018
18 October 2018
Base Resources’ rutile and zircon output reached record highs in this year’s third quarter, while ilmenite production remained stable, after the successful implementation of the Kwale Phase 2 mine optimization project.
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18 October 2018
Rio Tinto increased its titanium slag production by 28% in the third quarter of the year, following supply disruptions in the prior quarter. The company also noted that labor disputes at its South Africa-based Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) operation are continuing.
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17 October 2018
Kenmare Resources’ output of ilmenite, rutile and zircon declined in the third quarter of this year, despite higher volumes of ore mined. At the same time, persistent electricity supply issues resulted in higher costs for the producer.
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15 October 2018
Industrial Minerals has today discontinued its micronised zircon, zircon opacifiers, zircon flour, and fused zirconia prices.
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11 October 2018
TiO2 prices in China are under pressure from a weak yuan, and muted local demand.
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10 October 2018
The falling grade of available sand deposits will discourage new mining projects, Iluka sales boss warned conference delegates.
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10 October 2018
The Chinese titanium dioxide producer is in the middle of a massive chloride-route TiO2 capacity expansion.
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09 October 2018
US paint maker PPG has warned that its third-quarter earnings will show net sales steady year-on-year but reduced earnings per share, blaming rises in materials costs and weaker demand in China.
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05 October 2018
Letters seen by Fastmarkets IM call for titanium dioxide (TiO2) price increases of 5 cents per lb in the United States.
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04 October 2018
Strong European demand and weakness in China has resulted in steady zircon prices for the fourth quarter.
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04 October 2018
Rutile prices have strengthened this week due to tightened supply and strong demand, resulting in a narrowing price spread.
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03 October 2018
Strandline Resources has announced it has secured a binding offtake agreement for 100% of its rutile production with Industrial Minerals and Metals Ltd (IMMCO), and will use prevailing welding market prices as its sale price.
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02 October 2018
Image Resources has increased the certainty of product sales by modifying its existing offtake contract with Shantou Natfort Zirconium and Titanium Co Ltd (Natfort) to allow for a new offtake agreement to be signed with Hainan Wensheng High-Tech Materials Co Ltd (Wensheng).
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01 October 2018
Divestment talks between titanium dioxide producers Tronox and Venator continue, as the former looks to make divestments to placate US anti-trust regulators.
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September 2018
28 September 2018
Sheffield Resources has cleared the final regulatory hurdle prior to beginning construction at its mineral sand mine, which remains on track to achieve first production by 2020.
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28 September 2018
Australian titanium dioxide (TiO2) junior TNG Ltd has locked in the technology to process its planned upgraded ilmenite via the signing of binding agreement with German technology company Ti-Cons.
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27 September 2018
A 10% levy on purchases of Chinese pigment will keep supply from the world's largest TiO2 producer out of the United States, according to market participants.
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27 September 2018
A section of Cristal Mining's Ginkgo heavy mineral sand floating wet concentration plant is below water, with no indication yet on down-time or how this may affect the miner’s rutile and zircon production.
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20 September 2018
Ilmenite prices in China softened again this week due to ample supply and weaker-than-expected demand, defying expectations from some market participants that they would not.
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18 September 2018
Graphite, magnesia, alumina and silicon carbide are excluded from the list of China-origin materials subject to a new US tariff, as are antimony, rare earths and barite. Pigments such as titanium dioxide will also be subject to the duty, as will refractory finished products, some ceramic minerals such as kaolin, and lithium.
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13 September 2018
Metallica Minerals and Melior Resources have announced a merger that will combine the two companies’ titanium, zirconium and bauxite assets, all of which are in Queensland, Australia.
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13 September 2018
The cost of exporting mineral sands from India has increased with the release of new standard operating procedures in the country. These procedures, alongside new “canalization” policies released in August, have resulted in what some are calling a partial nationalization of the industry.
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11 September 2018
The Armyansk TiO2 plant in Ukraine’s Crimea region, annexed by Russia, has previously struggled with water and feedstock shortages, and will now be closed for two weeks after a large release of sulfur dioxide gas, the local government says.
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10 September 2018
The final list of materials to become subject to new US import tariffs could be announced at any moment, with almost all industrial minerals among the possible targets.
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10 September 2018
Key takeaways from the fourth annual Zircon Industry Association (ZIA) conference, which took place in the Thai capital of Bangkok on September 6-7.
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07 September 2018
Concerns over uranium and thorium levels in mineral sand deposits have been a key topic for delegates at this year’s ZIA conference held in Bangkok.
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06 September 2018
Inventories of TiO2 in Europe are said to be very strong after willing buyers stocked up on plentiful Chinese exports in the first half of the year.
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06 September 2018
A US court has stalled the takeover to give the FTC time to complete its own review of the deal.
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06 September 2018
Worker protests and a furnace accident cut production at Rio Tinto’s Richards Bay Minerals operations, and some customers have been warned that there might be no further supplies of zircon this year.
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06 September 2018
The market for high-grade TiO2 feedstock is likely to tighten because of an unplanned closure by Rio Tinto, with its slag plant in Quebec unlikely to resume operations until 2019.
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06 September 2018
A global convergence in pricing is expected in TiO2, with seasonal pressure limiting any rises although US prices are going up.
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06 September 2018
Many major minerals could be affected if the US goes ahead with a plan to raise the import tariff on China-origin materials as the trade war between the two countries gathers pace.