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February 2019
20 February 2019
Titanium dioxide sales were hit by destocking in Europe and China, tipping Venator’s October-December earnings into a $69 million loss.
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18 February 2019
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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18 February 2019
The company, which sees volatile market conditions continuing this year, will focus on cash generation and cost control to reduce business risk.
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15 February 2019
Lower sales of titanium dioxide and rising feedstock prices are squeezing profits for US-based producer Chemours.
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14 February 2019
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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13 February 2019
Chinese titanium dioxide producer Lomon Billions has announced price rises affecting all its customers with immediate effect.
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12 February 2019
Tronox and the US FTC have filed a joint motion to delay the anti-trust approval process while the titanium dioxide producer puts forward INEOS divestment.
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11 February 2019
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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01 February 2019
Titanium dioxide producer Venator is increasing price rises for its North American customers.
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January 2019
31 January 2019
Cameron Perks, IM correspondent, looks back at the events that shaped the titanium and zirconium industries in 2018 and looks forward to what may play out in 2019
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31 January 2019
Furnace shutdowns were a major factor in the decrease, but Rio Tinto predicts a possible rise in output of 100,000 tonnes in 2019.
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31 January 2019
The continuing budget standoff in US politics between the president and the legislature has put TiO2 producer Tronox' takeover of Cristal on hold because no government staff are able to work on the process.
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30 January 2019
Exports of titanium dioxide pigments dropped to their lowest in almost two years in December, Chinese customs data shows.
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25 January 2019
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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21 January 2019
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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17 January 2019
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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16 January 2019
View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2019 and 2020.
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14 January 2019
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10 January 2019
Kenmare expects grade depletion to affect the company's ilmenite production capabilities in 2019.
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09 January 2019
The continuing saga of Tronox’s takeover of Cristal has gone through another twist, with a budget dispute in the United States stalling progress on the latest attempt to resolve anti-trust concerns.
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03 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global TiO2 feedstocks and zircon markets.
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03 January 2019
Fastmarkets worked to empower its customers in 2018 - a year when they had to navigate metal markets in which fundamentals were often tightening even as greater political restraints were placed on trade than for many years.