TiO2/Zircon latest news

• December 2012

  Year in Review 2012: Titanium Dioxide

  31 December 2012

  Boom of 2011 long gone as demand and revenues dip – but 2013 beginning to look better

• Year in Review 2012: Zircon

  28 December 2012

  Starting off the year in a bad place, things just got tougher for zircon with overstocks and substitute minerals looming

• Murray Zircon ready to ship mineral sands to China

  18 December 2012

  South Australian government supports; Sheffield Resources confirms large resource

• Iluka 2012 minsands sales linger at bottom of guidance range

  17 December 2012

  Prices fall by more than 20% since H1 2012; company enters hibernation

• Zircon prices continue their plunge

  13 December 2012

  Zircon thrifting and substitution impacts Chinese zircon supply

• Rutile prices slide on end market weakness

  13 December 2012

  Prices dip below $1,500/tonne mark; positive pickup expected in 2013

• PPG and Henan Billions sign TiO2 technology licence agreement

  11 December 2012

  Paint producer seals captive supply deal for chloride route processed material

• Ukraine to expand rutile, ilmenite and TiO2 output by 2015

  11 December 2012

  Volnogorsk AG and Crimea TITAN to expand feedstock and pigment respectively

• Baobab expands its Mozambique TiO2 resource base

  06 December 2012

  SWRD to market nano-scaled TiO2 worldwide for sunscreen market

• November 2012

  Rio Tinto sees poor uptake in second zircon auction

  30 November 2012

  Auction price below market price; future prices could be even lower

• Ilmenite prices fall as market remains weak - Kenmare

  29 November 2012

  Production problems mean full year output could be up to 10% lower

• Rio Tinto to slash $5bn of costs in two years

  29 November 2012

  Titanium dioxide rise to continue; sodium borates to see short supply by 2014

• Base Resources exempt from Kenyan equity scheme

  23 November 2012

  Lawyers say licence regulation cannot legally apply to Kwale minsands project

• Industrial Minerals Inside Edge – 23 November 2012

  23 November 2012

  Titanium dioxide toughs it out; China in change; EU shale gas & fracking resolutions

• Tronox Q3 hampered by ore costs and zircon collapse

  21 November 2012

  Zircon volumes fall 74%; ore costs up $1,000/tonne; TiO2 and zircon price declines

• Environmental costs to challenge China TiO2– TZMI conference

  12 November 2012

  Chinese supply to grow despite rising energy costs and environmental regulations

• China’s TiO2 dominance to continue to rise – TZMI Conference

  09 November 2012

  Is TiO2 to become tai bai fen; end users switching to lower grade feedstocks

• TZMI: Base Resources negotiating with Kenya government

  06 November 2012

  Rio Tinto – TiO₂demand to increase 50% by 2020; power remains issue for RBM

• China chloride TiO2 plant looks certain, Henan Billions signs deal

  05 November 2012

  German management consultancy Ti-Cons to provide know-how on chloride route

• Huntsman latest producer to be hit by TiO2 dip

  02 November 2012

  Pigment revenues decline by 30% while EBITDA halves amid poor sales

• Price Briefing 26 October – 1 November

  01 November 2012

  Mineral producers show their hands as pricing comes out in quarterly reports