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December 2018
20 December 2018
A one-week strike at Iluka’s operations in Sierra Leone caused the miner to lower its rutile production guidance for the second time this year.
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20 December 2018
Iluka Resources is looking into restarting its idled SR1 kiln, with high-grade chloride-titanium feedstock tight and the availability of zirconium feedstock sparse.
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20 December 2018
Key takeaways from independent consultant TZMI’s 2018 congress held on November 12-14 in Singapore.
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19 December 2018
The mining junior Bluejay has issued a new resource estimate, ahead of seeking approval for its Greenland ilmenite project.
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14 December 2018
Certain Fastmarkets prices will be rolled over between December 25 and January 1 in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.
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10 December 2018
The planned takeover of Cristal by rival TiO2 producer Tronox must overcome further regulatory hurdles before it can go ahead, a US judge has said.
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10 December 2018
Australian miner Sheffield Resources will raise some A$19 million to begin preliminary work on its Thunderbird mineral sand site.
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06 December 2018
Chemours and Southern Ionics Mining have announced that they will jointly develop the Jesup mineral sands mine in the US state of Georgia. Production is expected to begin in 2020.
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November 2018
28 November 2018
The mineral sand miner reported that a labor dispute at its Sierra Rutile operation has been resolved with the assistance of the Sierra Leone government.
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27 November 2018
China’s Lomon Billions has signed a deal that includes a portion of its planned chloride-route titanium dioxide pigment expansion in 2019.
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23 November 2018
Australian miner Image Resources has produced the first volumes of heavy mineral concentrate at its Boonanarring mineral sands projects.
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22 November 2018
Asian TiO2 prices reached new lows this week, with buyers downplaying the chance of cold-weather shutdowns in China.
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16 November 2018
China fluorspar price rally continues in run-up to winter; Bearish sentiment brings down foundry, chemical chromite prices; Export prices steady as more Chinese magnesia producers halt production; GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Chinese battery-grade lithium prices stable on reduced stocks near year-end; Amendments to soda ash prices
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14 November 2018
Key takeaways from independent consultant TZMI’s 2018 congress held on November 12-14 in Singapore.
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14 November 2018
Presentations at this year’s TZMI congress by heavy mineral sand explorers and producers have highlighted the importance of the social and environmental aspects of existing and upcoming projects.
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14 November 2018
Iluka Resources has predicted that availability of both high-grade chloride-titanium feedstock and zirconium feedstock will remain tight into 2019.
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13 November 2018
Titanium dioxide producer Kronos attributed a drop in third-quarter volumes to customers drawing down their own stocks.
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07 November 2018
US titanium dioxide producer Tronox has a possible new buyer for the proposed divestment of the Cristal-owned TiO2 plant in the US, which it hopes will assuage the concerns of financial regulators.
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02 November 2018
Revenues from Chemours’ sales of titanium dioxide was down in the July-September quarter, despite higher prices, as buyers drew down inventories.
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01 November 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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01 November 2018
Cristal’s much anticipated Saudi Arabian Ilmenite Smelter Project has encountered a technical issue, setting its start-up back to the second half of 2019.