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September 2019
19 September 2019
The price of zircon is falling, but not yet as much, or as fast, as some market participants have forecast.
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19 September 2019
Controversy over supply and demand prospects and future applications for zirconia dominated discussions at the Zircon Industry Association conference in Dubai earlier in September. Here are some of the major takeaway points.
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10 September 2019
Exports in August and the first eight months of the year were both down year on year due to weak overseas demand.
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09 September 2019
The Greenland-based mining junior has shipped material from its Dundas project.
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09 September 2019
Tight supplies of the mineral sand ilmenite has led to a second price increase in two weeks for the titanium dioxide feedstock.
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04 September 2019
One major Chinese miller has forecast falling demand, but other analysts expect a more resilient market, Fastmarkets heard at the Zircon Industry Association (ZIA) conference in Dubai on September 4.
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August 2019
27 August 2019
Base Resources attributed the 15% rise in pre-tax profits to strong zircon and rutile prices outweighing falling production at the Kwale facility in Kenya.
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21 August 2019
Trade headwinds created by trade wars and Chinese environmental controls are threatening the demand for zircon from the ceramic industry, according to major producer Iluka.
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19 August 2019
The European Commission’s proposal to impose cancer warnings on titanium dioxide and cobalt is facing stiff opposition from other jurisdictions.
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15 August 2019
Chinese steel output has fallen since June on lower demand and production restrictions in the north.
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12 August 2019
Finished products shipments were lower compared with July 2018 but rose month on month due to more competitive Chinese prices when the orders were placed.
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09 August 2019
Pigment prices in Asia are being pressured by slow Chinese demand.
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09 August 2019
The Indian department of atomic energy is the latest government body to take aim at mineral sand mining.
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09 August 2019
Pigment maker Kronos showed a fall in second-quarter profit because of lower sales prices and higher raw material costs.
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08 August 2019
Major Chinese steelmakers’ daily crude steel output rates dipped in early July, though they continued to produce at an average that just exceeds 2 million tonnes per day.
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07 August 2019
Tronox sales rose after its acquisition of rival TiO2 producer Cristal, but the legacy business reported falling prices.
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06 August 2019
Lower titanium dioxide prices weighed on second-quarter revenues for producer Venator, with “macroeconomic challenges” expected to persist into the second half of the year.
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05 August 2019
Chemours has purchesed Southern Ionics Minerals, increasing its access to US-mined ilmenite.