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June 2019
17 June 2019
Chinese imports from the US of products including metals concentrates and non-ferrous and ferrous scrap are eligible for two rounds of applications for exclusion from Chinese tariffs, according to a new policy document seen by Fastmarkets.
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07 June 2019
The International Finance Corp (IFC) is to invest $60 million in extending the mine life of Iluka Resources' Sierra Leone mineral sands project.
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May 2019
31 May 2019
Titanium dioxide availability in China is increasing as exports to the United State slowed in response to trade measures and currency fluctuations.
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29 May 2019
Australia-based miner Mineral Commodities hopes to win the right to extend its license to extract mineral sands from its South African project at Tormin, and has applied to start development of a neighboring property.
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20 May 2019
Further constraints in the supply of rutile are pushing the price of the material in Australia to new long-term highs.
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20 May 2019
A Swiss logistics company has signed an offtake agreement for all of the titanium dioxide to be produced from the Mount Peake project in Australia.
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14 May 2019
Major cities and 25 regions across China will face a new round of environmental inspections from May 14 to ensure that protection measures are being properly implemented.
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13 May 2019
Titanium dioxide producer Tronox reported falling volumes and prices, but hopes to see benefits from US tariffs and end of destocking.
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10 May 2019
The failure of the latest round of US China trade talks has left importers of many pigments, clays and finished refractory materials facing a 25% tariff.
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03 May 2019
Flat prices and lower sales volumes eat into Chemours’ titanium dioxide revenues early in 2019.
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01 May 2019
The European Union Council of Ministers has accepted a proposal that steel, iron and non-ferrous metal producers should be allocated free carbon allowances under the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) until 2030.
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01 May 2019
The company managed to beat its own forecast of mineral sand output, with a higher grade of ore than expected and 38,000 tonnes shipped in the first quarter.
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01 May 2019
Output from the Kwale mineral sand operation in Kenya is expected to fall sharply in 2020 because of a necessary relocation to the asset’s South Dune ore body, Base Resources has said, with consequences for ilmenite, zircon and rutile.
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01 May 2019
Rio Tinto expands capacity at RBM, while maintaining the life of its mine in the face of falling ore quality.
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01 May 2019
Tronox will sell Cristal’s North American asset after the deal has been in negotiations since 2017, with INEOS emerging as the buyer.
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01 May 2019
The United States has challenged the EU's carcinogenic classification of titanium dioxide, while cobalt's classification was also refuted.
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01 May 2019
TiO2 buyers report a slower than expected ramp-up in seasonal demand increase for pigment, while paint demand in China is ‘hanging in there.’