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Industrial Minerals has today discontinued its micronised zircon, zircon opacifiers, zircon flour, and fused zirconia prices.
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Strong European demand and weakness in China has resulted in steady zircon prices for the fourth quarter.
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Image Resources has increased the certainty of product sales by modifying its existing offtake contract with Shantou Natfort Zirconium and Titanium Co Ltd (Natfort) to allow for a new offtake agreement to be signed with Hainan Wensheng High-Tech Materials Co Ltd (Wensheng).
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Sheffield Resources has cleared the final regulatory hurdle prior to beginning construction at its mineral sand mine, which remains on track to achieve first production by 2020.
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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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Key takeaways from the fourth annual Zircon Industry Association (ZIA) conference, which took place in the Thai capital of Bangkok on September 6-7.
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Concerns over uranium and thorium levels in mineral sand deposits have been a key topic for delegates at this year’s ZIA conference held in Bangkok.
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Worker protests and a furnace accident cut production at Rio Tinto’s Richards Bay Minerals operations, and some customers have been warned that there might be no further supplies of zircon this year.
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Mineral sand explorer Strandline Resources has been given the go-ahead to move forward with its Fungoni mineral sands project in Tanzania.
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Prices for ilmenite, rutile and zircon all strongly increased over the year to June 30, the miner reports, boosting profits 114%.
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India’s central government has amended its nation-wide export policy for all heavy mineral sands, announcing that all such material must now be moved via government-owned corporation IREL. Producers now await clarification on how this policy will be implemented and what it means for the Tamil Nadu dispute.
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Output at Kerala's state-run mineral sands and titanium dioxide business could be threatened by heavy floods.
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The mineral sands miner has drawn down its inventories due to brisk demand.
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Iluka Resources continued to draw down inventories in the first half of 2018 to ease rutile and zircon shortages, helping to balance both markets against a backdrop of higher prices and strong demand.
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Australian miner Sheffield Resources has received approval from the state government of Western Australia for its Thunderbird mineral sands project, keeping it on track to clear all regulatory hurdles by the end of the third quarter.
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RBM zircon customers claim to have been told that fourth-quarter volumes are not guaranteed and that they should expect delays in receiving orders - still, despite the implications for availability, many market participants believe zircon prices have peaked.
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Australian mineral sand miner MZI has achieved its saleable production targets for the 2018 financial year thanks to strong demand and rising mineral sand prices, which helped to offset earlier delays.
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The mineral sand producer's prices rose in the second quarter and its rutile output grew although sales dipped; it is now focusing on ramping up mining rates and optimizing its wet concentrator plant.
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Titanium slag and mineral sand producer TiZir registered an increase in slag output in the second quarter of 2018 following an unplanned outage at its European facility in the first, and has reported strong market fundamentals for zircon and titanium dioxide feedstocks.
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Iluka Resources' production of natural rutile and zircon fell in the second quarter from the first and was also down in the year to date against a backdrop of strong demand and higher prices.
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Kenmare Resources has increased its quarter-on-quarter ilmenite production despite unplanned disruptions at its mineral separation plant
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Political intervention has helped to restore security after protests by a contractor’s workers prevented access to the mineral sand production operations and resulted in the death of a Rio Tinto employee.
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Industrial Minerals is opening a market consultation to seek feedback on its proposal to discontinue its leucoxene price.
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The French company will replace MDL's board after gaining majority control of its joint-venture partners.
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Protests and the death of a security guard have halted operations at the Richard's Bay Minerals site in South Africa; the NUM has called for urgent government intervention.
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The mineral sand company had previously argued that rising zircon prices meant Eramet's offer was too low.
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Sluggish demand, cheaper material weigh on China’s battery-grade lithium carbonate prices; Haicheng government set to dismantle polluting MgO kilns, but magnesia prices steady for now; European titanium dioxide prices down under heavy imports; Fluorspar market split on extent of China's environmental controls; Producers see higher soda ash prices on strong demand; Rutile prices increase, Tronox to cease external rutile, leucoxene sales by 2018 end; Silicon carbide production shutdowns in China push up European refractory prices; Have zircon prices peaked? Global antimony trioxide markets weaken, European prices stable
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The Australian miner still hopes to hit 2018 targets by the end of the year.
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The company upgraded expectations for its Boonanarring mineral sands project based on a stronger zircon outlook.
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The Australian company’s board is bullish about future TiO2 feedstock prices while urging its shareholders to reject Eramet’s takeover offer.
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Rising prices spur a new feasibility study in Australia, while Strandline claims 'exceptional' drilling results in Tanzania
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Buyers, sellers expect tightness to boost Q3 rutile prices; No movement on Chinese soda ash price despite restored supply sources; PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue micronised zircon, zircon opacifiers, zircon flour, and fused zirconia prices; Chinese magnesia export market stagnant, prices unchanged; Zircon price increases confirmed for Q3, with range set to widen; PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue kaolin prices
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Industrial Minerals is opening a market consultation to seek feedback on its proposal to discontinue its micronised zircon, zircon opacifiers, zircon flour and fused zirconia price assessments.
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Continued supply tightness is set to push the price of zircon upward in the thrid quarter of this year, with other producers joining Tronox in imposing increases. As a result, opacifier and flour prices are also expected to go up.
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Here are some takeaways from the 24th IM Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain, that took place over June 5-7.
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Mineral sands explorer Sheffield Resources has finally been given the go-ahead to move forward with its Thunderbird mineral sands project at Kimberley in Western Australia.
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As zircon prices continue to rise, what is Iluka, the world’s most significant zircon producer, doing to alleviate tight global zircon supply, and how significant is the Eucla Basin in terms of supply security? Industrial Minerals’ Australia correspondent, Cameron Perks, takes a look at the company’s expansion efforts, and explorations that could have an effect on zircon supplies.
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The Australian company’s board is bullish about future TiO2 feedstock prices while urging its shareholders to reject Eramet’s takeover offer.
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Continued zircon supply tightness is set to push prices higher in the second half of this year, with Tronox already announcing rises.
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Mineral sand explorers and miners' recent acquisitions and land grabs signal optimism, while prices and demand remain strong across the sector.
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Shipping makes up a large part of the mineral sand price; ‘Preferred’ Handysize sees strong demand while capesize market now 40% of the Baltic Dry Index.
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Production from the high-zircon mineral sand resource will come on line in the fourth quarter, Image says.
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MDL forecasts slag output of 200,000 tonnes this year while mineral sand production rises after capital investments.
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Rising TiO2 pigment prices push Tronox revenues up, while the company purchases a Saudi Arabian slagger to accommodate rising demand.
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Bauxite calcination plants in Shanxi shut on government orders. Market fears rise in prices as Liaoning stops magnesite mining. PRICING NOTICE: Extension of consultation period on proposal to discontinue kyanite prices. European, North American lithium spot markets up; Chinese spot market unchanged. Spherical graphite price grows on tight supply. PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of one zircon grade, launching another. Lower Chinese prices push white fused alumina market down. PRICING NOTICE: Extension of consultation period regarding olivine price
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Titanium slag producer TiZir registered a fall in output at its European operations in the first quarter due to an unplanned outage, but has reported strong market fundamentals and rising prices.
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Mineral sand miner Iluka increased its zircon and rutile sales in Q1 thanks to tight supply in the zircon market and strong demand from pigment producers, although its rutile output fell due to unplanned and planned outages.
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The mineral sands miner sees continued upward pressure on prices as Chinese TiO2 production ramps up, and the ‘painting season’ begins.
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A series equipment failures and labor disputes prompt a downgrade to production forecasts for the TiO2 feedstock.
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Industrial Minerals has today discontinued the price for one grade of zircon and launched another.
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