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Rio Tinto is planning a major investment in its South African mineral sand and titanium slag subsidiary, while production volumes bounce back from a troubled 2018.
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Long discarded as trash, interest is growing in the rare earth ore monazite.
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Australian miner Sheffield is focusing on zircon production to meet a growing shortage.
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Australian miner Sheffield Resources will sell non-upgraded ilmenite to concentrate on its zircon production.
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The owner of a Crimean titanium dioxide (TiO2) plant faces charges in the United States of planned bribery over an attempt to mine heavy mineral sands in India; he is also under scrutiny in Ukraine.
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Australian miner Sheffield will delay ilmenite roaster construction at Thunderbird to concentrate on supplying the strong zircon market.
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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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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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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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Rio Tinto expands capacity at RBM, while maintaining the life of its mine in the face of falling ore quality.
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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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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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Ilmenite production at Tormin in South Africa could halve in 2019, due to lower ore grades and reduced operating hours, Mineral Commodities says.
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Mineral sand miner Base Resources has reported lower ore grades and reduced production for all its mineral sand products in the January-March quarter of 2019.
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Fastmarkets published its mineral sands price assessments later than scheduled on Thursday April 25, because of a reporter error.
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The mineral sand producer reported lower synthetic rutile output in the first three months of 2019, while the continued strong demand forecast for high-grade feedstock means the company cannot meet current demand.
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Mineral sand miner Kenmare has reported rising ore extraction at its Moma mine in Mozambique, while the pace of mining more than compensated for a sharp drop in ore grade.
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Tronox will become the world's second-largest TiO2 producer when it finally takes over Cristal after more than two years of negotiation with regulators.
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Ore grade depletion will hit output at Base Resources' mineral sand mine in Kwale, Kenya.
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Rio Tinto is expanding the mining capacity at its Richards Bay Minerals subsidiary in South Africa, to maintain the life of the mine in response to falling ore quality.
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Higher-grade ore helped emerging mineral sands miner Image Resources beat its own forecast ramp-up pace at the Boonanarring project in Western Australia.
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Kenmare has reported higher mineral sand production and revenues in 2018, although ilmenite output fell, while higher zircon prices boosted profits.
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Heavy mineral sand output from Base Resources’ Kenyan mine was maintained by an increase in the volume of ore mined, plus a draw-down of stocks to compensate for lower ore grades.
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Image Resources completed a ramp-up project at the Bonnanarring mineral sands project after two months rather than the originally anticipated six.
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The chief executive of VV Minerals tells Fastmarkets that restrictions on private exports of mineral sands will be bad for production.
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Gwede Mantashe called on the mining industry to improve community relations during a visit to Mineral Sand Resources after a long-running dispute over an allegedly unauthorized expansion.
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Australian mineral sands producer Iluka Resources expects zircon prices to rebound this year after a seasonally weaker fourth quarter as long as major markets perform well, it said
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Lower grade ore grades at Base Resources' Kwale operations has resulted in reduced ilmenite, rutile and zircon output for the December quarter of 2018 compared with the preceding quarter. Subsequently, the miner has revised its production guidance for those minerals in the financial year ending June 30, 2019.
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Kenmare expects grade depletion to affect the company's ilmenite production capabilities in 2019.
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A round-up of the year’s main events in the global TiO2 feedstocks and zircon markets.
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Key takeaways from independent consultant TZMI’s 2018 congress held on November 12-14 in Singapore.
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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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Australian miner Image Resources has produced the first volumes of heavy mineral concentrate at its Boonanarring mineral sands projects.
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Key takeaways from independent consultant TZMI’s 2018 congress held on November 12-14 in Singapore.
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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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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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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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High ore throughput at Mineral Commodities’ Tormin mine was needed to keep heavy mineral sand production rates stable this quarter, with the company reporting about a 10% increase in zircon/rutile and ilmenite concentrate prices.
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Image and Melior commences wet commissioning; Sheffield is construction ready, but requires new funds.
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There were mixed results in Iluka Resources’ third-quarter review released on Wednesday October 24, with weaker-than-expect rutile production, stable synthetic rutile output and strong zircon production – all three of which are experiencing strong market conditions, according to the company.
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All of the assets in Queensland owned by Metallica Minerals and Melior Resources will be merged, the companies have announced.
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Base Resources’ rutile and zircon output reached record highs in this year’s third quarter, while ilmenite production remained stable, after the successful implementation of the Kwale Phase 2 mine optimization project.
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Kenmare Resources’ output of ilmenite, rutile and zircon declined in the third quarter of this year, despite higher volumes of ore mined. At the same time, persistent electricity supply issues resulted in higher costs for the producer.
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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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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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