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Zircon market drops amid weaker fundamentals

Thursday, 19 September 2019

The price of zircon is falling, but not yet as much, or as fast, as some market participants have forecast.
What we learned at the Zircon Industry Association Conference

Thursday, 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.
ZIA CONF: Speakers differ over zircon demand prospects

Wednesday, 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.
Ilmenite market moves higher on firm fundamentals

Friday, 30 August 2019

Healthy demand for sulfate ilmenite supported a weekly rise in ilmenite concentrate pricing, while zircon was steady cif China and Spain.

Zircon market drops amid weaker fundamentals

Thursday, 19 September 2019

The price of zircon is falling, but not yet as much, or as fast, as some market participants have forecast.
Ilmenite market moves higher on firm fundamentals

Friday, 30 August 2019

Healthy demand for sulfate ilmenite supported a weekly rise in ilmenite concentrate pricing, while zircon was steady cif China and Spain.
PRICING NOTICE: Delayed publication of mineral sands prices

Friday, 26 April 2019

Fastmarkets published its mineral sands price assessments later than scheduled on Thursday April 25, because of a reporter error.
PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of micronised zircon, zircon opacifiers, zircon flour and fused zirconia prices

Monday, 15 October 2018

Industrial Minerals has today discontinued its micronised zircon, zircon opacifiers, zircon flour, and fused zirconia prices.

VV Minerals boss says canalisation will hurt mineral sand miners

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

The chief executive of VV Minerals tells Fastmarkets that restrictions on private exports of mineral sands will be bad for production.
Prospects for ceramics shaping up nicely

Thursday, 31 January 2019

Whether you call them technical ceramics, engineering ceramics or advanced ceramics, these materials have advanced steadily through the past year, and 2019 holds a great deal of potential for more widespread adoption, notably in the high performance industrial arena, as Charlie Wallin reports.
YEAR IN REVIEW 2018: Mineral sands

Thursday, 03 January 2019

A round-up of the year’s main events in the global TiO2 feedstocks and zircon markets.
Out of the melting pot: A year of change in refractories

Thursday, 06 September 2018

After a year of reorganization and changing narratives in the refractories industry – from significant M&A activity to raw material price spikes, and from booming end-market demand to uncertainties in global trade – Industrial Minerals correspondent Myles McCormick takes stock of a changed landscape for companies operating in the sector.