"There is not a demand problem in mineral sands"

• Autores: Industrial Minerals
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 584, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Junio)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • With optimism on the titanium dioxide (TiO2) scene contrasting slipping zircon prices, Cameron Perks, consultant and IM correspondent, spoke to managing director and CEO of Iluka Resources, David Robb, about the mineral sands market and where the world's most significant zircon producer thinks it may be heading.

    This industry is in need of new-high quality ore body discoveries, tier one ore bodies. We haven't really seen a significant new discovery since Jacinth Ambrosia in South Australia in 2004. Before that, the industry relied heavily on mineral sands provinces in South Africa, Western Australia and Canada, and we haven't discovered their equal. We think it's necessary for us to continue to explore on a broad front, so that's what we're doing.

    Ilmenite is not an important product for us. We're a demand follower, we adjust our production to suit the demand that we see. We're very happy with the trends we see in high-grade ores, rutile and synthetic rutile, which are more important to us than ilmenite.