Going against the grain: Titanium and zirconium supply and demand

• Autores: Cameron Perks
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 607, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Febrero)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In October, the price of zircon, premium grade, min 66.5% ZrO2, bulk, cif China, tightened into a smaller band of prices, with lower prices increasing to $1,570 per tonne and upper prices decreasing to $1,700 per tonne. Pigment, welding and ceramic end-users are increasingly interested in new mining projects that span all heavy minerals.In December, it was announced that The Chemours Co (Chemours), the world’s largest manufacturer of titanium-dioxide products, had teamed up with Southern Ionics Minerals (SIM), an experienced mineral sand producer with an excellent environmental and social stewardship record, to develop a mineral sand deposit in Wayne County, Georgia. First production from Fungoni is expected in the first half of 2019. [...]in June 2018 there was speculation that a global hunt for vanadium may increase titanium supplies from companies such as Chalice Gold Mines, King River Copper, Technology Metals Australia, Vanadium Corp, Australian Vanadium, Six Sigma Metals, Tando Resources and TNG - as well as lithium-miner Neometals.