zircon
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The surge in sales—which more than doubled on-quarter—is underpinned by zircon and synthetic rutile volumes, while rutile lagged, MS says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The study, titled "Ancient landscape evolution tracked through cosmogenic krypton in detrital zircon," was published in PNAS.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
Analyst Matthew Hope says the Chinese market is weak right now, and one of Iluka’s competitors has reduced its zircon price for China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
For decades, Iluka has been mining zircon in Australia - a key ingredient in ceramics, and titanium dioxide used in the pigmentation of paint, plastics and paper.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
Bournonite; apatite on muscovite; natural zircon in a spray of colors; dozens more minerals he cannot name.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
