Sheffield finds primary ilmenite offtaker

Mineral sands miner Sheffield Resources has signed a seven-year offtake agreement for 650 000 t/y of primary ilmenite from its Thunderbird mineral sands project, in Western Australia. The ASX-listed company on Monday said the agreement with China’s Bengbu Zhongheng New Materials encompassed all of the primary ilmenite to be produced during the Stage 1 operations at Thunderbird.