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| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| ASX: ILU | |
| Industry | Mining |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | 140 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia |
Key people | Rob Cole (Chairman) Tom O'Leary (CEO) |
| Products | Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, Synthetic Rutile |
| Revenue | $1.2 billion (2023) |
| $582 million (2023) | |
Number of employees | 1,075 (2023) |
| Website | www.iluka.com |
Iluka Resources is an Australian resources company, specialising in mineral sands exploration, project development, operations and marketing. Iluka is the largest producer of zircon and titanium dioxide–derived rutile and synthetic rutile globally.[1] Iluka mines heavy mineral sands and separates the concentrate into its individual mineral constituents rutile, ilmenite, and zircon. Some of the ilmenite is then processed into synthetic rutile.
Iluka has operations in the Australian states of Western Australia (Eucla and Perth Basins), South Australia (Jacinth-Ambrosia Mine), Victoria and New South Wales (Murray Basin), the United States (Virginia) and Sierra Leone.
- ^ Yeomans, Jon (9 August 2016). "Mineral sands producer Sierra Rutile confirms £215m sale to Iluka". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 January 2019.