# Iluka Resources (ASX: ILU) Critical Minerals Exposure

Iluka Resources is linked to 2 critical minerals: a producer of titanium and zirconium. It is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange as ILU and based in Australia.

Source: https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/iluka-resources-asx-ilu
Exchange: ASX
Ticker: ILU
Country: Australia
Production verified from filings: yes

## Critical minerals linked to Iluka Resources

| Mineral | Role | Price per kg (USD) | 1M change | Stocks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Titanium](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/titanium-price-us) | Producer | $0.83 per kg contained | - | [Titanium stocks](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/titanium-stocks) |
| [Zirconium](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/zirconium-price-us) | Producer | $2.39 per kg contained | −53.3% | - |

## Sectors Iluka Resources serves

- [AI](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/ai)
- [Defence](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/defence)
- [Electric Vehicles](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/electric-vehicles)
- [Power Grids](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/power-grids)
- [Robotics](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/robotics)
- [Semiconductors](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/semiconductors)

## About Iluka Resources

Iluka Resources is a Perth-based mineral sands producer and one of the world's main suppliers of zircon and high-grade titanium feedstocks. With support from the Australian government it is building a rare earths refinery at Eneabba in Western Australia, which would make it one of the few producers of separated rare earths outside China.

## Iluka Resources' critical minerals business

Iluka Resources is linked to titanium and zirconium. It produces rutile and synthetic rutile, the high-grade titanium feedstocks used for pigment and titanium metal, along with zircon, which goes into ceramics, refractories and nuclear fuel cladding. Its Eneabba refinery is designed to produce separated light and heavy rare earth oxides from the monazite found in mineral sands.

## Where Iluka Resources operates

Iluka Resources mines at Jacinth-Ambrosia in South Australia and at Cataby in Western Australia, processes synthetic rutile at Capel, and is building the Eneabba rare earths refinery north of Perth. Balranald in New South Wales is its next major mineral sands project.

## In the Stockatomics Terminal

Share price against its minerals, mineral exposure by value, the exposure score and its components, verified production with sources, downstream demand exposure and catalysts affecting Iluka Resources.

## FAQ

### Which critical minerals does Iluka Resources produce?

Iluka Resources is linked to 2 critical minerals: it is a producer of titanium and zirconium. Each mineral's price is on its page: [Titanium](/commodities/titanium-price-us), [Zirconium](/commodities/zirconium-price-us).

### Is Iluka Resources a titanium stock?

Yes. Iluka Resources is a producer of titanium, one of the 4 listed companies Stockatomics links to it. [See all titanium stocks](/commodities/titanium-stocks).

### Is Iluka Resources a zirconium stock?

Yes. Iluka Resources is a producer of zirconium. [See the zirconium price per kg](/commodities/zirconium-price-us).

### Where is Iluka Resources listed?

Iluka Resources is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker ILU (ASX: ILU), and is based in Australia.

### What is Iluka Resources' Eneabba refinery?

A rare earths refinery under construction in Western Australia, backed by an Australian government loan, designed to separate both light and heavy rare earths from mineral sands.

### What is zircon used for?

Mainly ceramic tiles and sanitaryware, along with refractories, foundry moulds and zirconium chemicals, including the zirconium used in nuclear fuel cladding.

## Related companies

- [Kenmare Resources](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/kenmare-resources-lon-kmr) (LON: KMR): Titanium, Zirconium
- [Rio Tinto](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/rio-tinto-nyse-rio) (NYSE: RIO): Aluminum, Boron, Copper, Gallium, Lithium, Scandium, Silver, Titanium
- [Tronox](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/tronox-nyse-trox) (NYSE: TROX): Titanium

## Sources

- Company filings: Iluka Resources’ minerals and its role in each.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): the US critical minerals list.
- Stockatomics: each mineral’s benchmark price per kg.

Last updated 18 October 2026.