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    Iluka Resources (ASX:ILU) Is Down 8.9% After Pulling 2025 Synthetic Rutile Guidance Over Customer Uncertainty

    Simply Wall St·12/10/2025 14:20:58
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    • In recent days, Iluka Resources withdrew its 2025 synthetic rutile production guidance due to uncertainty over a key UK customer agreement, prompting analyst downgrades and highlighting ongoing operational and market disruptions affecting its mineral sands and rare earths business.
    • This shift draws attention to how sensitive Iluka’s outlook is to individual customer contracts, production reliability, and evolving tariffs and export controls in its core markets.
    • We’ll now examine how the withdrawn synthetic rutile guidance and related operational uncertainty affect Iluka’s existing investment narrative and risk profile.

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    Iluka Resources Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Iluka, you generally need to believe in long term demand for mineral sands and rare earths, and in Iluka’s ability to convert that into sustainable cash flows despite cyclical swings. The withdrawal of 2025 synthetic rutile guidance goes straight to the heart of that view, because it puts near term volume visibility and pricing with a key UK customer in question, and elevates contract concentration as the main short term risk.

    The recent half year 2025 result, which showed lower sales of A$577.8 million and net profit of A$92.0 million alongside a reduced interim dividend of A$0.020 per share, now looks more important in context. Together with the withdrawn guidance, it reinforces that cost pressures, production reliability and timing of customer offtake are critical catalysts for how Iluka’s rare earths and mineral sands investments are judged over the next year.

    Yet investors should be aware of how exposed Iluka remains to individual customer contracts and evolving trade restrictions...

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    Iluka Resources' narrative projects A$1.8 billion revenue and A$192.4 million earnings by 2028. This requires 16.9% yearly revenue growth and about A$2.8 million earnings increase from A$189.6 million today.

    Uncover how Iluka Resources' forecasts yield a A$7.40 fair value, a 21% upside to its current price.

    Exploring Other Perspectives

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    Nine fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span a wide range, from A$5.73 to A$139.41 per share, showing how differently investors can view Iluka. Set against this, the recent withdrawal of synthetic rutile guidance underlines how contract uncertainty and operational reliability can quickly reshape expectations for the business, so it can be useful to compare several of these viewpoints before deciding how you see the stock.

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    This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.