Rio Tinto announced on December 4 that Rio Tinto Group announced that it had suspended its mining operations and expansion projects at Richards Bay Minerals in South Africa due to escalating violence in surrounding communities. Suspended. This event will directly affect the global titanium raw mater

First, Market Analysis It was almost completed in November. It was identified as a weak titanium dioxide market after the Shanghai Coatings Exhibition. The end market has severely reduced prices, and the price market has become increasingly clear. Some manufacturers have adjusted their prices after

All the data was gathered online BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2019, with total revenue of 15.23 billion euros (approximately $ 16.9 billion), a decrease of 2% year-on-year, mainly due to lower prices in the materials and chemi

PARIS (Reuters) - France will ban the use of titanium dioxide as a food additive from 2020 after the country’s health and safety agency said there was not enough evidence to guarantee the safety of the substance. Titanium dioxide is widely used in industry as a whitener, notably for paint, and in t

On 4 October, the European Commission decided to classify titanium dioxide in powder form as a substance “suspected of causing cancer in humans”. This follows an expert hearing (CARACAL) in September in which several EU Member States rejected the classification of titanium dioxide as a carcinogenic

Scientists recently prepared Na-P-zeolite from kaolin and subjected it to a cation-exchange process to achieve anticorrosive and antibacterial effects. In a new work, Na-P-zeolite was prepared from kaolin and subjected to a cation-exchange process. Source: Coprid – stock.adobe.com. In a new work,

Specialty chemicals company Clariant has announced a significant expansion of its catalyst production facility in Panjin, Liaoning Province in northeastern China. MA is an important component of polymers and coatings for the construction, automotive, shipbuilding and energy industries. Source: ra2

In an expert hearing (CARACAL) last week, several EU Member States rejected the classification of titanium dioxide as carcinogenic. However, the Commission has announced that it will continue the process anyway. A total of nine EU Member States have rejected the regulatory package for various reason

1-2 October 2019 | Berlin, GermanyConnecting the entire Pigment and TiO2 supply chains 2019 Who Could You Meet? “The diversity of functions, topics and quality of speakers across the value chain was excellent, enabled high value networking and collaboration opportunities throughout the conference.”

On the evening of September 3, CNNC HUAYUAN Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd and Lomon Billions both announced that they raised the price of various types of titanium dioxide in the company, raising the domestic sales price by RMB 500/ton and the export price by USD 50/ton. The announcements all indicated