TZMI 2017: Chloride TiO2 capacity increases will drive slag shortage

• Autores: William Clarke
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 598, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Diciembre/Enero)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The market for titanium dioxide (TiO2) faces a major chloride slag shortfall if production is not ramped up in the next few years, delegates at the annual TZMI conference in Hong Kong told Industrial Minerals.The mood was upbeat at the conference, held on November 13-15, with TiO2 producers noting the increase in pigment prices compared with last year, and with many mineral sand producers confident that the market strength would continue to come through into feedstock demand. Chloride slag normally consists of around 90-95% TiO2, meaning that even the 500,000 tpy of greenfield chloride-route TiO2 planned by Chinese producer Lomon Billions alone would put huge pressure on slag supplies.Bruce Griffin, senior vice president of strategic development at Lomon Billions, which is China’s largest TiO2 producer, told the conference that sourcing feedstock for the company’s new chloride capacity would be a priority in the years to come.