Argex Titanium Inc. has established a fully comprehensive research and development (R&D) center at its facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (Valleyfield), Quebec, the planned site of its first industrial-sized titanium dioxide (TiO2) plant.
Xiao Yu Tong, Chairman of Shanghai FOPOL Chem-Tech Industry Co. Ltd., has announced the recent opening of a sales, marketing, distribution and M&A office in the United States.
In its new study, international market research and consultancy company Ceresana,Konstanz, Germany, has analyzed the global market for titanium dioxide (TiO2) along the entire value creation chain.
Kemira Oyj and Rockwood Holdings Inc. have signed an agreement in which Rockwood will buy Kemira's share of the titanium dioxide joint venture Sachtleben GmbH in a deal worth EUR 97.5 million.
PPG Industries has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co. Ltd. that will provide Henan Billions the right to use PPG's technology for the manufacture of chloride-grade titanium dioxide (TiO2) on a worldwide basis.
The $17 billion global titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment industry improved profitability in 2011, with figures that TZ Minerals International Pty. Ltd. (TZMI) believes are the strongest in two decades.
Argex Titanium Inc. (Argex) has hired Canadian engineering services firm GENIVAR Inc. to conduct a feasibility study on the economic viability of a titanium dioxide (TiO2) first-module production facility.
Argex Mining Inc. (Argex) has entered into a technical collaboration agreement with PPG Industries to develop and optimize PPG’s technology for titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment for coatings applications to be produced by Argex.
During PPG Industries' capital markets meeting with financial analysts and investors in New York, PPG Chief Technology Officer Charles F. Kahle II announced that the company has undertaken a strategic initiative with multiple global suppliers to secure and enhance PPG's supply of titanium dioxide, as well as add to the global supply of the raw material.