Industrial Minerals


NALCO eyes deal to develop India’s first TiO2 project

27 January 2011

by Mark Watts

Aluminium producer enters agreement with Indian Rare Earths on $88m. Orissa plant

Keywords: National Aluminium Co. NALCO, Indian Rare earths, IREL, titanium dioxide, TiO2, ilmenite

India’s National Aluminium Co. (NALCO) has entered an agreement with Indian Rare Earths Ltd (IREL) to develop what could be the Asian country’s first titanium dioxide (TiO2) operation.NALCO said the project would be located at IREL’s operations in Chhatrapur in the eastern state of...