Industrial Minerals


Lanxess plans to increase focus on foundry grade of chromite

20 October 2011

by Alex Feytis

German chromite producer to boost capacity for foundry grade from end 2012

Keywords: chromite, foundry grade, Cr2O3, South Africa, sand, Lanxess

Speciality chemicals group Lanxess AG plans to increase its capacity for foundry grade of chromite from the end of 2012, the German company told IM.

“We see a lot of potential for foundry and want to put more focus on this market,” Andreas Eickhoff, head of strategic marketing chrome, said on the sidelines at the 54th International Colloquium on Refractories in Aachen,...