Industrial Minerals


Rockwood invests $115m in US iron oxide pigment plant

07 December 2011

by Mark Watts

Augusta, Georgia, plant to replace company’s in Missouri and Maryland

Keywords: Rockwood, iron oxide, pigment, concrete, paint, coatings

Rockwood Holdings Inc. will invest $115m in an iron oxide pigment plant at its site in Georgia, Augusta, the US speciality chemicals company said.

Rockwood expects to complete the plant in the first half of 2013 before closing its...