Industrial Minerals


Chairman of Chinese TiO2 group arrested in US – report

22 December 2011


Pangang Group’s Zhuang Kai arrested for carrying alleged stolen chloride documents

Keywords: Pangang Group, titanium dioxide, TiO2, DuPont, Tronox, Henan Billions

By Reg Adams

The chairman of Chinese titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer Panzhihua Iron & Titanium Corp. (Pangang Group), Zhuang Kai, has reportedly been arrested in the US on suspicion of carrying stolen intelligence on chloride TiO2 technology.

China Network News reported that he was detained while carrying technical information documents about chloride-process TiO2 production technology, which were alleged to be stolen property.

Zhuang Kai has now been detained for over three months, which indicates that he has been arrested and will face criminal charges.

If the allegations are proven, the implications will be wide reaching....