Industrial Minerals


US accuses businessman of stealing DuPont trade secrets

01 February 2012

by Siobhan Lismore

Prosecutors work to keep man jailed prior to court date; follows December arrest

Keywords: DuPont, TiO2, titanium dioxide, China, chloride, arrest, sulphur

A second businessman will stand before US attorneys accused of trying to steal technology information from titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer DuPont to sell to China.

Walter Liew, a US citizen, and his wife Christina were indicted last year by a jury in the US Federal Court for the Northern...