Industrial Minerals


PPG to provide chloride TiO2 technology to Chinese company

28 June 2012

by John Ollett

Chinese company signs long-term supply agreement as well

Keywords: titanium dioxide, TiO2, China, PPG Industries, Henan Billions, US, paint

US-based PPG Industries Inc. will supply chloride-route titanium dioxide (TiO­2) production technology to Chinese company Henan Billions Chemicals Co. Ltd, making it the second chloride-route producer in China.

The US-based paint producer has also signed a long-term purchase agreement with Henan Billions to purchase the titanium dioxide.

At the TZMI conference in November 2011, Henan revealed plans to build a 100,000 tpa chloride TiO2 plant within the next five years and expand its sulphate facilities...