Kemira expands titanium dioxide pigment production

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Kemiru expunds

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titunium

dioxide

Advctnced Elastomer Systems

pigment

production

Kemira

is increasing

tion of its titanium pigments 130,000

producdioxide

is expected

at its Pori facility to tonnes

per annum.

million

capacity

and the new

will be available

2003. Current

in

production

Pori is 120,000

tonnes

dioxide pigments to grow 2.53%

annually. The Pori plant produces

The company says that the cost of the investment will be E2I

for titanium

titanium

per

annum. Kemira adds that it has long

and the production

process is multi-staged. by expansion stages.

to several process

Contact:

tion capacity

Kemira Pi&vents

tonnes per annum.

Demand

The

capacity increase is being made

term plans to raise the producto 150,000

by

the sulphate process. Ilmenite ore is one of the main raw materials

at

white

dioxide pigments

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