The sands of time: : TiO2 feedstocks to 2020

• Autores: Cameron Perks, Industrial Minerals
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 599, 2018 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Febrero )
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • According to documents from Tronox Ltd, the vertically integrated mining and inorganic chemical business, the chloride process generates less waste, uses less energy, is less labor-intensive than the sulphate process, and permits the direct recycling of chlorine back into the production route. [...]the Chinese government is encouraging the expansion of chloride-route plants as a key part of its 12th Five Year Plan. [...]Chinese ilmenite imports actually increased last year compared with 2016, helped by small amounts of cheap low-quality material from Australia, as well as a flurry of ilmenite arriving from Sibelco’s Stradbroke operations as it prepared to shut down. [...]quarter production of rutile at Australia’s Iluka, a global supplier of titanium mineral sands, rose to 96,000 tonnes from 82,000 tonnes in the previous quarter.