Resumen de The sands of time: : TiO2 feedstocks to 2020
Cameron Perks, Industrial Minerals
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.
