China: Chongqing Titanium & PanGang – TiO2 pigment

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2006
• Weight: 43 KB
• Volume: 2006
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0969-6210
• DOI: 10.1016/s0969-6210(06)71148-1

✦ Synopsis

pharmaceuticals, fertilisers, heat insulation materials, food and feed additives, and water treatment. The country's capacity is around 15,000 tonnes/y and there are more than 30 small producers. The industry leaders, with capacities in excess of 500 tonnes/y, are: Shanghai Dunhuang Chemical Works; Neiqui Magnesium Products Co Ltd and Shanxi Heshun Yinhai Magnesium Industry Co Ltd. China imports significant quantities of magnesium oxide to make up the shortfall between indigenous production and demand.

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