Millennium forecasts another 2.8% rise in global TiO2 demand in 2007

✍ Scribed by Reg Adams

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Weight: 119 KB
• Volume: 2007
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0969-6210
• DOI: 10.1016/s0969-6210(07)70001-2

✦ Synopsis

Price rises for precipitated silica & iron oxide pigments Global GCC production approaching 60 M tonnes/y 220,000 tonnes/y of laser toners consumed worldwide Spending on colour cosmetics to reach $30 bn by 2010 Europe's plastic colorants demand growth forecast at 2.14%/y Japan's TiO 2 production hovers at around 250,000 tonnes/y COMPANIES 5-6 Huntsman spends $150 M to relocate textile colorants Omya's PCC capacity at 1.3 M tonnes/y after Huber deal HEALTH & SAFETY 6-7 BASF's Eupolen & Merck's Candurin get FDA approval CTFA comments on the use of nano TiO 2 & ZnO TECHNOLOGY 7