US: Polymer Valley Chemicals – carbon black & mineral fillers for rubber
- Book ID
- 104370356
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Weight
- 36 KB
- Volume
- 2004
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0969-6210
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✦ Synopsis
which will entail a significant expansion of the company's sulfateroute TiO 2 pigment plant at Armyansk on the Crimean peninsula. It will also entail installing additional sulfuric acid capacity and -for the first timeproducing ilmenite in its own right. Effective capacity at Armyansk is currently 60,000 tonnes/y and actual production has moved steadily nearer to this figure in recent years. Meanwhile, sulfuric acid capacity was increased by 50% to 540,000 tonnes/y in July 2004.
RSI Erste Beteiligungsgesellschaft (a German investment fund) is keen to buy a stake in Krym Titan, providing finance for the planned expansion. This same German investment fund acquired an 89.48% shareholding in the Crimean soda ash company in February 2004.