European Masterbatchers and Compounders' (EuMBC, Brussels/Belgium; www.compounders.eu) annual conference took place on 16 May 2019 in Brussels. Organised by Polymer Comply Europe (PCE,Brussels; www.polymercomplyeurope.eu), the event h ...
INTERACTIVE: Asia TiO2 weighed down by escalating trade tensions
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Titanium dioxide (TiO2) prices in Asia are expected to remain weighed down by heightened trade tensions between the US and China.The ongoing China-US trade war has dented consumer sentiment in China, at a time when the seasonal lull for ...
Bluejay Mining Signs Ilmenite Assessment Agreement With Rio Tinto Unit
LONDON (Alliance News) - Bluejay Mining PLC said Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Canada Inc, for the analysis of Ilmenite from its Dundas project in Greenland.Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Canada is part of Rio Ti ...
Acquisition of Cristal North America closes / Tronox and Venator in legal dispute
Following all approvals, the US arm of Switzerland-based olefins and polyolefins giant Ineos (Rolle; www.ineos.com) has acquired the North American TiO2 business of Saudi Arabian producer Cristal Global (Jeddah; www.cr ...
US-China tariff escalation threatens H2 recovery
The US-China trade war escalation, with both parties ramping up tariffs, threatens to dampen or kill the second-half earnings recovery many chemical companies and analysts had been expecting.Following a devastating December 2018, when orders, especially f ...
EFSA rejects French agency’s conclusions on titanium dioxide risks
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is once again split with its French counterpart on a key food safety issue, this time over the risks from the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171). Related Reading EFSA statement on the review of the ri ...