Four months after announcing the commencement of commercial operations (see Plasteurope.com of 23.05.2016), Chemours (Wilmington, Delaware / USA; www.chemours.com) has officially inaugurated its new titanium dioxide production plant in Altamira, Tamaulipas / Mexico. The company said it expects to gradually ramp up the 200,000 t/y facility over “the next several years”, adding that its output will be balanced by its other “Ti-Pure” TiO₂ production sites in Mississippi, Tennessee / USA and Taiwan.

The expansion of the facility – plans for which were first touted by former parent DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware / USA; www.dupont.com) in 2011 (see Plasteurope.com of 17.05.2011) – created 200 new direct jobs, the company management announced at the ceremony.

Following some years of comparative calm, TiO₂ prices have been rising sharply over the course of the last few months (for details, see PIE’s polymer price coverage).