The board of directors of Bashkiria Soda Company (produces 80% of soda in Russia) has approved the creation of the titanium dioxide manufacture with the capacity of 100 thousand tons and zirconium oxychloride (25 thousand tons) in 2024-2026 together with Kazakhstan. BSC will have 51% in the project valued at $905 million. The manufacture will…
Ukraine’s exports in January-August of titanium ore and concentrate – a raw material used for titanium sponge production – grew by 3.1% YoY, to 419,030 tons, the state customs service reported. Revenue from exports of the commodity increased to $87.7 million from $66.2 million a year ago, the customs service said. In January-August Ukraine shipped…
In January-July Ukraine decreased exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrate by 2.5% YoY, to 344.26 thousand tons, valued at $70.381 million, up by 24.1% YoY According to the State Fiscal Service, the main importers of the products were Turkey (23.65%), the Czech Republic (20.39%) and Russia (13.6%). In 7 months Ukraine imported titanium-containing ore and…
In January-May Ukraine exported 242.684 thousand tons of titanium-containing ores and concentrate valued at $50.296 million, up by 8.6% and by 44.5% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, the Czech Republic imported 22.92% of goods, Turkey 21.7% and Mexico 14.14%. At the same time Ukraine imported 15.457 thousand tons of ores from Senegal…
Ukraine could stop shipping titanium ore concentrate to Russia. In 2015 it exported 295 thousand tons of concentrate valued at $72 million, in 2016 – 463 thousand tons at $84 million, and in 2017 – 583 thousand tons, with 35% to Russia. The basis for the cancellation of exports to Russia could be a decree…
Ukraine has to create its own close cycle of titanium manufacture. According to the Dmitry Firtash Group of Companies calculations, the replacement of the Russian VSMPO-Avisma on the titanium imports market will cost some $110 million, needed to modernize the Zaporozhye Titanium and Magnesium Works, while the full cycle, from the ore to the ready-made…
Russia’s government will not restrict sales of titanium to U.S. aircraft maker Boeing as retaliation to the latest set of U.S. sanctions, as it will hurt domestic titanium producer VSMPO-Avisma, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said. “We will not support such decisions as they will primarily hurt sales of VSMPO-Avisma. Why would we make…
The integrated chemical and metallurgical complex to produce titanium dioxide, rare and rare earth metals will be created on the basis of the Afrikandskoye deposits in Murmansk region. Investments might total 14 billion rubles. Some 2.5 thousand jobs might be created. When the project reaches full capacity, it could produce 75 thousand tons of titanium…
