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Eramet Titanium & Iron

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Tyssedal Norway - the smelter is visible at fjord side

Eramet Titanium & Iron is a pig iron and titanium dioxide clinker plant in Tyssedal, Norway. It benefits from ores local to Norway which have almost a 50% TiO2 fraction.[1]

History

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The plant was established as Ilmenittsmelteverket on 21 December 1983 as a replacement after Det Norske Nitridaktieselskap closed its aluminum plant in Tyssedal. Production commenced in 1986. In 1988 it was bought by Tinfos Jernverk and renamed Tinfos Titan & Iron.[2]

In 2008 Tinfos was bought by Eramet, giving the plant its current name.

In May 2020 Eramet sold the plant to Tronox.[3]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.ngu.no/upload/Publikasjoner/Bulletin/Bulletin436_27-38.pdf. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "ilmenitt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Tronox to Acquire Norwegian Titanium Smelting Facility". 14 May 2020.