DuPont's Mexico TiO2 Plant Expansion Dominates Chemical Industry in North America

SUGAR LAND--August 29, 2014--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info is tracking 20 titanium dioxide (TiO2) projects totaling nearly $1 billion in North America, including four expansions valued at $640 million, and one brownfield plant valued at $248 million. However, the chief executive of one TiO2 producer says the industry in North America needs at least one of those expansions like it needs a "hole in the head."

Within this article: Details of the Altamira TiO2 Unit Expansion by DuPont (NYSE:DD), the Salaberry-De-Valleyfield Brownfield TiO2 Manufacturing Plant by Argex Titanium Incorporated, and the Ashtabula TiO2 Plant 2 Expansion, phases I and II, by Cristal USA Incorporated.

Other companies featured: Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN)