The result advances a potential pigment feedstock route, with further work needed on impurities, surface treatment and finishing before commercial use.
The phased Gurun project expands LB Group’s Southeast Asia manufacturing footprint with planned annual capacity of 300,000 metric tons of advanced materials.
Tioxide plans to add approximately 60 employees as commissioning advances at its Greatham TiO₂ facility, where single-stream pigment production is expected to resume in August.
Ralph Barthel of Univar Solutions discusses pigment and surface finishing challenges, from PFAS replacement and resin trade-offs to newer technologies improving coating performance.