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
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 announced the sale of the plant to Tronox.[3] The sale was later abandoned (2021), in part due to an investigation by the UK CMA. [4]
On 22 September 2023, Eramet sold the plant to Ineos Enterprises for $245 million. The plant was renamed INEOS Tyssedal. The deal also included a long-term supply contract for ilmenite produced by Eramet's Senegalese Grande Côte Opérations.[5]
References
- https://www.ngu.no/upload/Publikasjoner/Bulletin/Bulletin436_27-38.pdf^
- ilmenitt Store norske leksikon, retrieved 4 January 2013^
- Tronox to Acquire Norwegian Titanium Smelting Facility 14 May 2020^