Bid for Tronox starts TiO_2 auction

摘要

THE TITANIUM DIOXIDE (TiO_2) industry is on the verge of one of its biggest shake-ups ever after US chemicals group, Huntsman Corp., launched a 415 million dollars. stalking horse bid for the fifth largest producer, Tronox Inc. In effect, Huntsman, the world's third biggest pigment player, has opened the auction and begun the bidding process for Tronox which is set to significantly alter the structure of the TiO_2 industry.