Titanium dioxide

QIT-Fer et Titane mine titanium dioxide in Lac Tio, near Havre-Saint-Pierre and Sorel-Tracy in Quebec, Canada, where high-quality titanium dioxide, along with iron, is extracted from the ore. Titanium dioxide produced here is sold as a raw material to titanium pigment producers. Rio Tinto also has interests in Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) which operates mining facilities in South Africa and QIT Madagascar Minerals, with a titanium dioxide bearing limenite mine in Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar.

Operation Rio Tinto share Commodity Total annual production, '000 tonnes (as at December 31 2008)
Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium, Canada/South Africa (w) 100% Titanium Dioxide 1,524

 

Production data notes

(w) Quantities comprise 100 per cent of QIT and 50 per cent of Richards Bay Minerals' production.