Cristal Global

Cristal Global is the world's second-largest producer of titanium dioxide and a leading producer of titanium chemicals.^[1] It was formed when The National Titanium Dioxide Company Ltd. combined with Millennium Chemicals.^[2] The headquarters are in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is a significant shareholder in Bemax, the world’s 5th largest TiO₂ feedstock producer.

Products

Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂), using both the chloride and sulfate processes.
Performance Chemicals
- Specialty Titanium Dioxides (Ultrafine TiO₂)
- Titanium tetrachloride (TiCl₄) and related products
Ferrica™
- Gypsum
- Hydrochloric acid
- Copperas
- Iron chlorosulfate
- Carbon dioxide
- Molten sulfur
- Sulfuric acid
Other
- Chlorine
- Caustic soda
- Zircon
- Ilmenite
- Rutile
- Sodium silicate

Manufacturing plants

As of 2008^[update], Cristal Global has eight manufacturing plants in 6 countries and on 5 continents.

Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
Bunbury, Australia
Stallingborough, United Kingdom
Thann, France
Paraíba, Brazil (a mine site)
Bahia, Brazil
Ashtabula, OH United States
Baltimore, MD United States

Leadership

As of 2008^[update] the company leadership is:

Dr. Talal Al-Shair Chairman and CEO^[3]
Jamal Nahas President
Abdalla Ibrahim Executive Vice President – Finance and Investments
Thomas VanValkenburgh Executive Vice President - Commercial/Supply Chain

References

^ "Cristal Global". Tasnee. Archived from the original on 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
^ "Cristal Completes Acquisition of Millennium Inorganic Chemicals - re> /PRNewswire-FirstCall/". Prnewswire.com. 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
^ "Leadership". Cristal.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2014-04-07.