QIT’s main product is titanium dioxide, or titanium slag, which
is sold as a raw material to titanium pigment producers. Two
trademarks are produced at QIT: SORELSLAG® and UGS™.
Titanium pigment is used to produce a superior-quality white
finish at a lower cost. It serves as a colouring or opacity agent in
paints, plastics, dyes, paper, rubber and other materials. It is by
far the most commonly used white pigment in the world.
SORELSLAG®
SORELSLAG® has a titanium dioxide content of about 80%.
It is sold primarily to pigment producers that use the
sulphate process. As QIT’s key product, SORELSLAG® has made
QIT one of the world’s leading suppliers to this market.
UGSMD
UGS™ slag, QIT’s newest product, has a titanium dioxide
content of 94.5%. It is supplied to the growing market of
pigment producers that use the chloride process. To meet the
rising demand, the UGS plant, with an initial capacity of
250,000 tonnes, has a potential capacity of 600,000 tonnes.
