Eramet Titanium & Iron

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]

Tyssedal Norway - the smelter is visible at fjord side

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]

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.^[4]