The top five titanium feedstock producers supplied 72% of the market in 1999. In 2004 this figure went down to 66% due to new producers and smaller players. The leading producers are: Rio Tinto, Iluka Resources, Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Nissho Iwai and NL Industries.
Some 58% of the pigment becomes part of the raw materials for manufacturing of paint and coating. This supply is worth around USD 30 billion.
In the pigment part of the chain the concentration of production has been high for a long time. The top five pigment producers supplied just over 70% of the market in 2004, compared to just under 70 % in 1999.
Main applications for the total TiO2 pigment products are (2004):
| Paint/Coating | 58% |
| Plastics | 23% |
| Paper | 11% |
| Other | 8% |
Sales of paint and coating worldwide are estimaded to USD 65 billion for some 19 million tons of products.
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