Private company

Cristal Global

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Chemical company1

Cristal Global is the world's second-largest producer of titanium dioxide and a leading producer of titanium chemicals. It was formed when The National Titanium Dioxide Company Ltd. combined with Millennium Chemicals. The headquarters are in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.2 It employed 4,500 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Cristal Global is the world's second-largest producer of titanium dioxide and a leading producer of titanium chemicals. It was formed when The National Titanium Dioxide Company Ltd. combined with Millennium Chemicals. The headquarters are in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.2

Products and brands

Products

Titanium Dioxide (TiO2), using both the chloride and sulfate processes.

Performance Chemicals

Specialty Titanium Dioxides (Ultrafine TiO2)

Titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) and related products

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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, 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

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