The main suppliers of feedstock - ilmenite concentrate for Crimean Titan are Irshansky mining and processing combine in Zhytomyr region and Volnogorskiy MMC in Dnipropetrovsk region.

 

Crimean Titan, based in Armyansk, is the largest in Eastern Europe producer of titanium dioxide, which is used for the production of paints and varnishes, plastics, rubber, paper and other products. The nominal production capacities at the plant is 80,000 tonnes of titanium dioxide per year, the company employs about 4,900 people.

 

About 80% "Crimean Titan" production is exported to the Western Europe. "Crimean Titan" takes about 30% of the Russian market of titanium dioxide.

 

Dmitry Firtash has another major asset in Crimea - "Crimean Soda Plant", which accounts for about 2% of world production of soda ash. "Crimean Titan" and "Crimean Soda Plant" are leading chemical enterprises in Ukraine.

 

As it was previously reported, Firtash was arrested in Vienna on request of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on suspicion of bribery and creating a criminal association. According to Ukrainian media Firtash ranked fourth in the ranking of the richest people in the country with the state of USD3.3 billion.