Tronox Holdings plc
Tronox Limited is an American worldwide chemical company involved in the titanium products industry with approximately 5,700 employees. Following its acquisition of the mineral sands business formerly belonging to South Africa's Exxaro Resources, Tronox is the largest fully integrated seller and marketer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment, which provides brightness to applications such as coatings, plastics and paper. Tronox mines titanium-bearing mineral sands and operates upgrading facilities that produce high-grade titanium feedstock materials, pig iron and other minerals, including the rare earth-bearing mineral, monazite. Tronox also sells titanium ore—the main feedstock of titanium dioxide—and zircon directly to customers.
Basic company information
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- Business sectors
- mining [1]
- Company / filing name
- Tronox Holdings plc [2]
- Headquarters location
- Oklahoma City [1]
- Founded
- 2005-11-21 [1]
- Legal form
- private company limited by shares [1]
- Official website
- www.tronox.com ↗ [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- GB00BJT16S69 [1]
- CIK
- 1530804 [2]
- Country in background record
- United States [1]
- Symbols / exchanges
- TROX (NYSE) [2]
Company positioning and business
Tronox Limited is an American worldwide chemical company involved in the titanium products industry with approximately 5,700 employees. Following its acquisition of the mineral sands business formerly belonging to South Africa's Exxaro Resources, Tronox is the largest fully integrated seller and marketer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment, which provides brightness to applications such as coatings, plastics and paper. Tronox mines titanium-bearing mineral sands and operates upgrading facilities that produce high-grade titanium feedstock materials, pig iron and other minerals, including the rare earth-bearing mineral, monazite. Tronox also sells titanium ore—the main feedstock of titanium dioxide—and zircon directly to customers. [3]
Tronox is the third-largest titanium feedstock producer, with approximately 10% of global titanium ore production; and the second-largest producer of zircon, with approximately 20% of global production. The company also has an electrolytic and speciality chemicals business that services the paper and battery industries. Formerly a part of the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation and based in Oklahoma City since it was spun off from its parent in 2005, the company announced in June 2012 that it was moving its headquarters to Stamford, Connecticut. [3]
The company was spun off in part to offload its parent company Kerr-McGee's legacy of generations of environmental dumping of toxic waste across 22 states. According to one report, "Kerr-McGee, rather than pay for the environmental mess it created, decided to shift the liabilities between 2002 and 2006 into Tronox. Kerr-McGee, meanwhile, kept its valuable oil and gas assets." Tronox did not reveal the massive hidden liabilities to investors, and after they became known, Tronox dropped to a penny stock in 2009. In response, shareholders sued Anadarko Petroleum (successor to Kerr-McGee) for keeping the scope of the environmental disaster a secret. In addition the US federal government sued Anadarko to pay for the cleanup, and in April 2014 settled on the largest environmental contamination settlement in American history, over $5 billion. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Tronox. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Financial year, securities and disclosures
Listed securities: TROX (NYSE). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [2]
History and key events
Founding / inception date recorded in Wikidata. [1]
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
No individual financial documents have been indexed yet. Open the source to consult company disclosures. [2]
Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was Tronox Holdings plc founded?
Founded: 2005-11-21. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Where is the headquarters of Tronox Holdings plc?
Headquarters location: Oklahoma City. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Which business sectors are recorded for Tronox Holdings plc?
Business sectors: mining. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Sources and review dates
- Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
- Company identity and profile data ↗
- Wikipedia contributors — Tronox (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.