The Chemours Company - Mining Solutions Business

What The Chemours Company - Mining Solutions Business does

The Chemours Company is a global specialty chemicals producer, spun off from DuPont in 2015 and publicly listed on the NYSE under ticker CC. It operates three reporting segments — Titanium Technologies (Ti-Pure™), Thermal & Specialized Solutions (Opteon™, Freon™ refrigerants and foam blowing agents), and Advanced Performance Materials (Teflon™, Viton™, Krytox™, Nafion™) — supported by a wholly-owned subsidiary, Southern Ionics Minerals, which anchors the Mining Solutions business line through mineral products such as Starblast™ blasting abrasives. Core technology is centered on fluoropolymer chemistry, titanium dioxide pigment production, low-global-warming-potential refrigerants, and ion exchange membrane technology, with R&D hubs in Wilmington, Newark (University of Delaware Discovery Hub), Shanghai, and manufacturing in the US, Netherlands, and China.

Chemours generates revenue through B2B direct sales to large industrial manufacturers complemented by a global authorized distributor network that serves mid-market and regional customers. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with contract terms determined by volume, specifications, and customer application requirements. The company serves diversified end-markets including automotive, aerospace, semiconductors, advanced electronics, energy (hydrogen/fuel cells, grid storage), architectural coatings, medical devices, and industrial manufacturing. In Q1 2026, Chemours reported $1.38B in net sales and $169M adjusted EBITDA, with full-year 2026 guidance of 3-5% net sales growth and $800-900M adjusted EBITDA.

The go-to-market model is sales-led with technical application development: dedicated account teams and application engineers collaborate with customers to qualify Chemours products into manufacturing processes, creating specification lock-in. Distribution channels include direct enterprise sales, technical application development support, and an authorized distributor network accessed via a Distributor Finder tool on the corporate website. Marketing is executed through industry events, content marketing, LinkedIn, YouTube, and PR/earned media rather than performance advertising.

Name

The Chemours Company - Mining Solutions Business

Legal name

The Chemours Company

Website

https://chemours.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

The Chemours Company is a global specialty chemicals producer (NYSE: CC) operating three segments — Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials — through iconic brands such as Teflon™, Ti-Pure™, Opteon™, and Nafion™. It serves automotive, electronics, semiconductors, energy, coatings, and medical device manufacturers via B2B direct sales and a global distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mining and Industrial Minerals

NAICS

Abrasive Product Manufacturing (327910), Mining (except Oil and Gas) (212), Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (327)

SIC

Abrasive, Asbestos & Misc Nonmetallic Mineral Prods (3290), Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400)

akta.pro primary industry

Crushed Stone Quarrying & Processing (IMAKAHAA)

Keywords

• Mining solutions
• Blasting abrasives
• Mineral processing
• Industrial chemicals
• Surface preparation

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilmington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Titanium Technologies: Production and sale of titanium dioxide products (Ti-Pure™ brand) serving architectural coatings, automotive coatings, and industrial applications. Segment reported significant volume declines in Q1 2026.
2. Thermal & Specialized Solutions: Production and sale of refrigerants (Opteon™, Freon™), foam blowing agents, and fire suppressants. Delivered record Q1 2026 results with $568 million in net sales and 33% EBITDA margin, driven by Opteon refrigerants growth.
3. Advanced Performance Materials: Fluoropolymers (Teflon™), fluoroelastomers (Viton™), specialty fluids (Krytox™), and Nafion™ membranes serving automotive, aerospace, electronics, medical, and energy industries. Faced volume declines and operational disruption at Washington Works facility in Q1 2026.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Mining Solutions Business of The Chemours Company produces and sells mineral-based blasting abrasives and related mining and minerals processing products for industrial surface preparation and heavy industry applications. Its flagship offering is Starblast™, a high-efficiency, low-dusting, low-free-silica abrasive used to remove rust, mill scale, and weathered coatings from bridges, ships, and other structures. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Southern Ionics Minerals, the business also supplies industrial minerals for mining, coatings, and chemical processing sectors.

Product overview

The Chemours Company is a global chemistry company operating through three primary business segments: Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials. The company's product portfolio centers around seven major brands—Teflon™ fluoropolymers, Ti-Pure™ titanium dioxide, Opteon™ low-GWP refrigerants, Freon™ refrigerants, Krytox™ high-performance lubricants, Viton™ fluoroelastomers, and Nafion™ ion exchange membranes—alongside specialized chemical products including dimethyl sulfate, DryFilm lubricants, fire suppressants, fluorointermediates, minerals (Starblast™), propellants, Vazo™ initiators, and Vertrel™ specialty fluids. These products serve diverse industries including automotive, aerospace, electronics/semiconductors, energy, architectural coatings, medical devices, and industrial manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Teflon™: Fluoropolymers that enable businesses to innovate in automotive, industrial manufacturing, communications sectors
• Ti-Pure™
• Opteon™
• Freon™
• Krytox™
• Viton™
• Nafion™

Products and services

• Starblast™ Minerals Starblast™ is a high-efficiency, low-dusting, low-free-silica blasting abrasive that removes rust, mill scale, and weathered coatings from bridges and other structures. It is targeted at industrial contractors and infrastructure maintenance operators needing safer, more efficient abrasive blasting media.

Quantifiable outcome

• Q1 2026 TSS segment record performance: $568 million net sales with 33% EBITDA margin
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 2CRSicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Following successful qualification of Chemours' Opteon™ two-phase immersion cooling fluid in 2CRSi's next-generation servers, the companies signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to accelerate deployment of two-phase liquid immersion cooling for high-density servers and computing equipment. This partnership targets the growing data center liquid cooling market driven by AI, ML, and HPC workloads.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kronos Worldwide: Kronos is a top global TiO2 producer with a customer and end-market footprint essentially identical to Chemours' Titanium Technologies segment. As a focused TiO2 pure-play, Kronos provides a direct margin and volume benchmark for evaluating Chemours' Ti-Pure™ business through the cycle.
• Imerys: Imerys is a global leader in mineral-based specialty solutions including performance minerals, abrasives, and mineral-based industrial inputs. Its mining-to-specialty-mineral model and product overlap with Starblast™ and Chemours' Southern Ionics Minerals subsidiary make Imerys a strong comparable for the Mining Solutions portion of Chemours' portfolio.
• Tronox Holdings: Tronox is one of the largest global producers of titanium dioxide, directly competing with Chemours' Ti-Pure™ franchise in the same architectural and industrial coatings end markets. Tronox's vertically integrated mining-to-TiO2 model parallels Chemours' mineral feedstocks and Ti-Pure™ operations, making it the cleanest pure-play TiO2 comparable.
• Daikin Industries: Daikin is the world's largest fluorochemical manufacturer and a direct competitor to Chemours in HFO refrigerants, fluoropolymers (Teflon-equivalents), and fluoroelastomers. Daikin's vertically integrated refrigerant and air conditioning business gives it strong channel overlap with Chemours in the same regulatory-driven replacement cycle.
• U.S. Silica Holdings: U.S. Silica is a producer of specialty silica sand and industrial minerals used in oil & gas, glass, coatings, and abrasive applications. As a competitor to Chemours' Southern Ionics Minerals subsidiary and Starblast™ blasting abrasive, U.S. Silica provides a mining-to-specialty-minerals benchmark that is directly comparable to Chemours' Mining Solutions Business.
• Honeywell International: Honeywell's Performance Materials and Technologies segment competes head-to-head with Chemours in low-GWP refrigerants (Honeywell Genetron/HFO portfolio) and adjacent high-performance materials. The two companies are direct rivals in the automotive AC and commercial refrigeration refrigerant transition, as well as in fluorinated specialty chemicals.
• Arkema: Arkema is a French specialty chemicals company with leading positions in fluoropolymers (Kynar), refrigerants, and advanced materials with substantial overlap to Chemours' portfolio. Its Bostik adhesives and coating solutions segments also compete for the same downstream customers Chemours serves in industrial and architectural coatings.

Broad incumbents

• DuPont: Chemours' former parent and largest direct comparable, operating a similar specialty chemicals portfolio spanning electronics, water, healthcare, and industrial materials. DuPont is the natural benchmark for Chemours' fluoropolymer, titanium, and membranes businesses, and continues to share substantial technology, customer, and regulatory overlap with Chemours post-spin.
• Solvay: Solvay's Specialty Polymers and Materials segments include fluorinated polymers, ion exchange membranes, and high-performance materials with technology overlap to Chemours' Nafion™ and Teflon™ franchises. Both companies are pursuing similar hydrogen, semiconductor, and EV opportunities across diverse industrial end markets.
• 3M Company: 3M's Safety and Industrial and Transportation and Electronics businesses include fluoropolymers, adhesives, abrasives, and specialty chemicals that overlap with Chemours' Advanced Performance Materials portfolio. 3M's planned spin-off of its food safety/industrial segments creates an even tighter comparison set with Chemours' segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/Chemours
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chemours

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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