Exhibit 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of Kronos International, Inc. (the Company)
on Form 10-K for the year ending  December 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the  Report),  I, Robert D. Hardy,
Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350,  as adopted  pursuant  to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
that:

(1)   The Report fully complies with the  requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
      of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)   The information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all material
      respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results  of  operations  of the
      Company.




/s/  Robert D. Hardy
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     Robert D. Hardy
     Chief Financial Officer

March 26, 2003

A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided  to  Kronos  International,   Inc.  and  will  be  retained  by  Kronos
International,  Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange  Commission or
its staff upon request.