The latest TiO2 price index is 2439, 21% lower than the same period last year, a harsh drop of 15% than the first day of July. It is not difficult to find out that the maket is in very low demands after the earlier summer. Industrial watchers are firmly agree that this is mainly caused […]
In 2021, the supply of titanium concentrate in Sichuan Province will reach a new high. The province’s annual output of titanium concentrate will reach 6.38 million tons, an increase of 460,000 tons or 8% year-on-year, accounting for more than 90% of the country’s total titanium concentrate. The Panxi area of Sichuan Province is the main […]
Since 15th week, the index started to fall from 3154 to 2944 of now. Is the market turning down? Yes it is turning down. But very hard to tell how long this could last. Two main driven factors as: The strong US Dollar Index. Since the middle of April to now, the US Dollar index […]
The TiO2 index increased 2.5% to 3219 this week. On 09th Mar. The LB group announced the increasing for 150USD/MT, driven by the raw masterial cost rising and the market needs increasing. Raw material is at high level constantly pressuing the TiO2 industry, but with the price increasing, the confident is recovering.
Accoring to toodudu.com, in December 2021, China’s titanium dioxide output was 334,400 tons, a decrease of 0.39% month-on-month, a year-on-year increase of 4.72%, and a decrease of about 1,300 tons. In 2021, China’s titanium dioxide production totaled about 3.8135 million tons, an increase of 8.24% year-on-year, and the output in 2020 increased by about 290,500 […]
Moreover, last week, GDPR also announced 1000CNY/MT increase. Up to now, the ex-factory price of China’s rutile titanium dioxide including tax is 18,700-22,500 CNY/MT(FOB 3,000USD/MT- 3550USD/MT), and the ex-factory price of anatase titanium dioxide is 17,500-20,000 CNY/MT(FOB 2,800USD/MT- 3,200USD/MT). This week, some manufacturers resumed production, and some manufacturers plan to overhaul. The overall supply of […]
A few days ago, South Africa Nyanza Light Metal Mining Company announced that it will invest 4.5 billion rand (about 280M USD) to build Africa’s first titanium beneficiation plant and produce titanium dioxide. It is expected to be completed in 2023 with a production capacity of 80,000 tons/year.The construction site of the project is located […]
Background Finally the LB group announced the price increased yesterday after the global players with domestic 1000CNY/MT increase, and foreign market 150USD/MT increase, which fllowed by tens of manufactures in China till now. In the last month of 2021, the market of tio2 suddenly sore with a new trend of increasing after several months silence.2021 […]
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After Kronos’ announcement in 02nd Nov, on 17th Venator announced the 400USD/MT increase in asia pacific region since 1st Jan. 2022. And today, TRONOX announced the 350USD/MT increase in the same region.At the meanwhile, the Chinese suppliers is quiet and easy. Some of them lower their price a little, but most of the suppliers kept […]