{"id":4572,"date":"2025-11-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/chinas-tio%e2%82%82-producers-raise-prices-by-100-amid-surging-ilmenite-and-sulfuric-acid-costs-2025-11-21-to-2025-11-28\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T08:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T08:00:56","slug":"chinas-tio%e2%82%82-producers-raise-prices-by-100-amid-surging-ilmenite-and-sulfuric-acid-costs-2025-11-21-to-2025-11-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/chinas-tio%e2%82%82-producers-raise-prices-by-100-amid-surging-ilmenite-and-sulfuric-acid-costs-2025-11-21-to-2025-11-28\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s TiO\u2082 Producers Raise Prices by $100 Amid Surging Ilmenite and Sulfuric Acid Costs 2025-11-21 to 2025-11-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Market Report<\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>1. Titanium Dioxide (TiO\u2082) Market Analysis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>China\u2019s TiO\u2082 market showed a clear upward pricing shift this week as upstream cost pressures intensified, particularly from sulfuric acid and <b>ilmenite<\/b>, pushing producers into deeper negative margins.<\/li>\n<li>As of November 27, domestic sulfuric acid spot prices continued to rise, with Hunan prices for 98% acid reaching <b>800\u2013900 RMB\/ton<\/b> and Guangdong prices at <b>880\u2013950 RMB\/ton<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>In response, 14 major TiO\u2082 producers in China simultaneously announced <b>price increases of $100\/ton<\/b> for both domestic and international markets, citing cost inflation and inventory depletion concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Despite weak downstream demand, cost-push forces are expected to support a firm pricing stance across the sector in the near term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 10px auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; width: 30%;\">Product<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; width: 40%;\">Price Range (USD\/MT)<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; width: 30%;\">Change vs Last Week<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center;\">Rutile-grade TiO\u2082<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center;\">$1,930 \u2013 $2,010<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; color: green; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\">\u25b2 $100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center;\">Anatase-grade TiO\u2082<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center;\">$1,760 \u2013 $1,850<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; color: green; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\">\u25b2 $100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>2. Titanium Dioxide Pigment Market Trends<\/h2>\n<p>\n<div class=\"swpm-more-tag-not-logged-in swpm-margin-top-10\">You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please <a class=\"swpm-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/membership-login\/\">Log In<\/a>. Not a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/membership-join\/\">Join Us<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Market Report \u00a0 1. Titanium Dioxide (TiO\u2082) Market Analysis China\u2019s TiO\u2082 market showed a clear upward pricing shift this week as upstream cost pressures intensified, particularly from sulfuric acid and ilmenite, pushing producers into deeper negative margins. As of November 27, domestic sulfuric acid spot prices continued to rise, with Hunan prices for 98% acid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[680],"tags":[682],"class_list":["post-4572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tio2-index-weekly-report","tag-tio2-index-weekly-report"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4575,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4572\/revisions\/4575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}