{"id":4977,"date":"2026-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/cost-pressure-and-demand-recovery-drive-tio%e2%82%82-price-rally-2026-02-28-to-2026-03-06\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T06:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T06:01:22","slug":"cost-pressure-and-demand-recovery-drive-tio%e2%82%82-price-rally-2026-02-28-to-2026-03-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/cost-pressure-and-demand-recovery-drive-tio%e2%82%82-price-rally-2026-02-28-to-2026-03-06\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost Pressure and Demand Recovery Drive TiO\u2082 Price Rally 2026-02-28 to 2026-03-06"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Market Report<\/h1>\n<h2>1. Titanium Dioxide (TiO\u2082) Market Analysis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This week China\u2019s titanium dioxide market entered a clear <b>price rally<\/b>, with <b>27 producers<\/b> issuing price increase announcements led by top manufacturers of titanium dioxide.<\/li>\n<li>The price adjustments were mainly driven by <b>rising production costs<\/b>, including sharply higher sulfuric acid prices and firm ilmenite raw material costs.<\/li>\n<li>Maintenance shutdowns at several titanium dioxide plants in February reduced supply, while producer inventories remained relatively low.<\/li>\n<li>Export orders continued to perform well and market sentiment strengthened as the traditional <b>\u201cMarch\u2013April\u201d peak demand season<\/b> approaches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 12px auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; width: 50%;\">Product<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; width: 50%;\">Price Index (9th Week, 2026)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center;\">Rutile<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">106 to 107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center;\">Anatase<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">108 to 109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #666; margin: 6px 0 14px 0;\"><b>Price Index Methodology:<\/b> The Price Index is calculated based on the average prices of the top 10 producers in China, with the base value set at 100 as of January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Titanium Dioxide Pigment Market Trends<\/h2>\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 1. Titanium Dioxide (TiO\u2082) Market Analysis This week China\u2019s titanium dioxide market entered a clear price rally, with 27 producers issuing price increase announcements led by top manufacturers of titanium dioxide. The price adjustments were mainly driven by rising production costs, including sharply higher sulfuric acid prices and firm ilmenite raw material costs. [&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-4977","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\/4977","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=4977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4980,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions\/4980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}