{"id":5151,"date":"2026-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/tio%e2%82%82-market-forecast-prices-likely-to-stay-firm-as-cost-support-persists-2026-05-22-to-2026-05-29\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T02:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:46:24","slug":"tio%e2%82%82-market-forecast-prices-likely-to-stay-firm-as-cost-support-persists-2026-05-22-to-2026-05-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/tio%e2%82%82-market-forecast-prices-likely-to-stay-firm-as-cost-support-persists-2026-05-22-to-2026-05-29\/","title":{"rendered":"TiO\u2082 Market Forecast: Prices Likely to Stay Firm as Cost Support Persists 2026-05-22 to 2026-05-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Market Report<\/h1>\n<h2>1. Titanium Dioxide (TiO\u2082) Market Analysis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>High sulfur, sulfuric acid, ilmenite, and energy costs continued to provide rigid cost support, so producers generally maintained a firm pricing stance even as transaction prices were negotiated case by case.<\/li>\n<li>At present, the market remains in a tense stalemate: downstream buyers are purchasing cautiously, most transactions are limited to essential replenishment, and both buyers and sellers are waiting for clearer direction from raw material costs and producer pricing policies.<\/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 (20th Week, 2026)<\/th>\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;\">135-135<\/td>\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;\">137-137<\/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 High sulfur, sulfuric acid, ilmenite, and energy costs continued to provide rigid cost support, so producers generally maintained a firm pricing stance even as transaction prices were negotiated case by case. At present, the market remains in a tense stalemate: downstream buyers are purchasing cautiously, most transactions [&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-5151","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\/5151","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=5151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5154,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5151\/revisions\/5154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}