{"id":5373,"date":"2026-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/tio%e2%82%82-price-forecast-tightening-ilmenite-supply-and-peak-season-demand-may-support-a-rebound-2026-08-14-to-2026-08-21\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:26:02","slug":"tio%e2%82%82-price-forecast-tightening-ilmenite-supply-and-peak-season-demand-may-support-a-rebound-2026-08-14-to-2026-08-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/tio%e2%82%82-price-forecast-tightening-ilmenite-supply-and-peak-season-demand-may-support-a-rebound-2026-08-14-to-2026-08-21\/","title":{"rendered":"TiO\u2082 Price Forecast: Tightening Ilmenite Supply and Peak-Season Demand May Support a Rebound 2026-08-14 to 2026-08-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Buyer Summary:<\/b> The China TiO\u2082 Market remained weak this week, with downstream demand still subdued and selected sulfate-process quotations moving lower. However, TiO\u2082 prices are already near low levels, domestic ilmenite inventories continue to decline, and sulfuric acid prices are showing increasing regional differentiation. With the traditional September\u2013October peak season approaching, stronger restocking demand could improve market sentiment and support a price rebound.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Titanium Dioxide (TiO\u2082) Market Analysis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The TiO\u2082 market remained weak during the week. Selected sulfate-process producers lowered quotations on August 18, but prices subsequently stabilized through August 20.<\/li>\n<li>Downstream purchasing remained cautious and market supply was still sufficient, keeping competition relatively intense. Chloride-process TiO\u2082 quotations were comparatively firmer.<\/li>\n<li>Most transactions continued to be negotiated on a case-by-case basis, while the market closely monitored pricing policies from leading manufacturers.<\/li>\n<li>With sulfate-process TiO\u2082 prices already close to production cost levels and producer margins under pressure, the room for another broad round of substantial price reductions appears increasingly limited.<\/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: 25%;\">Product<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; width: 25%;\">Previous Week<br \/>\n(30th Week, 2026)<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; width: 25%;\">Current Week<br \/>\n(31st Week, 2026)<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; width: 25%;\">Weekly Change<\/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;\">127<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">127<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">0<\/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;\">129<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">129<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">0<\/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>Buyer Summary: The China TiO\u2082 Market remained weak this week, with downstream demand still subdued and selected sulfate-process quotations moving lower. However, TiO\u2082 prices are already near low levels, domestic ilmenite inventories continue to decline, and sulfuric acid prices are showing increasing regional differentiation. With the traditional September\u2013October peak season approaching, stronger restocking demand could [&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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[680],"tags":[682],"class_list":["post-5373","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\/5373","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=5373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5376,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions\/5376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}