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TiO2 pigment starts recovery

04 February 2010


Improvement in volumes points to better times for pigment producers in 2010

Keywords: TiO2, titanium dioxide, pigments, coatings, DuPont, Huntsman

Markets for titanium dioxide (TiO2) are gently picking up as pigment producers start to ramp production back up and re-stock, according to industry sources.

 

Coatings producers have begun to buy pigment to meet the anticipated rise in demand in the spring and summer months in the Northern Hemisphere. 

 

TiO2 pigment producers will be looking for a better year in 2010 after the horrors of 2009. Markets fell away in the first half of last year, which saw some producers slash production and...