Industrial Minerals


Price briefing: Week 35 – barytes, antimony, alumina, TiO2

01 September 2011


Barytes, TiO2 and antimony trioxide continue to increase, WFA is stable

Keywords: mineral prices, barytes, antimony trioxide, alumina, TiO2, iodine

Prices for Chinese lump API barytes prices increased this week on higher demand. Other barytes grades remained stable.

 

“The market is driving it up. [There is] high demand and little supply,” a market source told IM. “The recent Indian tender has also pushed up prices there substantially.”

 

Later in the week, sources said that they expect the trend to continue.

 

Antimony trioxide and ingot prices in...