Industrial Minerals


Rutile prices reaching $2,900/tonne worldwide

12 April 2012

by John Ollett

Leucoxene reaches comparable levels; China supply will not affect market

Keywords: rutile, leucoxene, TiO2, prices, China, welding

Prices for rutile, one of the higher-purity  - and therefore more valuable titanium feedstocks - are holding steady around the world but there is still upward pressure, according to the market.

There have been drastic price hikes for all the titanium feedstock minerals over the last 18 months with rutile rising from $550/tonne in November 2010 to $1,400/tonne by November 2011, according to the IM...