Industrial Minerals


Chloride-route TiO2 producer ISK to raise Asia-Pacific price

05 March 2013

by John Ollett

Price hike “required to ensure stable supply”; raw material costs drive increase

Keywords: titanium dioxide, TiO2, ISK, Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Japan, Asia

Asia’s leading chloride-route titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd (ISK) is following fellow chloride-route TiO2 producers by increasing product prices.

Japan-based ISK is increasing the price of Tipaque TiO2 by $300/tonne in the...