TiO2 prices steadily increasing and set to continue through Q4
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Published: Friday, 09 September 2011
Tight supply continues to put pressure on prices, little resistance from customers
TiO2 market participants polled this week
by IM were unanimous in their view that prices
would continue to rise into and throughout the fourth
quarter.
Most attributed the bullishness on a shortage of
supply in raw materials. TiO2 is manufactured from
the minerals ilmenite, rutile and, in smaller quantities,
leucoxene.