Whiter than white: TiO2 in 2014
By Siobhan Lismore-Scott
Published: Wednesday, 30 October 2013
It has not been an easy year for feedstock producers as TiO2 demand has waned in the face of disappointing economics in China, North America and Europe. However, most forecast that there will be a slight uptick in 2014, and there are some reports of demand returning to some markets. But what does this mean for existing and potential developers?
Siobhan Lismore-Scott, Editor
A year ago IM ran
an article prior to the 6th Annual TiO2
Conference in Hong Kong stating that TiO2 producers
were convinced that the 2012 market softness was “only
temporary”.
We now know that the weakness the market experienced was
not, as stated, temporary, but rather it...