High inventory levels keep price recoveries at bay
By Laura Syrett
Published: Tuesday, 24 February 2015
US clays see further price increases; TiO2 market recovery postponed until 2016;
Indian barite prices poised to leap.
Lingering inventories in rare earths and titanium dioxide
(TiO2) markets are frustrating hopes of recovery in these
sectors, IM learned in February. Elsewhere,
market observers have warned of an imminent price jump for
Indian drilling grade barite (barytes), while most other
markets remained stable under steady but subdued trading
conditions...