YEAR IN REVIEW 2018: Mineral sands
By IM Staff
Published: Thursday, 03 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global TiO2 feedstocks and zircon markets.
Prices for titanium dioxide (TiO2) declined gradually during
2018, particularly in China, where large-capacity investments
over the past few years have added weight to supply against
flat demand.
Some companies, including US-based Venator, attempted to
introduce price increases in the second half of the year, in an
effort to counter...