TiO2/Zircon pricing news

• December 2015

  Price Briefing 18 – 24 December

  24 December 2015

  Graphite prices flatten while fluorspar sinks; US TiO2 suppliers announce hikes.

• Tronox and Huntsman join Chemours in TiO2 price hike

  21 December 2015

  Three of the world’s largest titanium trioxide producers have now increased prices for 2016 after a market rebound failed to materialise.

• Mineral markets start 2016 on a low ebb

  21 December 2015

  Antimony market crashes in 2015; refractories pull alumina, graphite and magnesia down.

• Prices: TiO2 and samarium

  21 December 2015

  TiO2 2016 contracts negotiated in December; prices edging close to production costs. Samarium's use in permanent magnets could boost prices but oversupply remains a challenge.

• Chemours increases TiO2 prices by $150/tonne

  18 December 2015

  Company ups cost of Ti-Pure range after reporting severe global price declines.

• Price Briefing 11 – 17 December

  18 December 2015

  Fluorspar and graphite prices expected to remain stable to year end but mineral sands likely to post declines.

• Price Briefing 4 – 10 December

  11 December 2015

  Gloomy near term outlook for graphite; China’s TiO2 prices fall again.

• TiO2 prices slide further in China

  10 December 2015

  Overcapacity forces producers to accept lower bids for pigment chemical.

• Price Briefing 27 November – 3 December

  04 December 2015

  Antimony and zircon prices fall in China while lithium prices rise in South America.

• Chinese domestic zircon prices hit $1,000/tonne

  03 December 2015

  Weakness in ex-works prices yet to drag export values south of ranges, despite soft trading conditions.