DuPont Hikes Titanium Dioxide Price in Latin America, Excluding Brazil

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DuPont Titanium Technologies, Wilmington, Del., USA, has announced a price increase for all of its Ti-Pure titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in Latin America, excluding Brazil. Effective October 1, or as permitted by contract, net prices in Latin America, excluding Brazil, will increase by $200 per metric ton.

DuPont Titanium Technologies is the world's largest manufacturer of titanium dioxide. The company operates plants at DeLisle, Miss., New Johnsonville, Tenn., and Edge Moor, Del., in the U.S., and at Altamira, Mexico, and Kuan Yin, Taiwan, all of which use the chloride manufacturing process. The company also operates a mine in Starke, Fla.