DuPont to Raise TiO2 Prices

DuPont, Wilmington, Del., USA, announced this week that it will increase prices on all of its titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific regions, effective October 1, or as contracts allow, as follows:

$100 per metric ton for Ti-Pure® titanium dioxide grades sold in the Asia Pacific and Latin America regions
$100 per metric ton for Ti-Pure titanium dioxide grades sold in the dollar markets, or EUR 75 per metric ton in Eurozone markets in Europe, Middle East, and Africa region
$0.05 per pound for Ti-Pure titanium dioxide grades sold in the North America region with the exception of RPS Vantage™ titanium dioxide products sold into paper and paperboard applications, which will be managed separately.

DuPont Titanium Technologies operates plants at DeLisle, Miss.; New Johnsonville, Tenn.; Edge Moor, Del.; Altamira, Mexico; and Kuan Yin, Taiwan, all of which use the chloride manufacturing process. The company also operates a mine in Starke, Fla.

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