Side Effects in TiO2 Industry Caused by Inflation

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Publish time: 11th May, 2011      Source: CCM
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      Guangzhou China May 11, 2011 - TiO2 Monthly Report keeps you up-to-date with the domestic and oversea market of the TiO2 industry and gives you the ideas on its price, supply demands, trends of the upstream and downstream related products, raw material, the latest policies and commercial and investment opportunities.

    

       

    

       

    

      It has witnessed 9.7% GDP growth and 5.0% CPI increase in China in Q1 2011. Price of the raw material keeps soaring up due to the persistent inflation, which resulted in the chain effect that a wave of price increases in coating industry. Cost reduction had become the hottest topic. Another setback was the tsunami and earthquake in Japan, which led to the low demands of coating related materials and products.

    

       

    

       

    

      For the above reasons, production of the titanium meets the bottleneck of shortage in raw materials and rising cost, which results in the hiking price. But the needs for TiO2 in global market are far away from saturation. China's TiO2 export grows fast.

    

       

    

       

    

      This monthly report will focus on the following points:

    

       

    

      China's TiO2 international trade analysis

    

      Titanium feedstock: retreated import volume with soaring price

    

      Will Technology Alliance drive TiO2 industry development?

    

      Price update in April 2011

    

      TiO2 price rising exceeds expectations

    

      Cristal announces TiO2 price hikes in Europe and Latin America

    

      Facing rising cost, leading coating companies still announce strong profit growth in Q1 2011.

    

       

    

       

    

      Another news-worthy piece is Technology Alliance. How will it affect the whole industry? Please visit our newsletter webpage http://www.cnchemicals.com/Newsletter/Newsletter.shtml and wait for the report!

    

       

    

       

    

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