Titanium dioxide, the international giant price increases of domestic enterprises will once again follow up?

after the return, many chemical raw materials prices, more obvious, such as styrene rose 1000 yuan / ton, up 500 yuan / tons of pure epoxy resin, rose 1000 yuan / ton, in addition, such as acrylic acid, toluene and other product prices also showed a rising trend to.

Under such environment, 2016 concern titanium dioxide has not announced a price increase. Then the possibility of future price how much?

First of all, the product price for each factor, the vast majority of petroleum chemicals such as aromatics, olefins, crude oil prices continued stability depends on the external environment, good, cost is the main driving factors of this kind of product prices. Such as styrene, analysis of the reasons for rising, the impact of the Chinese New Year holidays, dollar market boom, the market is expected to run high styrene dollars deposit; secondly, through continuous upstream prices, equipment maintenance, started small, pull the styrene market.

For titanium dioxide, the current cost of face stability, 46% titanium concentrate at present the whole offer 1550-1600 yuan / ton, the beginning of the January Panzhihua titanium dioxide producers west region has been low load due to the early resumption of production, inventory and market supply, prices generally optimistic short-term titanium concentrate.

The market demand and before a reversal of the trend, the majority of domestic sulfuric acid method of rutile and anatase Titanium dioxide The mainstream offer in 15500-16800 yuan / ton 14000-15000 yuan / ton (including tax). After a year of rising, downstream customers have become accustomed to the routine before the rise, some customers have been stocking, some traders have low value and early stockpile behavior, market supply and demand imbalance occurs or short time.

Recently, China Titanium dioxide The Trade Association for the normal production of the existing 39 more than the size of the whole process of type Titanium dioxide Production enterprises (3 enterprises, 35 sulfuric acid chlorination enterprises, 1 enterprises with sulfuric acid / chlorination) statistics, in 2016, 39 companies Titanium dioxide Total production was 2597212 tons, compared with 2323012 tons in 2015 increased 274199 tons, an increase of 11.8%, a new record high.

The 11.8% is in the background of misfits to the production capacity, output and price is two pronged situation will have problems, but if these incremental belongs to high quality products, if the market has changed, these incremental is healthy, the volume of price possible. High quality products, is to break the old relationship between supply and demand, is also a prerequisite for a healthy market environment.

In February 6th, the international giant, mu (Chemours) announced that, since March 1, 2017, all Ti-Pure up Canada, Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa Sales? Titanium dioxide The price, including the Asia Pacific region increased 150 dollars / ton. This will stimulate domestic price Titanium dioxide Price increases? In February 28th, the annual report released by the billions, the largest Titanium dioxide The enterprise will once again raise prices? 2017 Titanium dioxide How the price, it is worth looking forward to.