1、 Price trend

Take the rutile titanium dioxide produced by sulfuric acid process with large volume in domestic market as an example. According to the data of business club’s block list, the price of titanium dioxide is stable this week, with an average price of 21566.67 yuan / ton.

2、 Market analysis

This week, the titanium dioxide price market continued to maintain a high, strong operation. At the beginning of this month, chemours, a foreign manufacturer, announced that the price of titanium dioxide would increase by US $200 / T from the third quarter. Since July 1, the price of titanium dioxide has been raised by 225 US dollars per ton. This week, Longbai announced in a letter that the price of titanium dioxide will be increased by 500 yuan / ton from July 1. Tihai technology also sent a letter to increase the price of titanium dioxide by 500 yuan / ton, and some manufacturers will continue to follow in the future. At present, the titanium dioxide market is in the off-season, and the domestic demand is weak. However, the manufacturers have more orders in the early stage, the inventory is tight as a whole, and the price will continue to be strong. Up to now, the domestic price of rutile titanium dioxide including tax is 21000-21600 yuan / ton; The ex factory quotation of anatase titanium dioxide including tax is 18300-20000 yuan / ton; The ex factory quotation of titanium dioxide by chlorination process including tax is 22500-24000 yuan / ton.

In terms of raw materials, the price of Panxi titanium concentrate was mainly stable this week. Due to the impact of environmental protection, the spot supply of Yunnan titanium ore is relatively tight. At present, the quotation of 38 grade titanium ore without tax is 1630-1670 yuan / ton, 46 grade 10 titanium ore without tax is 2400-2450 yuan / ton, 47 grade 20 titanium ore is 2500-2550 yuan / ton. At present, the global supply of titanium raw materials is tight as a whole, and the price of titanium dioxide is expected to rise, but the transaction pressure of small and medium-sized mines is relatively high. In the short term, the price of titanium ore market is relatively rigid, the overall stability operation is the main, and the real single price is a single discussion.

3、 Future forecast

Titanium dioxide analyst of business society thinks: at present, domestic titanium dioxide demand is weakening, and foreign trade demand is fair. Domestic demand has entered the off-season, and downstream procurement is beginning to show weakness. This week, Longbai issued a letter to announce that titanium dioxide rose in July, with stable morale. In the later stage, some manufacturers will continue to follow the rise. In the short term, the manufacturers have more orders in the early stage, the inventory is tight as a whole, the price will continue to run firm, and the actual transaction price will be mainly discussed on a single basis.