Ti[O.sub.2]. (Plastics & Coatings in Brief).(titanium dioxide producers raising prices, world)(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, February, 2003

[TiO.sub.2] Kerr McGee Chemical LLC and affiliates are announcing a price increase for Tronox titanium dioxide pigments, effective February 15 or as contracts allow. In the US and Mexico, the price for all grades will increase by 6c. per pound. except for paper grades in the US. In Canada, the price of all grades will go up by C9c. per pound. The increase in Europe will be [euro]150 per metric ton. In the Middle East, Africa and South America, the increase will be $150 per metric ton.

In January, DuPont Titanium Technologies announced a similar price increase for its [TiO.sub.2] products, and Kerr-McGee outlined a program to upgrade its [TiO.sub.2] operations in Europe and the US (CMR 1/20/03, p. 2). Jim Fisher, president and CEO of IBMA, a consultancy based...

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