Monthly Titanium Market Report Jul 2019
2019-08-16 17:52:41 【Print】
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1． Market Highlight
In July, Panzhihua-based ilmenite price continued to decline slightly, with shrinking demand due to the sluggish downstream market. High titanium slag price increased, with increasing downstream demand but tight supply. Titanium tetrachloride price kept high, with increasing market supply. Titanium sponge price rose, and some suppliers raised prices considerably. Some titanium mill product suppliers raised prices affected by the price rising of raw material titanium sponge, while demand from civil-purpose titanium mill products was still weak and it was hard to raise the prices.
In July, prices for Chinese titanium dioxide turned from dropping to stablizing and downstream consumers still took a prudent attitude on purchase, leading to few transactions. Export prices for titanium dioxide kept stable, with export volume much less than that of last year.
As for ferrotitanium, prices for Chinese high grade ferronickel went up due to raw material titanium scrap price rising; prices for low grade ferronickel edged down as downstream industry entered off season; European ferrotitanium prices moved down; export prices of high grade ferronickel from Russian market decreased, with shrinking downstream demand.
In July, Panzhihua-based ilmenite price continued to decline slightly, with shrinking demand due to the sluggish downstream market. High titanium slag price increased, with increasing downstream demand but tight supply. Titanium tetrachloride price kept high, with increasing market supply. Titanium sponge price rose, and some suppliers raised prices considerably. Some titanium mill product suppliers raised prices affected by the price rising of raw material titanium sponge, while demand from civil-purpose titanium mill products was still weak and it was hard to raise the prices.
In July, prices for Chinese titanium dioxide turned from dropping to stablizing and downstream consumers still took a prudent attitude on purchase, leading to few transactions. Export prices for titanium dioxide kept stable, with export volume much less than that of last year.
As for ferrotitanium, prices for Chinese high grade ferronickel went up due to raw material titanium scrap price rising; prices for low grade ferronickel edged down as downstream industry entered off season; European ferrotitanium prices moved down; export prices of high grade ferronickel from Russian market decreased, with shrinking downstream demand.
