Currently, the prices of Titanium Concentrate in main areas of China are as follows:

Panzhihua City TiO2 46.5% ex-works price excluding tax RMB 1,450/Ton;

Hainan Province TiO2 50% ex-works price excluding tax RMB 1,050/Ton;

Yunnan Province TiO2 44% ex-works price excluding tax RMB 750/Ton.

At present, large-scale miners conduct annual maintenance, and miners of Jinjiang District suspend production, so that the supply of goods in stock is tight. Besides, recover of production of titanium dioxide manufacture in Jinjiang District successively make the supply of Titanium Concentrate tighter. Price of downstrem titanium dioxide is expected to rise in future and stocking is wanted by the end of the year that the demand of Titanium Concentrate exceeds supply. Some manufacturers have to find inferior mineral resources around. In short time, price of Titanium Concentrate may continue to firm. 

• [Editor:Wang Linyan]