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DuPont Titanium Technologies Announces a Price Increase for Ti-Pure Titanium Dioxide

Friday 31. May 2013 - Products Sold in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific Regions

DuPont announced today that it will increase prices on all of its titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) products sold in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific regions effective July 1, 2013, or as contracts allow as follows:
— $200 per metric ton (USD), for DuPont Ti-Pure titanium dioxide
(TiO(2)) grades sold in the Asia Pacific and Latin America regions.
— $200 per metric tonne (USD) for DuPont Ti-Pure titanium dioxide
(TiO(2)) grades sold in the dollar markets or 160 Euros per metric tonne
in Eurozone markets in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
— Eight cents per pound (USD) for DuPont Ti-Pure titanium dioxide
(TiO(2)) grades sold in the North America region with the exception of
DuPont RPS Vantage titanium dioxide products sold into paper and
paperboard applications, which will be managed separately.
DuPont Titanium Technologies is the world’s largest manufacturer of titanium dioxide, serving customers globally in the coatings, paper and plastics industries. The company operates plants at DeLisle, Miss.; New Johnsonville, Tenn.; Edge Moor, Del.; Altamira, Mexico; and Kuan Yin, Taiwan; all of which use the chloride manufacturing process. The company also operates a mine in Starke, Fla. Technical service centers are located in Paulinia, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Mechelen, Belgium; Dzerzhinskiy, Russia; Kuan Yin, Taiwan; Ichon, Korea; Shanghai, China; Hyderabad, India; and Wilmington, Del., to serve the Latin American, European, Middle Eastern, Asian and North American markets.