Decision to discontinue rutile 95% TiO2 min bulk cif China price assessment

Fastmarkets will discontinue its price assessment for MB-RUT-0003 rutile 95% TiO2 min, bulk, cif China on Tuesday April 8.

Fastmarkets will discontinue its price assessment for MB-RUT-0003 rutile 95% TiO2 min, bulk, cif China on Tuesday April 8.

After an extended consultation period from December 30, 2024, to April 2, 2025, Fastmarkets has discontinued this price due to low demand and liquidity caused by changing market dynamics.

All short-term forecasts associated with this price produced by the Fastmarkets research team, if any, have also been discontinued.

If you have any comments on the discontinuation of this price, please contact Caroline Messecar by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Caroline Messecar re: Rutile 95% TiO2 min, bulk, cif China.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, go to: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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