Early publication of titanium dioxide pigment, sulfate grade, fob China

Fastmarkets’ weekly MB-TI-0009 titanium dioxide pigment, sulfate grade, fob China assessment for Thursday March 13 was published earlier than scheduled due to an error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The assessment was published at 3:58pm London time instead of the scheduled time of 4pm.

The data submission window had already closed, and the data collection and price assessment were not affected by the early publication.

MB-TI-0009 titanium dioxide pigment, sulfate grade, fob China, $ per tonne

This price is a part of the Fastmarkets Industrial Minerals package.

For more information, or to provide feedback on the early publication of these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact Jon Stibbs by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Jon Stibbs Titanium dioxide pigment, sulfate grade, fob 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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