A field note on tio2 price and what really matters in the can

I’ve been tracking rutile TiO2 cycles for years, and to be honest, the story rarely sits still. Freight softens, ilmenite bumps up, a chloride line restarts—then the graph wiggles again. But buyers don’t purchase curves; they buy hiding power, dispersion, and repeatability.

Product snapshot: Industrial Grade Titanium Dioxide TiO2 (Rutile), 25 kg

Origin: Jindi Industrial Park, Dacheng County, Langfang City, Hebei Province. It’s a workhorse rutile pigment with strong whiteness, brightness, and gloss. Users in coatings, plastics, paper, inks, chemical fiber, rubber, and even cosmetics tell me it disperses fast and keeps color clean. Exterior paints? Weathering is solid; anti-chalking performance is better than you’d expect at this tier.

Quick test data from field panels: contrast ratio > 0.97 at 40 μm DFT in acrylic exterior paint; gloss retention after 1,000 h QUV B accelerated weathering stayed respectable (details on request). Certifications typically include ISO 9001 and ISO 14001; REACH and RoHS declarations are available from most exporters in Hebei.

Market watch: what’s moving the tio2 price now

Three levers, mostly: feedstock (ilmenite/rutile) costs, energy in North Asia, and freight. Demand from packaging, appliances, and automotive refinish is steady-to-firm. I guess the headline is stability with mild upside pressure. Buyers tell me quarterly negotiations hover around the band below.

Note: Bands shift monthly; negotiated rebates, palletization, and tint strength guarantees can tweak the effective tio2 price.

Applications, process, and real-world service life

- Coatings (interior/exterior architectural, packaging lines), plastics (masterbatch, film), paper coating, printing inks, fibers, rubber, cosmetics. In exterior acrylics, expect 7–12 years service life depending on binder and UV load.

Process flow (supplier-side, simplified): ilmenite feedstock → sulfate route digestion → hydrolysis → calcination → micronization → inorganic/organic surface treatment → sieving → QC per ISO 787 test methods → 25 kg bagging. Testing standards: ISO 787 series, ASTM D476, GB/T 1706. Coating benchmarks often reference ISO 12944 when anti-corrosion systems are involved.

Customization and field notes

Available tweaks: tighter PSD for high-gloss coil coatings, hydrophobic organic treatment for plastics, and low-abrasion grades for ink. Many customers say batch-to-batch color is stable; dispersion time in alkyds is short—surprisingly forgiving on medium-shear mills.

Mini case studies

Packaging paint maker (SEA): Swapped in this rutile grade at 3% lower PVC; hiding matched control and the effective tio2 price per covered m² dropped ~6%.

Film masterbatch (MENA): With a hydrophobic treatment variant, screw torque fell 5–7% and yellowness index improved by ~0.3 units.

Sheet-fed ink: Achieved higher opacity at 0.5% lower loading; press operators reported cleaner blankets.

Authoritative references:

1. ISO 787 series — General methods of test for pigments
2. ASTM D476 — Standard Classification for Titanium Dioxide Pigments
3. ECHA REACH dossier — Titanium dioxide
4. ISO 12944 — Corrosion protection of steel structures by protective paint systems