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

DuPont

announced today that it will increase prices on all of its titanium dioxide (TiO2) 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 (TiO2) grades sold in the Asia Pacific and Latin America regions. $200 per metric tonne (USD) for DuPont™ Ti-Pure® titanium dioxide (TiO2) 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 (TiO2) 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.