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Huntsman Announces Global TiO2 Price Increase

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

The pigments business of Huntsman Corporation, Huntsman Tioxide, announced that it increased prices globally for all grades of titanium dioxide (TiO2) effective Jan. 1, 2006, or as contracts allow.
    
The increases were as follows:
    
• North America: $0.05 per pound (USD) and $0.06 per pound (CAD).
    
• Europe: €130 per metric ton.
    
• Asia Pacific: $150 per metric ton (USD)
    
• Middle East, Africa and Latin America: $150 per metric ton (USD).

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