In 2018, the major international titanium dioxide giants increased the price of titanium dioxide, followed by some domestic titanium dioxide companies also follow up prices. On March 5, Jinpu Titanium Industry announced a price increase for titanium dioxide. Behind the price adjustment of enterprises, the titanium dioxide industry continues to pick up. The industry expects that the demand for titanium dioxide in the global market will remain strong, and the titanium dioxide industry is expected to remain in good condition in 2018.
Titanium dioxide companies have raised prices
On March 5, Jinpu Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. announced that due to the recent rapid increase in the prices of sulfur, natural gas and other major raw materials and energy, and the increase in logistics costs, the production cost of titanium dioxide has increased significantly. According to the recent market conditions, the company's price committee has decided to determine that the sales prices of the company's anatase and rutile titanium dioxide will be raised by RMB 600/ton for various domestic customers and 100 US$ for various international customers. /Ton.
Previously, the domestic titanium dioxide leading enterprise Long Yuli announced on the evening of February 7th that the domestic price of titanium dioxide was raised by RMB 500/ton from the date of purchase, and the price of chlorination/sulphuric acid titanium dioxide by international customers was raised by US$200/$150 respectively. Ton. China National Nuclear Titanium Dioxide announced on the evening of February 8 that it raised the sales price of rutile titanium dioxide, domestic sales prices were raised by 500 yuan/ton, and export prices were raised by 150 dollars/ton.
On February 22nd, the Ventoman subsidiary of international titanium dioxide leader Venator announced that it intends to increase the sales price of titanium dioxide worldwide from April 1, 2018. Venator is the third largest titanium dioxide producer in the world and has a titanium dioxide production capacity of 800,000 tons per year, accounting for around 10% of the current global production capacity.
Listed company performance is good
With the price increase of companies such as international giants, the titanium dioxide industry boom has once again improved, providing support for the performance of A-share listed companies in the industry.
A few days ago, Long Yaoli released a performance report. In 2017, the company achieved operating income of 10.355 billion yuan, an increase of 147.49% year-on-year; net profit was 2.493 billion yuan, an increase of 463.95% year-on-year. The company stated that the main reason for the substantial increase in net profit during the reporting period compared with the previous year was that the increase in product prices in 2017 had led to an increase in operating income and gross margin for product sales; the company strengthened its management and management, reduced its cost and expenses, and improved its profitability. In addition, the 2017 results of the company include the performance of Sichuan Longxu Titanium Co., Ltd. for the full year 2017.
In addition, the 2017 performance report released by CNI Titanium showed that during the reporting period, the company achieved operating revenue of 3.256 billion yuan, an increase of 58.99% year-on-year; net profit was 389 million yuan, an increase of 362.06% year-on-year. The main reason for the increase in performance was the continued recovery of the titanium dioxide market in 2017. The company’s main product, titanium dioxide, saw a year-on-year increase in sales volume. Sales prices increased year-on-year, and gross profit margin improved.
Focus on leading corporate opportunities
For the recovery of the industry, Minsheng Securities believes that the domestic downstream decoration, automotive and other fields are in a period of recovery or a stable period, and the demand for titanium dioxide is stable. The international downstream re-painting market will usher in the outbreak period of the boom cycle, and the long-term support price of titanium dioxide is at a high level. Titanium dioxide enterprises to make up the stock market will also stabilize the demand for titanium dioxide.
According to Guohai Securities, the overseas real estate industry in emerging markets is growing at a rapid rate, and the rapid growth in downstream demand will promote the steady growth of domestic exports of titanium dioxide, with a large export market. The data shows that the domestic titanium dioxide output increased from 137,000 tons in 2007 to 722,000 tons in 2016.
Among A-share companies, Longxueli is the largest titanium dioxide enterprise with the largest capacity in China and has 560,000 tons/year of titanium dioxide production capacity. It ranks first in Asia and fourth in the world, and is also the only domestic company that possesses large-scale chlorination process. The company's nuclear titanium dioxide is China's second largest titanium dioxide enterprise, with a capacity of 250,000 tons/year.
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