Industrial Minerals


DuPont TiO2 rebounds in Q2

27 July 2010

by Mark Watts

US chemicals group’s TiO2 segment more than triples profits in Q2 on stronger demand

Keywords: DuPont, titanium dioxide, TiO2, pigment, fluorochemicals, fluorspar

The titanium dioxide (TiO2) business of US chemicals group DuPont more than tripled Q2 profits year on year, as sales volumes and prices recovered.

Pre-tax operating profit for DuPont’s Performance Chemicals division for Q2 was $274m. compared with $79m. in...