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受累于全球经济不景气,美国钛白粉市场疲软已经持续了一年左右。不过最近钛白粉主要下游领域建筑行业已显示出复苏迹象,钛白粉生产商由此预计行情下行趋势将走到尽头,市场需求增长可能推动价格在明年年初反弹,只是目前仍处于传统需求淡季,今年年底之前钛白粉市场仍将维持低迷行情。美国主要钛白粉生产商亨斯迈公司CEO彼得·亨斯迈近日表示:“我们相信今年第四季度末下游生产商将完成库存清理,2013年上半年需求将稳中有增。”杜邦公司和洛克伍德公司也认为,
Affected by the global economic downturn, the weak titanium dioxide market in the United States has lasted about a year. However, the construction sector in the major downstream areas of titanium dioxide has shown signs of recovery recently. Titanium dioxide producers expect the downward trend of the market to come to an end. Market demand growth may push the price rebound early next year, but it is still in the off season for traditional demand. This year Titanium dioxide market will remain depressed before the end of the market. Peter Huntsman, CEO of Huntsman, a major US manufacturer of titanium dioxide, said recently: “We believe that downstream producers will complete inventory cleansing by the end of the fourth quarter of this year and demand will steadily increase in the first half of 2013.” DuPont Companies and Lockwood also believe that,