Chemours TiO₂ Pricing Drives 11% Titanium Technologies Sales Growth

Chemours reported stronger third-quarter results in its Titanium Technologies business, with higher titanium dioxide pigment pricing driving sales and earnings growth.
Titanium Technologies generated third-quarter sales of $680 million, up 11% from $612 million a year earlier. TiO₂ pigment sales increased 10% to $650 million, while minerals sales increased 43% to $30 million.
The company attributed the segment's growth primarily to a 10% increase in global selling prices. Global volumes increased 1%, with growth in North America, Latin America and Asia-Pacific excluding China more than offsetting lower volumes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and China.
Adjusted EBITDA for Titanium Technologies increased to $85 million from $25 million in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin rose to 13% from 4%. Chemours said stronger pricing and higher volumes supported the improvement, partially offset by modest cost inflation.
Sequentially, Titanium Technologies sales increased 3% from the second quarter. Prices increased another 4%, reflecting continued implementation of previously announced TiO₂ pricing actions, while global volumes declined 1%.
At the company level, Chemours reported third-quarter net sales of $1.54 billion, up 3%. Adjusted EBITDA increased 6% to $200 million.
Looking ahead, Chemours expects Titanium Technologies sales to decline by a high-single-digit to low-teens percentage sequentially in the fourth quarter, primarily reflecting seasonality. The company expects segment adjusted EBITDA of $60 million to $65 million.
Read Chemours' third-quarter results.
TiO₂ is one of the coatings industry's most important pigments, making Chemours' pricing and volume trends a useful indicator of raw-material conditions heading into 2027. The results show that substantial price increases are holding even as demand remains uneven by region. Follow PCI's coverage of Paint and Coating Pigments.
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