Tronox Announces Increases in Titanium Dioxide Prices in Europe

Tue, 21 October 2008

Tronox Incorporated (Pink Sheets: TROXA, TROXB), on behalf of its subsidiary companies, today announced that prices for all TRONOX® titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in the Euro markets will increase by €150 per tonne and all grades sold in Eastern Europe and Russia will increase by US$150 per tonne, effective Oct. 15, 2008, or as contracts allow.

This increase is in addition to all previously announced price increases for this region. Other increases may be announced locally within each region.

Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Tronox is the world’s third-largest producer and marketer of titanium dioxide pigment, with an annual production capacity of 642,000 tonnes. Titanium dioxide pigment is an inorganic white pigment used in paint, coatings, plastics, paper and many other everyday products. The company’s five pigment plants, which are located in the United States, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands, supply high-performance products to approximately 1,100 customers in 100 countries. In addition, Tronox produces electrolytic products, including sodium chlorate, electrolytic manganese dioxide, boron trichloride, elemental boron and lithium manganese oxide.