Shintech will raise its liquid caustic soda prices by $40/dry short ton effective immediately or as contract terms allow, the company said Monday in a notice to customers. The Houston-based producer was the third to say it would raise ...
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US petrochemical producer Axiall will increase its US liquid caustic soda prices by $60/dry st effective July 1, it said in a notice to customers Wednesday. In addition, the company is raising its caustic soda prices in Canada by ...
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Europe is likely to remain a net importer of caustic soda as capacity is threatened by the EU's 2017 deadline to make the costly switch to greener technology, Michael Trager, CEO of German PVC producer Vestolit, said this week. "In the ...
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US prices for all Formosa Plastics liquid caustic soda products will increase by $30/dry st immediately or as contract terms allow, the company said in a letter to customers Wednesday. The company did not provide a reason for the ...
PPG Industries announced that it has declared force majeure for vinyl chloride monomer manufactured at the company’s Lake Charles, La., chemicals complex and for all grades of liquid caustic soda on a system wide basis. The company ...
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Major Latin American PVC producer Mexichem continued to conduct internal discussions in efforts to respond to a force majeure announced last week by its feedstock VCM supplier PPG in the US, a Mexichem source said Wednesday. "We're ...
Tags: PVC, Mexichem, force majeure, Latin America