The Polyethylene market was slightly less active this week as traders began to wind down for the month. All PE grades dropped a couple of cents on the week and some buyers that had been holding out took advantage of these discounts with well-timed purchases. HDPE was the major mover across our marketplace with injection grades leading the charge, followed closely by blow molding materials. LDPE film business picked back up after a couple weeks of... [More]

After a month of robust buying, spot Polypropylene demand teetered off this past week, as processors had seemingly already satisfied most of their monthly requirements. Nonetheless, producers continued to offer a healthy flow of discounted railcars into the spot market and our buyers only picked away, resulting in another penny loss across CoPP and HoPP grades. Once again, there was more railcar business completed than truckloads and CoPP was mor... [More]