Spot Polyethylene trading was solid with done deals spread out along the full slate of commodity grades. HDPE injection remains snugly supplied, especially high melt flow materials; LLDPE and LDPE for injection have also tightened. Although there was a steady stream of other PE offers, asking prices were generally raised higher as producers seek to eliminate the current spot discount while they eye their $.03/lb increase nominated for August. Eve... [More]

After two months of good demand, the Polypropylene market has begun to slow down. Processors had already made great strides towards rebuilding inventories as second quarter price relief came through and with the monomer recovery rally exhausting, fears of resin prices sprinting higher seem to have been allayed. Still, producers have shifted their thoughts from simply passing through monomer movement, hoping to instead leverage the tightening supp... [More]