The spot Polyethylene market roared with life, activity was heightened throughout the entire week, despite very little price change amongst the commodity grades. Completed volumes were well above average as both railcars and truckloads changed hands at a rapid rate. Our Generic Prime prices, which have been sliding, were mostly flat except for LLDPE Injection which lost a penny as availability improved. Many cars are delayed and/or caught up in t... [More]

Polypropylene trading continued its hectic pace during the first full week of August. As contract resin prices closely shadow monomer costs, market sentiment improved a touch with the higher spot Propylene quotes this week. Still, overall HoPP and CoPP pricing was flat and our demand favored Copolymer materials. In general, PP availability was good, but not overly abundant; suppliers were aggressive enough with their offgrade railcar pricing and ... [More]