The spot Polyethylene market was a touch slower this week, possibly due to many market participants traveling overseas for a major plastics trade show. Regardless, there were still opportunities to work on and our trading desk made the most of the lighter deal flow, even finishing Friday with a flurry to bring completed volumes up to average. Spot prices were steady this week, except for Blow Molding and LLDPE Film which each lost a half-cent. Pr... [More]

Polypropylene trading was solid, completed volumes were healthy and prices held firm. Supply was a bit underwhelming and it took extra care and a little higher pricing to source the railcars necessary to fill our customer needs. Truckloads were more prevalent than railcars and HoPP was easier to procure than CoPP. Though PGP monomer slipped another cent, spot material has already been well-discounted to contracts and we found availability a tad t... [More]