The Spot Polyethylene market had a surprisingly slow week on the heels of the rather benign Hurricane Delta whose bark proved worse than its bite. Our completed volumes fell short of average as buyers retreated from the market, breaking from the frantic rate that has been sustained for two months solid. Slack demand and signs of improving supplies sent our spot PE prices back a cent, marking the first weekly decrease since the end of April. Spot ... [More]

Polypropylene trading slowed as spot supplies remained very scarce and given the price, buyers limited their demand to only satisfy short term requirements. CoPP resins were very hard to come by, occasionally offgrade railcars were offered and then bid out of reach except to those that were clearly in absolute need of material. Our CoPP benchmark prices trudged another cent higher, while HoPP resins held flat but firm, as they have been somewhat ... [More]