It was a very good week to trade Polyethylene; the flow of offers improved, albeit at higher prices, and transactions came together at a fairly rapid rate. Our completed volumes were strong and ran well above the 2019 average, as a smattering of fresh railcar offers were finally shown to the spot market, satisfying some pent up demand. LDPE for film and other more specialty LLDPE grades were still tight amid ongoing production issues, which boost... [More]

Polypropylene trading picked right back up after a somewhat slower stint to start the month, which had mostly been due to a lack of supply. Availability improved a touch this past week, but was still considered to be fairly tight after the sizable purge seen during the second half of Jan. The flow of domestic railcars resumed, both prime and offgrade, and those priced just a penny or two higher were scooped up in a heartbeat, but sellers asking f... [More]