Polyethylene remained quite active heading into December, with a healthy volume of resin changing hands through our platform. Trading was overwhelmingly held to LLDPE commodity grades, with a number of railcars and truckloads for Film, Injection and Roto selling to both dealers and processors; our HDPE business was limited to Blow Molding material, while there was relatively little interest in LDPE, which at times has been our most active materia... [More]

Polypropylene activity ramped back up after a lethargic prior holiday-shortened week and both HoPP and CoPP prices ended the week flat. We saw another round of prime PP railcars at well-discounted prices, some for export others for domestic shipments, but by the end of the week, most of the offers had sold. Some suppliers claimed to then be done with lion's share of their December spot prime offers, we will see if the discipline holds up. Demand ... [More]