Caustic soda rises on firm demand

Caustic soda prices rose by Rs 100 per 50 kg today, largely on the back of a firm demand from consuming industries amid fall in supplies from producing belts. 

Caustic soda flake rose by Rs 100 to close at Rs 1,050-1,100 per 50 kg.

Market analysts said apart from good demand from detergent manufacturers, tight supplies from producing belts also pushed up caustic soda prices on the wholesale chemical market here.

Following are today's quotations:

Ammonium chloride (50 kg), Rs 1,500-2,400, acetic acid (1 kg) Rs 35-40, ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 450-480, boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 3,500-3,900, borex granular (50 kg) Rs 2,000-2,300

Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,050-1,100, citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,000-3,500, citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,100-3,400, camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 440, camphor powder (1kg) Rs 3430, glycerine (1 kg) Rs 115-125, hexamine (1 kg) Rs 82

hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 33-35, mercury (34.5 kg) Rs 84,000, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,375, menthol flake (1kg) Rs 1,325 and mentha oil (1 kg) Rs 1,270

Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 80-85 Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 100 Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 93 Residue wax (p tonne) Rs 41,000 Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 975 Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 950 Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW)  Rs 950 Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 950

Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 140-150 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) damosha Rs 88 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) china Rs 58 Sodium hydro sulphite safolite (1 kg) Rs 110-135 Sodium silicate (Qtl) Rs 1,050-1,200 Sodium nitrate (50 kg) Rs 1,600-1,800

Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 1,750-1,900 Sodium bio-carbonate (50 kg) Rs 1,025 Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 350-400 Tartaric acid france (1 kg) Rs 440 Thymol (1 kg) Rs 460 Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 125-135 Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 1,800-1,900 Zinc oxide (Kg) 100-115