Caustic soda prices climb as supply dries up

Caustic soda prices rose by Rs 50 per 50 kg in the national capital today, mostly supported by a fall in supplies from producing belts amid firm demand from consuming industries.
Caustic soda flake rose by Rs 50 to Rs 1,850-1,950 per 50 kg.
Marketmen said that apart from good demand from detergent manufacturers, the fall in supplies from producing belts pushed up caustic soda prices at the wholesale chemical market here.
Following are today's quotations:
Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 2,000-3,000, Acetic acid (1kg) Rs 53-57, Ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 550-700, Boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 4,500-5,000, Borex granular (50 kg) Rs 2,200-2,500.

Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 80

Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 105
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 106
Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 1,330
Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 1,310
Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW) Rs 1,315
Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 1,310
Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 100-140
Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) damosha Rs 140 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) china Rs 125 Sodium hydro sulphite safolite (1 kg) Rs 140-183 Sodium silicate(50 kg) Rs 1,050-1,400
Sodium nitrate (50 kg) Rs 1,900-2,250
Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 2,500-2,750
Sodium bio-carbonate-tata (50 kg) Rs 1,370 Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 500-700 Tartaric acid France (1 kg) Rs 500

Thymol (1 kg) Rs 500
Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 115-350
Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,650-2,750 Zinc oxide (Kg) 150-180.