Industrial demand lifts menthol prices

Menthol prices rose by Rs 5 per kg in the national capital today on fresh buying support from pharmaceutical units amid limited stocks.
Menthol bold crystal, menthol flake and mentha oil prices up by Rs 5 each to conclude at Rs 1,075, Rs 1,065 and Rs 1,095 per kg, respectively.
Traders said buying support from pharmaceutical and other consuming industries, mainly pushed up menthol 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 600-700, Boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 4,500-5,300, Borex granular (50 kg) Rs 2,200-2,500.

Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,750-1,850, Citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,450-3,650, Citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,800-4,000, Camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 365, Camphor powder (1kg) Rs 330, Glycerin (1 kg) Rs 140-160, Hexamine (1kg) Rs 94, Hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 36-50, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,075, menthol flake (1 kg) Rs 1,065 and mentha oil (1kg) Rs 1,095.