Caustic soda rises on tight supply
NEW DELHI: Caustic soda prices rose by Rs 50 per 50 kg in the national capital today largely on the back of good demand from detergent manufacturers amid tight supply from producing belts.
Caustic soda flake rose by Rs 50 to Rs 1,900-1,950 per 50 kg.
Marketmen 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.
The following are today’s quotations: Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 1,200-2,400, Acetic acid (1 kg) Rs 48-55, Ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 500-800, Boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 4,500-5,200, Borex granular (50 kg) Rs 2,300-2,600.
Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,900-1,950, Citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 4,000-4,400, Citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,800-4,500, Camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 460, Camphor powder (1kg) Rs 415, Glycerine (1 kg) Rs 110-140, Hexamine (1kg) Rs 92, Hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 40-50, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,060, menthol flake (1 kg) Rs 1,000 and mentha oil (1kg) Rs 900.
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