International Process Plants and Equipment Corp. (IPP) and Bluestar (Beijing) Chemical Machinery Co. (BCMC–a unit of ChemChina) have completed commissioning of SR Chemical Group’s brand new chlor-alkali production complex yielding 30,000 tons/yr of 32% caustic soda.   “IPP and BCMC have been delighted to serve as the plant supplier for the Chlor-Alkali plant. This challenging project in a remote rural area of Northern Bangladesh was only able to be accomplished through a close collaboration of BCMC, SR Chemical, and IPP. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the final installation and testing work due to travel restrictions and health precautions, but BCMC and SR Chemical’s talented project teams managed to revise their work plans to accommodate for the changing circumstances without stopping the project’s progress,” said Ross Gale, Vice President of International Process Plants.   “We are very pleased that despite the challenges in implemen...

Price trend According to the commodity analysis system of toodudu, the price of flake caustic soda had been consolidating this week. At the beginning of the week, the average market price in Shandong was 3,433.33 RMB/ton, and on the weekend it was 3,400 RMB/ton. The price had decreased by 0.97%, and a decrease of 4.23% compared to the same period last year. On April 11th, the chlor alkali index was 979 points, a decrease of 1 point from the previous day, a decrease of 53.99% from the highest point in the cycle of 2,128 points (2021-10-24), and an increase of 37.50% from the lowest point of 712 points on January 5th, 2016. (Note: The cycle refers to 2011-12-01 present) Upstream caustic soda According to the Commodity Analysis System of toodudu, the price of caustic soda was weak this week. At the beginning of the week, the average market price in Shandong was 814 RMB/ton, and the average market price on weekends was 796 RMB/ton, a decrease of 2.21% in price and a decrease of 11.56% c...