NEW DELHI, June 16: Caustic soda prices rose by Rs 50 per 50 kg in the national capital today largely on the back of pick up in demand from consuming industries amid fall in supplies from producing belts.
Caustic soda flake rose by Rs 50 to conclude at Rs 1,950- 2,050 per 50 kg.
Marketmen said apart from rising demand from detergent manufacturers and other consuming industries, fall in 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 850-2,200, acetic acid (1kg) Rs 42-45, ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 450-625, boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 3,500-4,300, borex granular (50 kg) Rs 2,000-2,300.
Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,950-2,050, citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,200-3,600, citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,000-3,600, camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 360, camphor powder (1kg) Rs 325, glycerine (1 kg) Rs 150-200, hexamine (1kg) Rs 96, hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 50-75, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 2,325, menthol flake (1 kg) Rs 1,650 and mentha oil (1kg) Rs 1,480.
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 90
Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 106
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 107
Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 1,200
Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 1,150
Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW) Rs 1,150
Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 1,150
Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 130-160
Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) damosha Rs 115 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) china Rs 108 Sodium hydro sulphite safolite (1 kg) Rs 125-150 Sodium silicate (Qtl) Rs 1,050-1,200
Sodium nitrate (50 kg) Rs 1,900-2,000
Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 2,000-2,300
Sodium bio-carbonate (50 kg) Rs 1,050
Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 350-400 Tartaric acid france (1 kg) Rs 440
Thymol (1 kg) Rs 1200
Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 170-300
Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,700-3,000 Zinc oxide (Kg) 110-120.
(PTI)