Caustic soda rises on firm demand

Caustic soda prices rose by Rs 50 per 50 kg in the national capital today, largely on the back of a firm demand from consuming industries amid fall in supply from producing belts.

Caustic soda flake rose by Rs 50 to settle at Rs 1,300-1,400 per 50 kg.

Market analysts 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.

Following are today's quotations:

Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 900-2,400, acetic acid (1kg) Rs 44-46, ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 450-470, boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 3,400-3,800, borex granular (50 kg) Rs 1,800-2,000.

Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,300-1,400, citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,600-4,400, citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,700-4,500, camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 410, camphor powder (1kg) Rs 400, glycerine (1 kg) Rs 110-120, hexamine (1kg) Rs 82, hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 33-35, mercury (34.5 kg) Rs 3300, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,335, menthol flake (1kg) Rs 1,290 and mentha oil (1kg) Rs 1,235.

Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 80-83

Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 95

Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 95

Residue wax (p tonne) Rs 41,000

Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 1,025

Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 975

Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW)  Rs 975

Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 975

Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 100-130

Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) damosha Rs 88 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) china Rs 55 Sodium hydro sulphite safolite (1 kg) Rs 110-133 Sodium silicate (Qtl) Rs 1,050-1,200

Sodium nitrate (50 kg) Rs 1,700-1,900

Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 1,900-2,200

Sodium bio-carbonate (50 kg) Rs 1,025

Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 325-340 Tartaric acid france (1 kg) Rs 440

Thymol (1 kg) Rs 640

Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 120-200

Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,000-2,200 Zinc oxide (Kg) 110-120