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Mumbai Chemical Market



       Caustic soda fl akes, Methanol and Butyl acetate fi rm

       up; Acetone, Cyclohexanone and Octanol down



         The week under review saw       at Rs. 86 in bulk. MEK (imported)  Chloralkali
       prices of methanol, caustic soda   was at Rs. 94 (basic).             Caustic soda fl akes ruled up
       fl akes, caustic potash and butyl                                   by a rupee at Rs. 63 in bulk, and
       acetate gaining on previously       Methanol (imported) ruled up  Caustic soda lye was down by
       reported levels, while chemicals   by a rupee at Rs. 24.50 in bulk,  Rs. 2 at Rs. 34 (basic). Caustic
       like butyl cellosolve, cyclo-     ex-Kandla. Dimethyl formamide  potash  was up by a rupee at
       hexanone, propylene glycol,       (DMF) was at Rs. 57 per kg in  Rs. 122 in bulk. Ethylene dichlo-
       octanol, phenol and acetone ruled   bulk.                          ride was down at Rs. 18 in bulk.
       lower.                                                             Among the  Chloromethanes,
                                         Oxo alcohols                     Methylene chloride was down
         Toluene  (RIL)  was at            Domestic Octanol was down  by Rs. 2 at Rs. 33 in bulk. Chloro-
       Rs. 67.50 (basic) in bulk, while   by a rupee at Rs. 93, while  form was down at Rs. 10.50 in
       Toluene (BPCL) was at Rs. 70      imported material was down at  bulk.
       (basic) in bulk and Rs. 121 for   Rs. 93. Domestic Butanol was at
       barrels. BPCL’s Benzene was at    Rs. 82 and imported material was  Phthalates
       Rs. 65, while Benzene (RIL) was   at Rs. 83. Domestic and imported    DOP was at Rs. 116, while
       at Rs. 64.                        Isobutanol ruled at Rs. 74.      DBP was at Rs. 113. DIBP was
                                                                          at Rs. 110. DBM was at Rs. 110
         Mixed xylene was at Rs. 67.50   Fibre intermediates              and DOA was at Rs. 132. DOM
       in bulk, while imported mixed       MEG was at Rs. 53 in bulk,  was at Rs. 121.
       xylene was at Rs. 74.50 (basic).   while DEG was at Rs. 62 for bulk.
       O-Xylene (OX) was Rs. 84, while   PTA was at Rs. 77.               Titanium dioxide
       imported material was down by                                         Anatase  grade  Titanium
       Rs. 5 at Rs. 83 in bulk. Domestic   Phenol                         dioxide (TTPL) was at Rs. 220
       Isopropyl alcohol was at Rs. 82     Phenol imported material was  (basic) in bulk, while rutile
       in bulk and at Rs. 143 for packed   down by Rs. 3.50 at Rs. 83.50 in  grade of KMML was at
       material.                         bulk. Acetone imported material  Rs. 263 (basic) for paint, ink and
                                         was down by Rs. 6 at Rs. 63.     for plastic grade, the rate was at
         Among the aromatic solvents,                                     Rs. 268.
       C-9 was down by a rupee at Rs. 73.   Acetyls
       Cyclohexane was at Rs. 80 in        Acetic acid  was down at          Among the imported materials,
       bulk, while Cyclohexanone was     Rs. 32.50 in bulk. Ethyl acetate  DuPont was quoted at Rs. 320
       down by Rs. 3.50 at Rs. 98 in     was at Rs. 64.50 in bulk, while  (basic) per kg; Huntsman was
       bulk. Acrylonitrile (imported)    Butyl acetate was up by Rs. 2 at  at Rs. 265 and Tronox was at
       was at Rs. 98.50 in bulk. Styrene   Rs. 82 in bulk. Butyl cellosolve  Rs. 290. Chinese rutile was at
       monomer was at Rs. 82. Propy-     was down by Rs. 5 at Rs. 94 in bulk.  Rs. 235 (basic), Chinese anatase
       lene glycol was down by a rupee   Vinyl acetate was at Rs. 71 in bulk.  was at Rs. 210.


       Chemical Weekly  July 29, 2025                                                                  189


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