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News Release from: Chemtura | Subject: Antimony trioxide
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 September 2002
Price hike for antimony trioxide
Great Lakes Chemical Corp is to increase the price of all grades of antimony trioxide by $0.25/lb in the Americas and by $550/Mt in Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
Great Lakes Chemical Corp is to increase the price of all grades of antimony trioxide by $0.25/lb in the Americas and by $550/Mt in Europe and the Asia Pacific region Antimony trioxide is sold under the trade names TMS, Timonox, Trutint and Microfine
The price for other antimony derivatives will also increase dependent on antimony content.
The new pricing reflects recent increases in the London Metal Bulletin (LMB) value for antimony metal and its impact on the cost of finished antimony derivatives.
Further tightening of raw material supply is anticipated through the balance of the year.
Antimony trioxide is used as a synergist, along with brominated flame retardants, in flame-retardant polymer formulations widely used in electrical and electronic applications.
Antimony trioxide is also an effective flame retardant in high performance PVC applications.
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