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News Release from: Chemtura
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 10 March 2004
Further price rise announced for
antimony trioxide
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has announced that the company will increase the price for all grades of antimony trioxide for orders shipped after March 29, 2004.
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has announced that effective for shipments after March 29, 2004, where contracts allow, the company will increase the price for all grades of antimony trioxide by USA$0.15/lb in the Americas and by USA$330/MT in Europe and the Asia Pacific region The price for other antimony derivatives will also increase dependent upon antimony content
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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This price increase is in addition to the increase of USA$0.25/lb in the Americas and USA$550/MT in Europe and the Asia Pacific region that took effect on January 23, 2004.
The new pricing for antimony trioxide reflects 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, sold under the trade names TMS, Timonox, Trutint and Microfine, is used as a synergist, along with brominated flame retardants, in flame retardant polymer formulations widely used in electrical and electronics applications.
Antimony trioxide is also an effective flame retardant in high performance PVC applications.
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