SBR, EPDM prices decline as synthetic rubber market steadies

London – Styrene-butadiene and EPDM rubber prices fell back during the trading week ended 23 Sept, while most of other synthetic rubber commodities gained over the one-week period.

Styrene-butadiene rubber recorded the biggest pricing decline at 2.3% week-on-week, while EPDM fell 1%, according to ChemAnalyst data, compiled exclusively for ERJ.

Prices of nitrile and polybutadiene rubbers gained 1.0% week-on-week, while butadiene and halobutyl rubber posted marginal improvements.

*Synthetic rubber prices compiled exclusively for ERJ:
EPDM medium diene FOB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Halobutyl rubber BIIS CFR, Hamburg, Germany
Styrene butadiene rubber 1502 FD Wuppertal, Germany
Nitrile butadiene rubber 18-40% CFR, Hamburg, Germany
Polybutadiene rubber FOB, Hamburg, Germany.
Butadiene FD Hamburg