Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

London – ChemAnalyst data* for the trading week ended 10 Feb, indicates significant pick-ups in pricing for both EPDM and nitrile rubber in selected European markets.

The increases, which built on smaller prior-week gains, were in marked contrast to the flat trends recorded for other synthetic rubber commodities and butadiene monomer.

The compiled figures are from the following specific trading-points monitored by ChemAnalyst:

*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.

Fluoroelastomers MV (25-61) FD Hamburg

Butadiene FD Hamburg