Great Lakes Announces Antimony Oxide Price Increases

16-Sep-2002

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 12 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation today announced that effective for shipments after September 23, 2002, where contracts allow, the company will 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(R), Timonox(R), TRUTINT(R) and MICROFINE(R). The price for other antimony derivatives will also increase dependent upon 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 electronics applications. Antimony trioxide is also an effective flame retardant in high performance PVC applications.

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