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Antimony trioxide prices are going up again, reflecting continuing escalation in the price of antimony metal. On 12 Sep, Great Lakes Chemical Corp announced that, with effect from 25 Sep 2002, prices for its Sb 2 O 3 deliveries to customers in the Americas would increase by $0.25 per pound, while prices for deliveries to customers in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region would increase by $550 per tonne. On 3 Oct, the company announced that, with effect from 26 Oct 2002, prices for its Sb 2 O 3 deliveries to customers in the Americas would increase by a further $0.50 per pound, while prices for deliveries to customers in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region would increase by $1100 per tonne.
Price increases for Sb 2 O 3 had already been implemented in Sep 2001, Apr, Jun and Aug 2002. (See also 'Focus on Pigments ', Jul 2002, 5).
At the same time as the latest price rise for Sb 2 O 3 , Great Lakes Chemical announced price increases for its flame retardants based on pentabromodiphenyl oxide -by rather more modest increments, namely $0.10 per pound in the Americas and $220 per tonne in Europe and Asia/Pacific.
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