Author Archives: James Gubera

Plastic Recycling in the USA / China Markets

Jim Gubera’s Plastic Recycling Blog Plastic Recycling in the USA / China Markets For the past several years I have posted my plastic recycling Blog on Blogger.com  as Plastic Recycling in the USA / China Markets  “A Collection of observations … Continue reading

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Caprolactam prices in Asia are back to rising after falling to around $3120/MT in late May 2011

It is hard to say what is going to happen to plastic resin prices through the 3 QTR of 2011, but I feel most resin prices will soften over the next 30-60 days.  We saw Caprolactam (Capro) fall in price … Continue reading

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Caprolactam (Capro) and Nylon 6 (PA6) continue to soften in the Asia/China markets.

The price of prime Caprolactam continues to soften in the Asian market. Last week Capro was selling in China in the $3320/MT price range and falling. The USA Capro suppliers (Honeywell / BASF) are trying to maintain the price at … Continue reading

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Caprolactam (Capro) and Nylon 6 (PA6) prices are softening in the Asia/China Markets

The price of prime Caprolactam (Capro) is finally starting to soften in the Asian market. Over the past two weeks we have seen Capro soften in price by $200/MT, and the price has continued to soften even more this week … Continue reading

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Caprolactam (Capro) reaches $3620-$3630/MT in Asia /China Nylon 6 Market

The price of prime Caprolactam (Capro) is now trading above $3620/MT ($1.642/lb.) delivered in the Asian market for April shipments. This once again is a historically high price for prime Capro that is being driven by the supply disruption in … Continue reading

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Talk about “March Madness” prime Caprolactam (CPL) reaches $3520-$3560/MT in China

The price of prime Caprolactam (CPL) is now trading above $3500/MT delivered in the Asian market. This is a historically high price for prime CPL that is being driven by Broker/Traders speculating on continued price increases for the product. The … Continue reading

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Nylon 66 (PA66) and Nylon 6 (PA6) prices continue to increase in February 2011

The price of both Nylon 66 and Nylon 6 wide specification (WS) pellets and scrap was up again in February 2011. There are currently several factors driving these world wide price increases for commodities and plastics. Of course the main … Continue reading

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Dualloy wants your CHROME PLATED PLASTIC Scrap for collection and recycling

Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd. is a plastic recycling company with our main office in Hong Kong. Dualloys’ USA sales and purchasing office is located in Houston, TX, and we have a sales office and warehouse in Guangzhou, China. Our goal … Continue reading

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Caprolactam reaches a new historically high selling price of $3330/MT in the China market

The Chinese Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) is now over, and most of the businessmen have returned back to work this week. Most of the factories in China are still closed for one more week, and will not start back … Continue reading

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Nylon 66 and Nylon 6 prices are up in the 1st quarter of 2011

Nylon 66 (PA 66) and Nylon 6 (PA 6) prices are both up in January 2011. I think that we have reached another historic high in pricing for both products, and that both markets will remain strong through the first … Continue reading

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