Sodium chlorate prices continue up on tight supply and high costs

摘要

THE UPSWING IN sodium chlorate prices that began around the middle of this year is likely to extend well into 2008,driven by flat supplies and an escalating demand for the product in its largest application,pulp bleaching.That's the word from industry sources that also cite soaring electric power rates and continued declines of the U.S.dollar against the Canadian dollar as other inflationary pressures on sodium chlorate prices.