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Feedstock concerns send ABS prices soaring to new highs.

By Gordon Graff

Buyers of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) plastic are finding supplies plentiful but increasingly expensive, a result of the costlier and scarcer feedstocks. While the zooming cost of crude oil is most responsible for the difficult feedstock situation, other causes are at work, including shifting petrochemical process economics, and a booming market for chemical fertilizers. Meanwhile, demand for ABS in the U.S. is notably weaker than last year, as its usual markets such as automotive, construction and durable goods have cooled off significantly.

ABS prices have been going through the roof most of this year, with producers blaming poor feedstock ...

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