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Article: Crude Sulfate Turpentine (CST). (F&F Corner).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Chemical Market Reporter
- Article date:
- August 12, 2002
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Crude Sulfate Turpentine (CST) prices are stalled at 50c. per gallon. Pricing remains unchanged once again' says a producer. "Basically, the reasons are the same as before: weak demand for products that are derived from turpentine. That market continues to be weak. Sales are slow, and on the raw material end, paper mill production has fallen off. But demand for the products has fallen off at a greater rate and that's what's causing stabilization of the pricing." Three commodity end markets are the primary consumers of CST: pine oil and solvents, ...