Platts will discontinue US spot chlorine price Sep 9

S&P Global Platts will discontinue its weekly US spot chlorine assessment, effective September 9, 2019, due to limited spot market activity.

This decision follows a proposal note initially published June 7, 2019.

Platts will continue to publish the US chlorine domestic contract price. Platts understands that the US chlorine market largely trades on a term basis.

The discontinuation will affect the following:

These assessments appear in Solventswire, on Platts Petrochemical Alert pages 243, 380 and 393, as well as in the Platts price database under the codes listed above.

Please send any comments or questions to americaspetrochemicals@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

For written comments, please provide a clear indication if they are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing. Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.