Chemicals, Olefins

October 04, 2024

Platts launches weekly European carbon black spot assessments

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has launched weekly carbon black spot assessments for Northwest Europe, effective Oct. 4, 2024.

The new assessments were originally proposed in a subscriber note published on Aug. 16 and available here, with a subsequent note published on Sept. 2 and available here.

Details of the assessments are as follows:

Assessment Carbon black N330 Carbon black N550
Symbol CABDB00 CABDA00
Basis and location DDP NWE DDP NWE
Cargo size Min Size 20 mt Min Size 20 mt
Laycan Delivery 3-30 days forward Delivery 3-30 days forward
UOM Eur/mt Eur/mt
Specifications Particle size 25-35 nm Particle size 40-60 nm

Pricing information for material with other specifications and terms may be normalized accordingly.

The assessments reflect the latest information sourced from the market up to the close of the assessment process at 16:30 London time on Fridays and will follow the London publishing calendar.

A weekly commentary and rationale will be published on a Friday and will appear in Olefinscan and on Platts Connect.

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Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.