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Midland, Mich.-based Dow said it will raise prices for acrylic monomers by 3 cents per pound and prices for vinyl acetate monomers by 4 cents per pound.
Alcoa Forged and Cast Products, a division of Alcoa Inc (AA.N), told customers this week it was raising prices on QC-10 forged mold block products used in the tooling market.
The higher prices will go into effect June 1.
"The increase, which ranges from 15 to 25 percent on select sizes, is driven by overall market conditions and is consistent with our commitment to expand the market and fund new technologies," Victoria Kale, marketing director at Alcoa Forgings and Extrusions, said in a letter to customers.
The higher prices will go into effect June 1.
"The increase, which ranges from 15 to 25 percent on select sizes, is driven by overall market conditions and is consistent with our commitment to expand the market and fund new technologies," Victoria Kale, marketing director at Alcoa Forgings and Extrusions, said in a letter to customers.
and the corn crop?
The wet spring has slowed planting across a region that accounts for somewhere between a quarter and a third of the country's corn crop. In Illinois, 10 percent of the expected crop has been planted at a time when more than 80 percent typically would be in the ground, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Indiana has 11 percent of the crop planted rather than the usual 70 percent; Missouri's statewide figure is 39 percent, compared to what would typically be 75. Ohio farmers have planted just less than a quarter of their corn rather than the usual two-thirds by early May.
Planting delays can cut production because crops aren't mature enough to benefit from the early July heat they need to grow. Prices can rise as a result.
Corn futures prices have been increasing since wet weather set in late April, running up to about $4.50 a bushel Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade, an increase of more than 10 percent.
Indiana has 11 percent of the crop planted rather than the usual 70 percent; Missouri's statewide figure is 39 percent, compared to what would typically be 75. Ohio farmers have planted just less than a quarter of their corn rather than the usual two-thirds by early May.
Planting delays can cut production because crops aren't mature enough to benefit from the early July heat they need to grow. Prices can rise as a result.
Corn futures prices have been increasing since wet weather set in late April, running up to about $4.50 a bushel Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade, an increase of more than 10 percent.
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