Research by Subject: CHEG400: Process Engineering: Chemical Pricing

Chemical Prices - Bulk

Finding current chemical bulk prices for your feedstock or your finished product is not easy! Here are some possible information sources:

ICIS Chemical Business
Chemical pricing, production, and technology for an individual chemicals. Search "within publication" for your chemical. Contains pricing for large scale process, but does not have information on every chemical.
Intratec.us
Chemical market information from 2017 and 2018. Find your chemical in the "Commodity Prices in up to 7 Industries" section.
chemanalyst.com
Relatively current large scale pricing on a variety of chemicals. Pricing is only available for some chemicals.
Chemical Week magazine
Search for specific chemicals or products, eg: propylene prices. **Online full-text access ends at 2012, print copies available for 2020-2023.
Oil and Gas Journal
Yet another publication featuring news articles on current markets and prices. Search for specific chemicals or products eg: "propylene prices" **Access ends at 2013.
Bloomberg
Commodity prices for energy, metals, and agriculture.

Bulk prices and price estimates can also be found in scholarly articles. Case studies and simulations based on your feedstock or product chemical will likely include references for pricing information. Try searching the Chemical Engineering Databases.

Chemical Prices - More Resources

Echemi.com
Chinese industrial chemical prices, trends, sources. Some wholesale price information.
thomas.net
Search for chemicals using the Suppliers filter. Once you've selected a supplier, click Additional Details for pricing. Availability of pricing varies. May need to create a thomas.net free account. Usually does NOT provide prices for large scale processes.
Sigma-Aldrich
A source for chemical products and services for the laboratory, including prices and some technical product information. Does NOT provide prices for large scale processes.
Hoover's Online
Information on public and private companies and in-depth industry coverage, including energy industry and chemical manufacturing.