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See 4 monthly Bromine price assessments covering 4 locations: United States, Europe, Southeast Asia and China. Also check Bromine price history since 2007. The chart below is a sample of Intratec Primary Commodity Prices - subscribe now and gain access to current prices of 226 commodities, including Bromine.
Data Legend. The Bromine price chart shows the prices in USA Dollar per metric ton (USD/mt) as follows:
- US: Bromine, United States, transaction, fob
- EUR: Bromine, Europe, transaction, cif, Belgium
- SEA: Bromine, Southeast Asia, transaction, cif, India
- CN: Bromine, China, spot, exw
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Price Dynamics. The Bromine price in United States increased during December 2018 to 2,690 USD per metric ton, which represents a slight rise of 3% compared to the previous month’s value. On a year-over-year basis, Bromine prices in United States increased significantly by 26%. Meanwhile, in Belgium, the average price of Bromine amounted to 1,570 USD per metric ton, from 1,990 USD per metric ton one year earlier. On a month-over-month basis, the Bromine price in Belgium is 18% lower than the price one month before.
The price of Bromine in China rose slightly throughout December 2018, reaching 3,590 USD per metric ton. The price in China is 3% higher than the average price in the previous month and 2% higher than the average price one year before. In contrast, Bromine prices in India decreased during December 2018, reaching 3,130 USD per metric ton, which means a decline of 5% from the previous month’s price and a rise of 33% from the previous year’s price.
About Bromine. Bromine (a.k.a. Br2) is a dense, dark red, fuming, highly corrosive, and lacrimatory liquid. Liquid bromine is always dark red, whereas, bromine vapors are usually orange to red brown. It is miscible with chlorine in all proportions, yielding an equilibrium mixture containing the interhalogen bromine chloride (BrCl). Many chemical reactions of bromine are a result of its moderately strong oxidizing properties.
Larger bulk shipments of bromine use lead- or nickel-lined tank cars or tank trucks. The latter must be filled to a minimum of 98 % of capacity before shipping to avoid inertia effects in transport. Bromine must be stored and transported away from incompatible materials and compounds, as it is a powerful oxidizing agent capable of igniting combustibles on contact and reacting vigorously (and sometimes explosively) with potassium, aluminum, iron, steel, stainless steel, copper, and some forms of plastics, rubbers, and coatings. Because of that, lead- and glass-lined steel must be used to transport and store it. It must be kept in dry places, away from moisture, as the highly corrosive bromine vapor may form acids. Dry nitrogen gas is recommended for use in pressure transferring bromine, although dry air may be used.
Raw materials and the respective production processes employed in the manufacturing of Bromine are listed below.
- Seawater + chlorine (cold debromination process),
- Brine, residual, bromine-rich/natural brines + chlorine (hot debromination process)
The uses and applications of Bromine may vary according to its specification. The main forms of Bromine are laboratory reagent grade (LR, 99.0% minimum purity); technical grade (99.7% minimum purity); chemically pure grade (CP, 99.8% minimum purity); and American Chemical Society reagent grade (ACS, 99.95% minimum purity).
