Acetylene price

JML755 · Jul 12, 2011

Went for O/A cylinder refills on Friday. Cylinder (#4) of Acetylene at Praxair was $62 compared to a little over $50 few months back. Guy said it was because "they were importing the calcium carbide from Columbia". OK, I can understand that considering a major domestic producer was out of commission. When I got the invoice, there was a few dollar surcharge on it. I asked about that. He said "that's because they're importing calcium carbide from Colombia." Huh? Wasn't that why the price was higher in the first place? :roll: I suspect that when supplies become domestic again, the surcharge may disappear but that higher price may not. He said they were actually pretty reasonable with their pricing and that some places in the country it was going for $120 and up. Anybody else bought any acetylene lately?

Brad Buchanan · Jul 12, 2011

Upstate NY. Just got an exchange on my portable 40cf tank. Price didn't go up. I think it was $30 or so.

Brad

Anonymous-0 · Jul 12, 2011

I think the reason Acetylene price went high was because there was an explosion at the main plant where it was manufactured.

rls_ia · Jul 12, 2011

I'm in Iowa, price hasn't changed much here, got one a month ago, $50.
Bob

504 · Jul 12, 2011

our cost went up 3.80 per cyl for a #4(most popular acetylene size) and that is what we added as a surcharge, ours is coming from Germany.

bradk · Jul 12, 2011

Been using propane for years.Hardly anyone uses acetylene anymore in my area.

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