Daily Chemical Reaction
Somebody’s Problem – Cost Inflation Remains A Mixed 4Q21 Issue Across Many Chemical Chains
Key Points:
- Production cost inflation is impacting portions of the chemical sector in varied ways in 2H21. We discuss price movements in feedstocks and a few monomers, along with logistic issues, worth notice ahead of 3Q21 reports.
- We highlight pertinent chemical sector corporate updates (e.g., Ascend, ICL, Plug Power, Chandra Asri, Ingevity, Navigator, Repsol & others).
- We flag our latest ESG weekly research and other ESG items worth note, including our discussion of US hydrogen developments yesterday in LINK.
- We note numerous other pertinent chemical sector items in this report.
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