Daily Chemical Reaction
The Fire Inside – Commodity Material Shortages Broad Based, Demand Destruction Risk Rises
Key Points:
- Our clean energy mineral price index rose ~19% MoM in March, showing a considerable price inflation trend since 2021. We update our views and flag our recent thematic titled, Will Inflation Curb Early Year Demand Strength?.
- We highlight pertinent energy, chemical, and other corporate updates (e.g., Syngenta, BASF, Baker Hughes, New Fortress Energy, Evonik, & others).
- We discuss relevant ESG items, ranging from BASF chemical production based on renewable energy to falling renewable power prices. We also flag our latest ESG research titled Recycling: Beware Of The Misleading PR.
- We discuss numerous other pertinent chemical sector items in this report.
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