Sprockets! – Low Rhine River Levels Add To Europe Sector Issues, Global Pricing Power Concerns Mount

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Sprockets! – Low Rhine River Levels Add To Europe Sector Issues, Global Pricing Power Concerns Mount

Key Points:

• The economic headwinds facing European chemical producers are considerable, and potential traffic curbs on the Rhine River add to concerns. We discuss the Yara and AkzoNobel 2Q22 business updates and headwinds facing price hikes in 2H22.
• We highlight pertinent energy, chemical, and other corporate updates (e.g., Yara, ICL, AkzoNobel, Nutrien, Halliburton, BASF, Nouryon, Cheniere, & others).
• We discuss ESG items that range from European funding initiatives to spur hydrogen technologies to carbon market trends. See our ESG research in LINK.
• We discuss numerous other pertinent chemical sector items in this report.

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