Daily Chemical Reaction
Meat Loaf – Costs Less and Lasts Longer In Plastic Packaging, For Crying Out Loud!
Key Points:
- We show some commonsense data highlighting the benefits of plastic packaging relative to alternative products, while COP27 agitators miss the true enemy: waste!
- Refined products could be stronger for longer in the US, especially diesel, as the incentive to add traditional capacity is not there, despite profit high margins.
- The vulnerability of European Chemicals to natural gas shortages is high; more local producers discussing no further investment – also bad timing for a Braskem sale.
- We highlight the benefits of oxy-combustion technology. We also provide more views on COP27 as more global initiatives and data points from its presentations emerge.
- We discuss the October US consumer price inflation (CPI) posting in the context of global food inflation. We also flag recent North American chemical rail traffic trends.
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