by C-MACC Research | Jan 26, 2023 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Rock The Boat – Cost Curve Movements & Outages May Keep Prices Afloat, Squeeze Specialty Margins Key Points: The global chemical production cost curve has risen during a period of production cuts to deal with oversupply, setting up a...
by C-MACC Research | Jan 24, 2023 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Lithium: Stronger for Longer or Hubris Following A Blow Out Year: High Prices Encourage New Entrants Key Points: Clean energy mineral forecasts are broadly bullish. We see near-to-medium-term conditions staying tighter than most chemical...
by C-MACC Research | Jan 10, 2023 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Backward Thinking: Will You Need The Feedstock To Compete? Key Points: Commodity chemical producers lacking feedstock integration face difficult choices as the energy sector expands downstream, pressuring non-integrated chemical returns. The...
by C-MACC Research | Jan 2, 2023 | Sunday Thematic & Weekly Recap
C-MACC Sunday Thematic & Weekly Recap 149 2023 – In The Frying Pan – But Heading Into The Fire, Maybe! 2023 is off to a bad start with low margins (but maybe not low enough) and global operating rates reflecting significant oversupply, which could worsen. North...
by C-MACC Research | Dec 23, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Santa Baby: I Only Want One Thing – Economic Growth – But I Want a Lot! Key Points: Global chemical markets reflect oversupply and low margins, and this will not change without significant demand growth in 2023. It is unlikely on Santa’s...