C-MACC Sunday Executive Summary Return to Sender: Integration Rocks While Scale Rolls Away Exhibit 1: BASF pushes forward with its “winning ways” strategy, unlocking value
1st Topic of the Week: The IMO’s upcoming vote could redefine global shipping fuels by turning clean ammonia from costly outlier to compliance cornerstone, but
General Thoughts: Global cost curves are resetting as policy, infrastructure, and portfolios, not only supply, determine prices, with oil–gas divergence, freight deflation, and power markets
General Thoughts: Most chemical producers anticipate a better year in 2024, driven by improving end-demand outside the US, notably in 2H24 – the impact of
North American polypropylene (PP) prices face downward pressure into year-end as global production and logistic improvements position supply to outpace demand.