by Research | May 19, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Where The Corn Don’t Grow – Ammonia Demand to Increase Beyond Fertilizer, Clean Initiatives Sprout Key Points: Chemical product prices have increased with energy costs in 2022, lifting implied clean project economics and spurring related...
by Research | May 18, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Summertime Sadness – Cost Inflation Depresses Most Chemical Product Chain Profits, Keep Tissues Handy Key Points: Chemical product chain profitability mostly turned negative in 1H22 due to higher costs not being fully factored into lagging...
by Research | Apr 26, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction “Twenty Dollar Nose Bleed” – New Highs For Prices, But Likely Not For Demand Or Profit Margins Key Points: March-quarter business reports highlight considerable cost inflation and emerging signs of end-market demand moderation. Macro indicators...
by Research | Apr 20, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Something’s Gotta Give – Current Trends Reflect Optimism, Uncertainties Keep Capex Constrained Key Points: Global market indicators remain favorable for US commodity chemical producers relative to peers abroad. We discuss 1H22 chemical price...
by Research | Apr 3, 2022 | Sunday Thematic & Weekly Recap
C-MACC Sunday Thematic & Weekly Recap 112 Time To Sweat The Small Stuff – Will All Ethylene Units Survive As the cost of climate change becomes uniform and more widely accepted, some higher emitting, less efficient industrial facilities will close – including...