The purpose of this blog is to identify chemical and
material shortages reported on the Internet.
The sources of the information reported here are primarily news releases
issued on the Internet. The issue period
of the news releases is September 2014.
Section I below lists those chemicals and materials that
were on the previous Chemical and Material Shortage Alert list and continue to
have news releases indicating they are in short supply. Click here to read the August
2014 Chemical and Material Shortage Alert list.
Section II lists the new chemicals and materials (not on the
August alert). Also provided is some explanation
for the shortage and geographical information.
This blog attempts to list only actual shortage situations – those shortages
that are being experienced during the period covered by the news releases. Chemicals and materials identified in news
releases as only being in danger of being in short supply status are not
listed.
Section I. Chemicals and materials that continue from August
to be reported as in short supply are: iron ore (India); bricks (United
Kingdom)
Section II. Shortages
Reported in September not found on the Previous Month’s List
Zinc: global; mining not keeping up with
demand.
Reasons for Section II shortages can be broadly categorized
as:
1. Mining not keeping
up with demand: zinc
2. Production not keeping
up with demand: none
3. Government
regulations: none
4. Sources no longer
available: none
5. Insufficient
imports: none
6. Supply not keeping
up with demand: none
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