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 May 2015.
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 April
2015 Chemical and Material Shortage Alert list.
Section II lists the new chemicals and materials (not on the
April 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 April
to be reported as in short supply are: none
Section II. Shortages
Reported in May not found on the Previous Month’s List
Iron ore: China;
supply not keeping up with demand
Natural gas: Egypt; supply not keeping up with demand
Nitric/sulfuric acid:
Bahrain; government regulations
Raw materials for
polymers: Europe; production not keeping up with demand
Reasons for Section II shortages can be broadly categorized
as:
1. Mining not keeping
up with demand: none
2. Production not
keeping up with demand: raw materials for polymers
3. Government
regulations: nitric/sulfuric acid
4. Sources no longer
available: none
5. Insufficient
imports: none
6. Supply not keeping
up with demand: iron ore; natural gas
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