The purpose of this blog is to identify chemical and metal
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 December 2018.
Section I below lists those chemicals and metals that were
on the previous month’s Chemical and Metal Shortage Alert list and continue to
have news releases indicating they are in short supply. Click here to read the November 2018 Chemical
and Metal Shortage Alert list.
Section II lists the new chemicals and metals (not on the November
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 metals identified in news
releases as only being in danger of being in short supply status are not
listed.
Section I.
None
Section II. Shortages
Reported in December not found on the Previous Month’s List
Road construction
materials: India; supply not keeping up with demand
Palladium: Global;
production not keeping up with demand
Propane:
Colorado; supply 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: palladium
3. Government
regulations: none
4. Sources no longer
available: none
5. Insufficient
imports: none
6. Supply not keeping
up with demand: road construction materials; propane
