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 March 2021.
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 February 2021 Chemical and Metal Shortage Alert list.
Section II lists the new chemicals and metals (not on the February 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 shortage status are not listed.
Section I.
- Construction materials: United States; production not keeping up with demand
- Lumber: United Kingdom and United States; supply not keeping up with demand
- Polyolefins, such as polyethylene: Europe and United States; production not keeping up with demand
- Shipping containers: global; supply not keeping up with demand
- Steel: global;
production not keeping up with demand
Section II.
Shortages Reported in March not found on the Previous Month’s List
- Adhesives: global; supply not keeping up with demand
- Butanediol (BDO): United States; production not keeping up with demand
- Forms (e.g., used in cushions): United States; production not keeping up with demand
Reasons for Section II shortages can be broadly categorized as:
- Mining not keeping up with demand: none
- Production not keeping up with demand: butanediol (BDO); forms (e.g., used in cushions)
- Government regulations: none
- Sources no longer available: none
- Insufficient imports: none
- Supply not keeping up with demand: adhesives
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