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 February 2023.
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 January 2023 Chemical and Metal Shortage Alert list.
Section II lists the new chemicals and metals (not on the January 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.
- Carbon dioxide: New Zealand; production not keeping up with demand
- Construction materials: United States; supply not keeping up with demand
- Sodium permanganate water-processing chemicals: Zimbabwe;
supply not keeping up with demand
Section II.
Shortages Reported in February not found on the Previous Month’s Lists
- Scrap metal: Pakistan; insufficient imports
Reasons for Section II shortages can be broadly categorized as:
- Mining not keeping up with demand: none
- Production not keeping up with demand: none
- Sources no longer available: none
- Insufficient imports: scrap metal
- Supply not keeping up with demand: none
