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 2022.
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 2022 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 shortage
status are not listed.
- Carbon dioxide: United States, United Kingdom; production not keeping up with demand
- Helium: global; production not keeping up with demand
- Specialty Paper: United States; production not keeping up with demand
Section II. Shortages Reported in December not found on the Previous Month’s Lists
None
Construction Materials: United States; supply 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: none
- Sources no longer available: none
- Insufficient imports: none
- Supply not keeping up with demand: construction materials
