PODCAST: US BD supply shortages persist months after winter storm, limiting availability for SBR
Amanda Hay
24-Jun-2021
HOUSTON (ICIS)–Shortages of US butadiene (BD) are pressuring domestic styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) prices, with producers caught between insufficient BD supply and unyielding downstream demand from tyre producers.
- Demand outpaces domestic availability
- A supplier remains on force majeure
- July BD contracts expected higher
- SBR producers see feedstock pressure
Market expert Amanda Hay discusses the latest developments and more in this interview with Anna Matherne and Alex Snodgrass.
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