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Chemistry on alert. Energy prices are skyrocketing and, consequently, also those of some raw materials such as ammonia. Which are now becoming unobtainable and in any case also increasingly expensive. The high costs are putting European companies out of the market: the costs charged by Asian (but also American) competitors are 30 to 50% lower. Methylmethacrylate, that unobtainable plastic Let’s take some examples. Let’s take methyl methacrylate, a plastic that resembles glass used in the automotive sector but also in construction (it is used to make shower stalls, for example). In Europe, 60% of producers are stopping. Same goes for...
