NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2017

WHAT’S NEW

First, we battle Hurricane Harvey along with many of our customers and then we see Hurricane Irma create havoc throughout the southeast impacting additional customers. Our facility in Houston came out of it without any issues. We did have employees impacted by Hurricane Harvey and we appreciate your concerns for us during and after the storm.

Copper metal price continues to be strong at a three year high pressuring Copper Sulfate however as September closes out prices have retreated some. September-October tends to be offseason and a time we have stock with some discounts offered. Call for details. Once we move to the fourth quarter and on to the first quarter demand is strong and prices tend to move up on copper metal as manufacturing in China picks up. Projections remain for China to increase copper metal demand and if the United States has tax reform or infrastructure projects that would also put pressure on copper metal.

Zinc metal remains bullish at a ten year high. This has impacted Zinc Sulfate and Zinc Oxide however we have very competitive pricing.

As we move towards the end of the year this is a great time to rely on Chem One for JIT inventory to manage your cash flow and yearend inventory. Chem One Full Product List

REGULATORY NEWS

TSCA Inventory Notification (Active-Inactive) Rule was published on August 11th of this year.  The EPA has scheduled three webinars to assist the regulated community with reporting under this new rule.  This rule requires the chemical industry to report chemicals manufactured or imported in the U.S. over the past 10 years.  Each (identical) webinar will include an overview of reporting requirements.  It will also show a demonstration of the online reporting tool.

One webinar was held this week and two more are scheduled for 1-3 PM EDT on October 25, 2017, and November 29, 2017.  Registration for a webinar is not required and both are the same however they do include previous information from questions in previous seminars

Please visit EPA’s TSCA Inventory web page at https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory for information on how to access a webinar.