Jim, Thanks again. The site you provided answered the question about price Quite a spike. Looks like a combination of demand and decreased production.
"Continued strong demand and a large number of competitor outages caused an unprecedented shortage of methanol supply in the third quarter that drove spot methanol prices to record highs," said Bruce Aitken, CEO of key supplier Methanex." Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMES PHELPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Methanol Price Increase? >I just got this also please see > > http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA6389243.html > > Jim > > >>From: "Thomas Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> >>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Methanol Price Increase? >>Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:44:45 -0500 >> >> I just got off the phone with my methanol supplier. They are in >>Albany, NY (Northeastern US). They have been very nice people to work with >>.... friendly/helpful. I was told that they had a 35% price increase >>from >>their supplier, and passed it along. Is this a world-wide phenomenon or >>just a local/regional thing? >> Have I been asleep at the wheel? I hadn't heard of any drastic >>increases in the price of methanol. >> Tom >>----- Original Message ----- >> From: Thomas Kelly >> To: biofuel >> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:14 AM >> Subject: [Biofuel] Methanol Price Increase? >> >> >> Hello All, >> Did I miss the news? >> Has there been a significant increase in the price of methanol >>recently? >> >> I just got the bill for a delivery (two 55gal barrels). Previous >>price ( July): $2.60 USD/gallon; current bill: $3.54 USD/ gallon .... >>35% >>increase in a few months? >> I'll call my supplier in a little while ... maybe it's just a >>billing mistake. I am just hoping someone has some info. >> >> Thanks, >> Tom >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Biofuel mailing list >> Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >> Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 >>messages): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> > > >>_______________________________________________ >>Biofuel mailing list >>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 >>messages): >>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/