Similar to economic recessions, it can be difficult to identify the precise start or end of a helium shortage. All the same, Kornbluth Helium Consulting (KHeC) believes that, after winding down gradually during the second...
Despite last ditch efforts by the Compressed Gas Association to postpone the General Services Administration’s long-awaited auction of the Federal helium assets, the GSA proceeded with the bid opening as planned at 2pm CST on...
As the world is now aware, Houthi rebels based in Yemen have been attacking cargo vessels, tankers and commercial ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since Israel invaded Gaza in response to...
Eroding the global helium oligopoly; Phil Kornbluth reflects on the structural changes in the global helium business through the years.
Rob Cockerill and Phil Kornbluth present the view on where’s hot and getting hotter in the global helium business in 2024.
Although there were a handful of other contributing factors, most helium market observers would peg the beginning of Helium Shortage 4.0 to the start of an extended outage of the US Bureau of Land Management’s...
In recent years, driven by recurring shortages and historically high prices for helium, we have seen an unprecedented number of helium exploration start-ups around the world – but especially in North America.
If it’s widely accepted that Helium Shortage 4.0 began on 1st July 2021, here Phil Kornbluth looks at whether it’s likely we’ll still be in its midst by 1st July 2023.
After a series of events that had negative implications for helium supply since the beginning of 2022, there have been several recent developments that bode well for improved supply during the second half of 2022.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dominated the news in recent days and the eventual outcome of the Ukraine crisis remains very uncertain. It is too early to know how things will turn out, how long...
