Monthly Archives: October 2018

China Now A Major Market For Helium, Summit Hears

The Chinese market has experienced significant growth over the past decade and is now a major market for helium. That’s according to Steve Eckhardt, Vice-President of Global Helium at Matheson Tri-Gas, who gave an overview of the Chinese Market to … Continue reading

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Global Helium Summit 2018 Begins Tomorrow

It has long been known the world’s biggest helium resource, the BLM Pipeline, is on a timer to depletion and by 2021 we will face the reality of a new-look helium business altogether. The industry has been scrambling to bring … Continue reading

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Phil Kornbluth: A More Fragile Helium Supply Chain In The Future

The global helium business has seldom been far from the headlines in the last half-decade. The industry endured a long and severe supply shortage from 2011-2013 (Helium Shortage 2.0) and though it has been through periods of recovery and equilibrium … Continue reading

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Global Helium Summit 2018 Underway

A tight market in-progress; shortages seemingly never far away; a market evidently exposed to geopolitical risks; and a number of future supply scenarios in the mix. The global helium business might be described as something of a tinder box ready … Continue reading

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