• Methanex Q1 2026 earnings call featured CEO Rich Sumner, CFO Dean Richardson, VP investor relations Robert Winslow; analysts included Ben Isaacson, Hassan Ahmed, Joel Jackson, Jeffrey Zekauskas, Joshua Spector, Nelson Ng, Hamir Patel, Matthew Blair, Laurence Alexander, Steve Hansen.
• Adjusted EBITDA reached USD 220 million on average realized price of USD 351 per tonne; produced methanol sales totaled 2,200,000 tonnes; cash flows from operations funded USD 60 million repayment of Term Loan A, leaving nearly USD 380 million cash.
• Management flagged Middle East conflict-driven supply disruption, citing roughly 20 million tonnes per year of regional supply curtailed since early March; April-May average realized price estimated at USD 500-525 per tonne, pointing to materially stronger Q2 earnings and cash flow if pricing holds through June.
• Term loan of about USD 290 million targeted for repayment in Q2; post-repayment free cash flow to be directed mainly toward bond due in 2027, with share buybacks evaluated as secondary use.
• Operations update included expectation to idle one Chile plant mid-Q2 on winter gas availability; Trinidad gas contract renegotiation due mid-September with outcomes ranging from short-term deal to idling; New Zealand outlook described as structurally challenging with Maui field cessation by year-end potentially ending ability to run plant.

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