The future of Brazilian sugar and biofuels under a new(ish) president
With Luis Inacio Lula de Silva returning to the presidency in Brazil after 12 years, the agriculture industry anticipates its market fundamentals could be impacted by an increasingly progressive agend...
15 Marras 202219min
What would a record soybean crop in Brazil this year do to the global market?
Market participants expect a supply glut in 2022-23 amid record Brazilian soybean output forecast by different agencies. If Brazil can produce a huge volume of the oilseed in the upcoming marketing ye...
20 Loka 202223min
Asian LNG procurement heating up as winter approaches
LNG markets are in the spotlight after the Russia-Ukraine war, with Asia and Europe both competing for limited cargoes. A harsher than expected winter may trigger unprecedented changes in LNG trade f...
12 Loka 202214min
Asian polymer exports to Europe tick up as regionalisation ebbs
With global container shipping costs coming down, European polymer markets are seeing offers of material from the Far East rise, adding pressure to prices in an already over supplied environment. Plat...
10 Loka 202212min
Europe's energy crisis: is storage fit for purpose?
As gas supply disruptions send shockwaves across the world, the ability and capacity to store energy has come under close scrutiny. Associate Director Paul Hickin discusses with gas and power editors ...
4 Loka 202226min
Used cooking oil: Is it the new liquid gold?
Used cooking oil (UCO) or vegetable oil unfit for human consumption has found a new life as feedstock for biofuels like Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester (UCOME). UCO is also used to produce renewable dis...
14 Syys 202218min
New and old challenges facing the chemicals distribution industry, with Univar's Powell
In this episode of the Commodities Focus podcast, S&P Global Petrochemicals Editor Abdulaziz Ehtaiba talks with Univar Solutions' Nick Powell, board member at FECC, about events like Russia's war in U...
2 Syys 202218min
Burned out: Has a sizzling economy actually fizzled out US metals and polymers?
US steel and polymer producers rode a wave of soaring prices for their products in 2021 as the economy roared back from the coronavirus pandemic and construction activity boomed. The hot building mark...
26 Elo 202220min
