Falling number: European wheat in a new price environment
Global commodity markets have been hit by a combination of the oil price war and the coronavirus pandemic, and European wheat is no exception. Robert Beaman talks to senior grains editor Alexandre Bob...
27 Maalis 202011min
Efforts to combat coronavirus lead to changes for US power markets
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted all aspects of daily life and US power markets are not immune. With the majority of people staying at home, per recommendations to stop the spread of the disease,...
26 Maalis 202019min
US distillate prices in free fall amid coronavirus outbreak
Cash prices for US diesel and jet fuel markets have been under heavy pressure since the coronavirus outbreak hit the US. Jet fuel has seen the worst impact, with prices falling to multiyear lows. Dies...
24 Maalis 202014min
Oil price crash and COVID-19: A two-pronged impact on global petrochemical markets
S&P Global Platts market specialists Kirsten Hays, Eric Su, and Simon Price join associate director Vanessa Ronsisvalle to give a global view on how the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the rece...
24 Maalis 202016min
Steel market adapts to rapid changes as coronavirus spreads across US
Unlike other commodities sectors, the domestic steel market seemed to be largely immune during the first few weeks of Covid-19's spread across the US. Prices held relatively steady and mill production...
20 Maalis 202012min
China's tax rebate a welcome relief to domestic producers, but bunkering hub aspirations still far from reality
China's long-awaited value-added-tax rebate on fuel oil paved the way for domestic producers to supply bunker fuel to ships plying international routes at Chinese ports. A month after its implementati...
20 Maalis 20208min
Sugar in the time of coronavirus
With commodities weakening on the back of the coronavirus epidemic and the oil price crash, Robert Beaman of S&P Global Platts talks to sugar specialists Nicolle Monteiro de Castro and Beatriz Pupo ab...
18 Maalis 202018min
Pessimism spreads in US LNG sector as coronavirus exacerbates market woes
US LNG developers face challenges advancing any new export projects this year amid the escalating coronavirus outbreak, which has exacerbated the drop in global demand that has already led to record-l...
17 Maalis 202011min
