Policy changes in China, Indonesia and India, and their impact on Asia-Pacific coal market
China's National Development and Reform Commission recently asked major power utilities to reduce coal imports, while Indonesia is implementing a new export license rule. In India, the Supreme Court h...
5 Syys 20146min
Will US coal be left out in the cold this winter?
The cold winter had many in the US coal industry hoping for sustained demand increases and higher prices. But as Andrew Moore, managing editor of Platts Coal Trader, explains, prices for Powder River ...
21 Elo 20145min
Japan power peak season and LNG demand analysis
Japan is facing the summer power demand peak season without nuclear power for the first time. Stephanie Wilson, Platts managing editor for Asia LNG, and Eriko Amaha, Platts associate editor for Asia L...
18 Elo 20144min
Turkey targets 50% power generating capacity hike by 2023
Platts Darren Stetzel, power markets editor, discusses the evolving Turkish power generation mix as official energy ministry forecasts predict the need for 100 GW of installed generating capacity in T...
11 Elo 20148min
Trading appears carefree in US natural gas markets
Natural gas futures and spot traders have little reason to be bullish as colder-than-normal temperatures blanket natural gas burning markets, with one exception: California. Production is still increa...
4 Elo 20146min
Oil companies increase US acreage swaps, seeking efficiency
Oil companies are swapping acreage in the US to become more efficient and better plan drilling and midstream infrastructure. Starr Spencer, Platts senior editor, oil news, discusses which companies ha...
1 Elo 20146min
Bulls flee N. American gas market as temperatures moderate
The bulls are fleeing the North American natural gas market as hopes for a hotter-than-normal summer have disappeared. That leaves the bears in charge with moderate August weather in the forecasts and...
21 Heinä 20145min
Prices pressured upward for US ethylene, downstream markets
US spot ethylene assessments rose to their highest levels in more than a year earlier in the week, and the tightness in the polyethylene export market hearkens back to the aftermath of Hurricane Katri...
18 Heinä 20146min
