What's the outlook for global polyolefin markets?

Abdulrahman S. Al-Fageeh, SABIC Executive Vice President - Petrochemicals, joins S&P Global Platts Editor Frank Zeng in this episode of the Platts Commodities Spotlight podcast, recorded at the ChinaP...

4 Mai 20189min

The International Maritime Organization has reduced the maximum amount of sulfur in bunker fuels from 3.5% to 0.5%, effective in 2020. Shipping companies will be paying more for fuel as they switch fr...

4 Mai 201812min

The recent industry downturn was painful for the oil patch, and especially subdued global offshore exploration. But the sector is emerging more efficient and with sophisticated technologies that will ...

3 Mai 20188min

Getting new oil pipelines built in Canada has become a problem. Producers are keen on expanding their customer base outside the US, eyeing refiners in Asia and Europe. To reach those markets,producers...

1 Mai 20189min

S&P Global Platts editors Seth Clare and Jeff Bair discuss summer gasoline trends: what's going on with Mexico-bound exports, what you might pay at the pump and the competition to get fuel up the pipe...

27 Apr 20186min

China's proposed 25% tariff on various US goods, including products such as soybeans and corn, and an additional 15% tariff on US ethanol, have left the agriculture and biofuels markets in a state of ...

25 Apr 201810min

Spot aluminum premiums have slipped from last week's near three-year high of $180/mt-$195/mt CIF Japan, after the US eased sanctions against leading Russian producer Rusal.In this podcast, S&P Global ...

25 Apr 20185min

S&P Global Platts alumina price assessment jumped $160/mt overnight to $710/mt FOB Australia on April 18. It also increased $235 in the last week, on supply worries.In this podcast, metals editors Joa...

19 Apr 20186min