When will global polyethylene markets return to normalcy?
Global polyethylene prices and trade flows have been hit by challenge after challenge, from the coronavirus pandemic since early 2020, the deep freeze in the US in February, to the recent container sh...
29 Sep 202113min
Plastics markets braced for the long haul amid multiple logistical dilemmas
A lack of vessel space, high freight costs, port backlogs and a shortage of truck drivers, the logistical challenges facing the plastics industry have multiplied across 2021. Join Platts petrochemical...
27 Sep 202115min
Tankers face the hangover from the party: International Seaways CEO
Emerging economies and their successful vaccine rollouts will be key to the short-term recovery of the oil tanker market, after the highs of 2020, as it works through a period of low freight rates. In...
23 Sep 202115min
West Coast offshore wind to help California achieve clean energy goals
California has one of the most aggressive clean energy goals in the US and the state leads the US in utility-scale solar capacity and battery storage capacity. More recently, discussions have picked u...
22 Sep 202120min
Massive energy transition challenge tops next German government's in-tray
Germany goes to the polls on September 26 in the most open contest for years. As Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to step down, S&P Global Platts' news and analytics experts discuss the daunting ener...
17 Sep 202125min
Increased risks of more intense weather events pose a challenge for energy infrastructure, markets
Leaders in the public and private sector are faced with the possibility of more frequent and intense weather events -- winter storms, heat waves, cyclones, wildfires -- as anthropogenic climate change...
15 Sep 202120min
Elevated pricing, decarbonization test aluminum market's mettle
Tariff uncertainty, high freight rates, labor issues and other dynamics have combined with supply constraints and healthy demand to elevate global aluminum premiums. And all that's happening as the va...
1 Sep 20219min
Mexico remains a destination for upstream investors despite government shift
Companies operating in Latin America have set their eyes on nascent opportunities in the region like Guyana and Brazil, as Mexico has put the liberalization of its upstream sector on hold. But the att...
26 Aug 202123min
