Oiling the gears of the vegetable oil complex
From the bursting bubble of palm oil prices, to the soybean harvests of South America and the far-reaching impact of the coronavirus, the global vegetable oil markets are multi-faceted and dynamic. Jo...
11 Feb 202023min
Demand dive, price shocks dominate commodity markets hit by coronavirus impact
The coronavirus outbreak, which has been declared by the World Health Organization as a global health emergency, is expected to slowdown economic growth in China, the world's largest crude oil, iron o...
7 Feb 202018min
Trading structure, pricing dynamics shift in Brazilian fuel market
Brazil, the largest fuel consumer in South America, has been going through many changes in fuel consumption and pricing dynamics. Since state-led oil company Petrobras started to follow the internatio...
6 Feb 202013min
New challenges loom for US power markets
A new decade is bringing new challenges for US power markets. The renewables buildout continues to disrupt the market in ways never seen before, mild winter weather and very weak natural gas prices ha...
4 Feb 202014min
Global Power Podcast: Signposts of the energy transition and meeting 2-degree targets
In light of the proposed Green Deal to make Europe carbon neutral by 2050, it is clear that the energy transition is on the forefront of policymakers' minds. Roman Kramarchuk and Dan Klein of S&P Glob...
31 Jan 202010min
The Wuhan Ban: The coronavirus and IMO 2020 stifle the shipping markets
We're one month into the new IMO 2020 sulphur cap and Container Editor George Griffiths and Dry Bulk Editor Sam Eckett look at how the container and dry bulk freight markets are reacting at this time,...
30 Jan 202010min
One year later, US sanctions on Venezuela's PDVSA have had wide market impact
January 28 marks the one-year anniversary of sanctions imposed by the US Department of Treasury on Venezuela's state-run oil producer, PDVSA, which has been translated as a de facto ban on Venezuelan ...
28 Jan 202016min
Using RED to go green: ethanol market picks up speed
With 2020 bringing increased blending and greenhouse gas saving mandates to the EU biofuels market, the latest S&P Global Platts Commodities Focus podcast looks at why the ethanol market exists and ho...
28 Jan 202013min
