US wind generation growth and the threat of steel tariffs, expiring tax credits
US wind generation is expected to continue booming over the coming years, but many see the steel tariffs and end of the tax credit in 2020 as threatening that growth. Mike Fitzgerald, with the Platts ...
5 Mar 201910min
Aluminum scrap market in transformation
Scrap aluminum has gone wild. There are new taxes and financial obligations in China and Vietnam; licenses, regulations and restrictions in Vietnam, Taiwan, Brazil, and other countries, resulting in u...
28 Feb 201914min
The rundown on the shipping markets in the run-up to IMO 2020
The tremors of IMO 2020 - The mandated shift to low sulfur marine fuel which officially kicks in January 1, 2020 - will begin to be felt months from now and have already begun to work their way into t...
28 Feb 201916min
What happened to China's steel output cuts and will government incentives stimulate steel demand?
China's winter steel production cut agenda seems to have gone quiet. Will this result in even stronger steel output? Meanwhile, Beijing has unleashed some incentives to rekindle buying in the consumer...
22 Feb 20196min
PJM CEO Andy Ott goes in depth on energy and capacity market design changes
The PJM Interconnection has several market design changes underway, including adjustments to energy reserve price formation and the way its capacity market is structured that will significantly impact...
21 Feb 201925min
Why BAF is failing the container industry, the next step in bunker costs recovery
With the looming shadow of IMO 2020 on the horizon, there is a growing confusion and discord in the container market when it comes to recovery of bunker costs in freight contracts. The Bunker Adjustme...
20 Feb 20197min
Global methanol markets: growing capacities and shifting trade flows
Increasing trade tensions and expectations of new capacities in Iran, the US and Latin America this year are set to change the complexion of the global methanol market. S&P Global Platts editors Lara ...
18 Feb 201913min
Winter storms batter US power markets, driving up demand and prices
Winter storms have battered the US in January and February and caused consumers to crank up their heaters, driving up power demand and prices as temperatures have lingered below freezing for days. S&P...
15 Feb 201915min
