Eclipse prompted a balancing act by US markets as it curtailed solar power
Monday's eclipse cut a path across the US, causing concern for power grid operators — especially those with significant amounts of solar power generation. How did prices react, and what else is ahead ...
23 Aug 20176min
Container shipping -- Amazon vs Maersk: The clash of titans shaking the container industry
Approximately 90% of the world's trade travels by sea and one would expect the industry's supply chain to be the height of modernity by adopting disruptive technology and strategies. However, this cou...
18 Aug 20174min
Who, what, when, where and how? US biofuels industry grapples with RINs after waiver decision
A US appeals court rejected the Environmental Protection Agency's use of waiver authority to lower the federal biofuel mandate's blending volumes based on downstream constraints, but the decision leav...
2 Aug 20176min
Removal of anti-dumping duties in Europe could see Malaysian biodiesel producers priced out of market
With the future of anti-dumping duties against Argentinian and Indonesian biodiesel uncertain, S&P Global Platts editors Tim Worledge, Samar Niazi and George Griffiths take a look at how this could ch...
20 Jul 20176min
Asian alumina H2 outlook: Will markets be rocked by demand-supply imbalances?
Alumina prices started the year on a high note, and corrected in the second quarter. What's instore for the Asian alumina market for the rest of the year? Editors Yuen Cheng Mok and Joanna Lim examine...
14 Jul 20175min
2018 RVOs don't hold surprises for US biofuels markets, but concerns linger
The US Environmental Protection Agency's proposed 2018 renewable volume obligations were released July 5, and responses from biofuels and oil industry players were mixed. Biofuels reporters Josh Pedri...
6 Jul 20175min
Asia thermal coal prices take off on step-change in China's demand as buyers chase spot cargoes
Asia's seaborne thermal coal market unexpectedly took off in June on a sudden surge in demand from Chinese buyers including large power utilities after a relatively subdued May. In this podcast, senio...
23 Jun 20176min
PDH, cracker expansions to address olefin shorts in Europe: Ineos
Tom Crotty, director of European petrochemical company Ineos talks about its recent expansion plans underpinned by the need for more ethylene and propylene in Europe. The plans include a new propane d...
14 Jun 201710min
