Russia, Saudi Arabia energy ties heading to new level
Russian and Saudi relations are emerging in the wider energy sphere and how these deepening ties feed into the whole OPEC/non-OPEC cooperation is begging the question as to whether one is a precursor ...
6 Jun 20176min
US secondary aluminum market expects greater slowdown in summer 2017
The US aluminum industry is keeping a close eye on automotive sales forecasts and competition among smelters with the approach of summer — a typical time for maintenance shutdowns. Pricing specialists...
1 Jun 20175min
Rising lira, high Asian stocks and weak domestic demand hit Turkey's polyethylene markets
The Turkish polyethylene market faces tough times ahead due to the combination of a resurgent lira, high Asian polyethylene stocks, weak domestic demand and rising supplies from both east and western ...
23 Mai 20174min
Some US power prices higher than last year as summer approaches
The North American power pricing team takes a coast-to-coast look at the US electric power landscape, including forecast demand, generating capacity and prices for ERCOT, Cal-ISO and the PJM Interconn...
23 Mai 20175min
Palm oil biodiesel volumes surge as Europe's blenders soak up product
Volumes of palm oil methyl ester from Southeast Asia is heading towards the European biofuels complex, as Europe's blending and production hubs of Spain and Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp soak up imports...
22 Mai 20175min
Interview: IEA sees oil prices firming if OPEC cuts rollover
Neil Atkinson, Head of the IEA Oil Industry & Markets Division, talks to S&P Global Platts senior oil news editor, Robert Perkins, on the outlook for global oil market balances, the recent oil price s...
11 Mai 201711min
Newly optimistic US coal industry focuses on flexibility, federal regulations
The Eastern Fuel Buyers Conference draws coal players from all basins and different market segments, and the mood had lifted this year as the industry welcomes an uptick in demand and new administrati...
10 Mai 20174min
Could China tax on mixed aromatics imports alter EU gasoline blending economics?
Expectations are rife of an introduction of consumption taxes on mixed aromatics into China. But will this change the face of the European blending components market? Yuriko Kato, petrochemicals EMEA ...
5 Mai 20176min
