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
Met coal market volatility, Q2 benchmark delay in focus among coal, coke traders
Extremely volatile metallurgical coal and coke prices, and delays in industry reference pricing is pushing uncertainty into the market. There is speculation around the rate of return for shipments fro...
28 Apr 20178min
Petrochemical M&A strategies in a world of political unknowns
Paul Harnick, head of chemicals and the global chemicals chief operating officer at KPMG, joins Yuriko Kato, reporter in the European petrochemicals team, to discuss the latest trends in M&As in the p...
18 Apr 201711min
Shipping industry faces seismic shift in 2020 as sulfur cap looms
In 2020 the shipping industry is facing its biggest change since the shift away from burning coal a century ago as the IMO is set to impose a new 0.5% sulfur cap on marine fuel emissions. S&P Global P...
18 Apr 20176min
Turkish grains imports paradigm shift
Turkey stopped Russian grain imports following a government decision in mid-March. What impact did the lack of Russian grains imported into Turkey have on the milling and processing industry, how is t...
12 Apr 201711min
