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
Ethanol tariff sought by Unica may not slow Brazil's imports: market
Unica, Brazil's sugar industry group, is seeking the reinstatement of an ethanol import tariff, citing greenhouse gas emissions from other producers and surging ethanol imports — especially from the U...
11 Apr 20176min
Commodities pricing now mostly on path to recovery, execs say
S&P Global Platts content director for EMEA metals Christopher Davis, and senior writer Robert Perkins -– just back to London from the shores of Lake Geneva -- discuss the outlook from the recent FT C...
31 Mar 20177min
Petrochemical expansions, exports dominate conversations at AFPM IPC
It was another busy International Petrochemical Conference from the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers in San Antonio, and our editors and analysts share what they learned from various conver...
30 Mar 20177min
Northeast US coal burn increased in March even as retirements will impact power gen mix
It seems Mother Nature decided to skip most of winter in the Northeast US this year, but a recent cold snap bumped up power and gas prices in March and the region's generation mix is still changing. C...
22 Mar 20175min
