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
Asian thermal coal market: Japan April price talks, S Korean consumption tax in focus
Senior editor Michael Cooper and associate editor Mia Corazon Aureus give an overview of Asian thermal coal markets, including the latest in Japan's benchmark contract negotiations, South Korean impor...
20 Mar 20176min
UK, US sugar: If you cane beet them, join them
On both sides of the Atlantic, recent political developments are starting to have an impact on what will end up on your plate. Fresh back from the International Sweetener Colloquium, Tim Worledge, edi...
10 Mar 20176min
Polymer volumes poised to pick up on US railroads as resin producers target exports
Last year, CSX's chemical segment surpassed coal as the railroad's largest revenue generator as it and other railroads are moving more resin and years of polymer production growth is coming. Kristen H...
22 Feb 20176min
Brexit's impact on the UK natural gas market
Ahead of the launch of formal Brexit divorce negotiations expected in March, Thierry Bros, senior research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies joins Lucie Roux, senior European gas speci...
21 Feb 20178min
