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
How will European producers cope without anti-dumping duties on Chinese PET?
On February 8, the European Commission dropped its anti-dumping duty on imports of PET from China, which were as high as 22.9%. But will the European PET producers now find themselves with an elephant...
17 Feb 20176min
Russian agriculture flourishes against the odds
It would hardly be an understatement to say Russia has fallen on hard economic times in recent years, although this does not tell the whole story. Tim Worledge, editorial director of pricing, joins Er...
13 Feb 20176min
Russia weighs up January crude output cut, impact of new US administration on oil sector
Preliminary data for January indicates that Russian oil producers are complying with an OPEC/non-OPEC deal to cut crude output, which alongside Russia's relationship with the new US administration loo...
3 Feb 20176min
