Commodities Focus

Russia's recent focus on diversifying its export markets in Asia dovetails with plans by many countries in the region to expand refining capacities, which is reflected in a growing number of joint projects agreed recently.S&P Global Platts managing editor in Moscow Nadia Rodova discusses how...

The future of antidumping duties against Argentinian biodiesel were finally confirmed this week, stipulating duties to be reduced by September 28. S&P Global Platts European biofuels editor, George Griffiths and global editorial director for agriculture, Tim Worledge discuss the potential...

The polyethylene terephthalate market saw prices spike at the beginning of August when Lotte declared FM at one of its two plants in Wilton, UK. S&P Global Platts editor Sarah-Jane Flaws details the current situation and the expectation over the coming months.We welcome any feedback or...

The advent of the new sugar crop and overhaul of the European sugar regime in October are causing a stir in the European ethanol industry, as market participants expect to see some sugar-beet-based ethanol capacity return to the market.Further down the line, concerns around the potential removal of...

Monday's eclipse cut a path across the US, causing concern for power grid operators — especially those with significant amounts of solar power generation. How did prices react, and what else is ahead in 2017? The North American power pricing team of Kassia Micek, Charles Noh and Jeff Zhou...

Approximately 90% of the world’s trade travels by sea and one would expect the industry's supply chain to be the height of modernity by adopting disruptive technology and strategies. However, this could not be further from the truth, as S&P Global Platts commodities associate Eleni...

A US appeals court rejected the Environmental Protection Agency's use of waiver authority to lower the federal biofuel mandate's blending volumes based on downstream constraints, but the decision leaves a lot of questions about how to find RINs to make up compliance shortfalls. Josh Pedrick and Wes...

With the future of anti-dumping duties against Argentinian and Indonesian biodiesel uncertain, S&P Global Platts editors Tim Worledge, Samar Niazi and George Griffiths take a look at how this could change the global biodiesel market and the emergence of new trade flows stemming from this,...

Alumina prices started the year on a high note, and corrected in the second quarter. What's instore for the Asian alumina market for the rest of the year? Editors Yuen Cheng Mok and Joanna Lim examine the factors that could affect the market in the second half, including China's drive to tackle...

The US Environmental Protection Agency's proposed 2018 renewable volume obligations were released July 5, and responses from biofuels and oil industry players were mixed. Biofuels reporters Josh Pedrick and Wes Swift, as well as policy reporter Brian Scheid, crunch the numbers and consider how...