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S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights analysis of key news and pricing issues from across the global shipping, natural gas, power, petrochemicals, agriculture, and coal markets.
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Feb 5, 2014 • 6min
Atlantic thermal coal supply in 2014
Platts' associate editors Jacqueline Holman and Jaime Concha discuss how recent Colombian coal supply disruptions have affected European-delivered spot prices and the repercussions on supply-demand fundamentals in 2014. We welcome any feedback or suggestions for topics. Contact us at...
Feb 4, 2014 • 7min
US benzene price surge has ripple affect
Bernardo Fallas, managing editor of the Americas, and John Calton, associate editor for aromatics, delve into the factors behind the recent surge in benzene prices on the US Gulf Coast, what the market expects in the near term, and the impact on downstream markets. We welcome any feedback or...
Jan 29, 2014 • 13min
Interview: Challenges facing carbon capture and storage in Europe
Ahead of Platts' annual CCS conference in Brussels February 18-19, Henry Edwardes-Evans spoke to Dr Graeme Sweeney, Chairman of the Zero Emissions Platform, on the European Commission's energy and climate goals to 2030, and the challenges facing carbon capture and storage as it seeks to secure a...
Jan 28, 2014 • 6min
US gas prices soar on Arctic blasts
US natural gas prices -- both future and spot -- are soaring as the nation sees unusual winter cold. Platts’ Bentek unit sees at least 700 Bcf more gas coming out of storage by mid-February, worrying some analysts about end-of-winter levels. Gas Daily editors Rodney White and Bill Holland...
Jan 22, 2014 • 11min
Interview: Stephen Bowers, Evonik, on the outlook for European crude C4 market (part 2)
Platts petrochemicals editors, Miguel Cambeiro and Antonios Panagiotopoulos, talk to Stephen Bowers, Global Projects, Advanced Intermediates - Performance Intermediates, Evonik, on the challenges and risks facing the European crude C4 market. We welcome any feedback or suggestions for topics....
Jan 21, 2014 • 5min
Heating demand boosts natural gas to all-time high
Platts natural gas editors Letitia Vasquez and T.L. Hamilton discuss the record highs reached in Northeast daily and forward natural gas prices brought on by the polar vortex when heating demand was way up. We welcome any feedback or suggestions for topics. Contact us at webeditor@platts.com.
Jan 17, 2014 • 6min
Interview: Stephen Bowers, Evonik, on the outlook for European MTBE, gasoline markets (part 1)
Platts petrochemicals editor, Antonios Panagiotopoulos talks to Stephen Bowers, Global Projects, Advanced Intermediates - Performance Intermediates, Evonik, on the challenges and risks facing the European MTBE and gasoline markets. We welcome any feedback or suggestions for topics. Contact us at...
Jan 17, 2014 • 6min
Italian gas, power prices see a bearish start to the year as outlook remains uncertain
Beatrice Bedeschi, associate editor for European gas and power, discusses recent regulatory developments in the Italian markets and price trends at the start of 2014. We welcome any feedback or suggestions for topics. Contact us at webeditor@platts.com.
Jan 17, 2014 • 13min
Interview: Ineos director Tom Crotty on falling profits from European petrochemical assets
Global petrochemical producer Ineos has seen its profit from European assets halve while those from the US have tripled in the last three years. Tom Crotty, group director, talks to Platts' Nandita Lal and Hetain Mistry about the European petrochemical industry's dismal performance, shale gas in...
Jan 8, 2014 • 6min
Polar vortex spins up US natural gas markets
Polar vortex cold ignites cash gas market in New York and New England, futures stay quiet. Natural gas price predictions for 2014 and how did the analysts do in 2013? Platts editors Bill Holland, Valarie Jackson, and Chris Tremulis report. We welcome any feedback or suggestions for topics....
