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Commodities Focus

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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Asian naphtha rebounds from 11-year low crack but trade concerns remain

Asian naphtha rebounds from 11-year low crack but trade concerns remain

Refineries worldwide have been consuming more light sweet crude oil, resulting in an oversupply of light distillates pro... Read more

3 Jul 2019

4mins

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Global Energy Transition: What are the key drivers and hindrances?

Global Energy Transition: What are the key drivers and hindrances?

The energy transition has become the key talking point among energy and commodity market participants, marking what seem... Read more

18 Oct 2019

9mins

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Sunny side up: rising prices in the Black Sea sunflower oil market

Sunny side up: rising prices in the Black Sea sunflower oil market

In today's Commodities Focus podcast, join EMEA agriculture pricing lead Robert Beaman, oilseeds editor George Duke and ... Read more

28 Nov 2019

11mins

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Part 2: Plunging oil prices, pandemic having dramatic downstream impact

Part 2: Plunging oil prices, pandemic having dramatic downstream impact

With oil prices off roughly 30% in the past week in face of falling demand triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, impact... Read more

13 Mar 2020

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Asian gasoline market Q4 outlook

Asian gasoline market Q4 outlook

The last quarter of the year is seasonally weak for Asian gasoline, but the attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities are... Read more

3 Oct 2019

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A conversation with Goldman Sachs's Jeff Currie

A conversation with Goldman Sachs's Jeff Currie

Global demand for commodities has been obliterated. From copper as a barometer of the global economy to oil as a potenti... Read more

15 Apr 2020

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Global and US solar outlook: Uncertainties and market impacts

Global and US solar outlook: Uncertainties and market impacts

The energy transition has become an increasingly important driver of energy and commodity markets, as power generation u... Read more

12 Nov 2019

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Heading into summer, California power forwards soar, ERCOT reserve margin narrows

Heading into summer, California power forwards soar, ERCOT reserve margin narrows

Last summer, ERCOT saw record power demand, while California power prices reached an all-time high. With another summer ... Read more

7 Jun 2019

10mins

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Gastech puts LNG at center stage as market presses North American project developers for decisions

Gastech puts LNG at center stage as market presses North American project developers for decisions

S&P Global Platts senior natural gas writers Harry Weber and J. Robinson preview with natural gas managing editor Jo... Read more

12 Sep 2019

14mins

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EnVision Forum fosters dialogue on fuel transitions

EnVision Forum fosters dialogue on fuel transitions

FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee launched the EnVision Forum in his home state of Kentucky on October 21. The daylong event... Read more

24 Oct 2019

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Texas natural gas, power prices diverge during an August for the record books

Texas natural gas, power prices diverge during an August for the record books

ERCOT power demand smashed record after record durin August, boosting spot prices to record highs and real-time power pr... Read more

6 Sep 2019

8mins

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US hydrogen market emerging around calls for decarbonization

US hydrogen market emerging around calls for decarbonization

As more US municipalities set ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power generation, transportation and ... Read more

18 Dec 2019

17mins

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Back in black: The oil market’s way forward

Back in black: The oil market’s way forward

After a historic collapse into negative territory, oil prices have rebounded on the backs of OPEC+ production cuts and t... Read more

19 May 2020

21mins

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Uncertainty remains for US LNG project developers following initial China trade deal

Uncertainty remains for US LNG project developers following initial China trade deal

S&P Global Platts senior natural gas writer Harry Weber and S&P Global Market Intelligence natural gas reporter ... Read more

24 Jan 2020

21mins

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A respite without a resolution for commodity markets after initial US-China trade deal

A respite without a resolution for commodity markets after initial US-China trade deal

An initial trade agreement between the US and China signed by officials from both countries January 15 could change the ... Read more

22 Jan 2020

29mins

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Pandemic oil markets have products tankers buzzing

Pandemic oil markets have products tankers buzzing

Pandemic oil demand destruction has converted clean products tankers into offshore storage containers as onshore storage... Read more

24 Apr 2020

18mins

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The Wuhan Ban: The coronavirus and IMO 2020 stifle the shipping markets

The Wuhan Ban: The coronavirus and IMO 2020 stifle the shipping markets

We’re one month into the new IMO 2020 sulphur cap and Container Editor George Griffiths and Dry Bulk Editor Sam Eckett l... Read more

30 Jan 2020

10mins

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Part 1: Volatility in global markets creates havoc for upstream US oil, gas and LNG

Part 1: Volatility in global markets creates havoc for upstream US oil, gas and LNG

The ongoing and extreme volatility in world oil markets has triggered a range of industry dynamics in the US. Editors fr... Read more

12 Mar 2020

11mins

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Remember, remember the coal of November

Remember, remember the coal of November

London-based editors Jeffrey McDonald, Sarah Matthews and Joseph Clarke discuss the mood of key sectors within the Atlan... Read more

5 Nov 2019

6mins

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COVID-19 crushing China's steel and iron ore demand

COVID-19 crushing China's steel and iron ore demand

Steel and raw materials markets have been particularly affected by the coronavirus, as two of the key demand sectors – c... Read more

13 Feb 2020

9mins

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