Efforts to combat coronavirus lead to changes for US power markets
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted all aspects of daily life and US power markets are not immune. With the majority of people staying at home, per recommendations to stop the spread of the disease,...
26 Mar 202019min
US distillate prices in free fall amid coronavirus outbreak
Cash prices for US diesel and jet fuel markets have been under heavy pressure since the coronavirus outbreak hit the US. Jet fuel has seen the worst impact, with prices falling to multiyear lows. Dies...
24 Mar 202014min
Oil price crash and COVID-19: A two-pronged impact on global petrochemical markets
S&P Global Platts market specialists Kirsten Hays, Eric Su, and Simon Price join associate director Vanessa Ronsisvalle to give a global view on how the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the rece...
24 Mar 202016min
Steel market adapts to rapid changes as coronavirus spreads across US
Unlike other commodities sectors, the domestic steel market seemed to be largely immune during the first few weeks of Covid-19's spread across the US. Prices held relatively steady and mill production...
20 Mar 202012min
China's tax rebate a welcome relief to domestic producers, but bunkering hub aspirations still far from reality
China's long-awaited value-added-tax rebate on fuel oil paved the way for domestic producers to supply bunker fuel to ships plying international routes at Chinese ports. A month after its implementati...
20 Mar 20208min
Sugar in the time of coronavirus
With commodities weakening on the back of the coronavirus epidemic and the oil price crash, Robert Beaman of S&P Global Platts talks to sugar specialists Nicolle Monteiro de Castro and Beatriz Pupo ab...
18 Mar 202018min
Pessimism spreads in US LNG sector as coronavirus exacerbates market woes
US LNG developers face challenges advancing any new export projects this year amid the escalating coronavirus outbreak, which has exacerbated the drop in global demand that has already led to record-l...
17 Mar 202011min
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, impacts in the downstream are far-reaching. Changes in crude flows, refinery operation...
13 Mar 202020min
