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
US coal producers disciplined in the face of higher prices, lower stockpiles
US thermal coal prices have risen over the past few months, largely lifted by higher gas prices for power generation, and forecasts for a tighter gas market in 2017 is good news for coal producers. Ji...
31 Jan 20174min
Sugar's fortunes delicately poised as supply expectations edge towards surplus
Tim Worledge and Claudiu Covrig look at the intricate interplay between supply and demand in the global sugar markets, and mull the impact of recovering sugar production in India and Thailand, the ret...
30 Jan 20176min
BPF outlines UK's plastic industry's Brexit concerns
Mike Boswell, chair of the Brexit Committee at the British Plastic Federation assesses the challenges for an import dependent UK plastics industry post Brexit. UK converters face legislation changes, ...
27 Jan 201713min
2017 Outlook: European power perks up
After years of steady price declines, European power markets are dancing to a lively tune of nuclear outages, low wind and spiky Winter demand. Will prices rebalance once the current capacity squeeze ...
24 Jan 20176min
Container shipping: What next for the smaller TEU fleet?
Can the abandoned smaller TEU vessels become the workhorse for the customer focused container market? S&P Global Platts senior editor Andrew Scorer explores some potential options for these vessels to...
23 Jan 201716min
Gas generation squeezed by coal in US winter power markets
Wholesale electric power prices in the US are starting 2017 by ticking upward, lifted by firmer natural gas prices, which overall has caused coal generation to take some of gas generation's share in t...
18 Jan 20174min
