23 July 2018 Viewpoint: A380.1, scrap prices face headwinds Prices of benchmark secondary aluminum alloy A380.1 face downward pressure in the third quarter amid an outflow of lower-priced LME North American Specialty Aluminum Alloy Contract (Nasaac) metal and falling scrap prices. Filter: Metals North America More filters
23 July 2018 Freight rates for coal leap at most Russian ports Freight costs for coal delivery from Russian southern and northwestern ports rose in July compared with June amid early start of grain exports from Russia's Azov and Black Sea ports and a sudden shortage of available vessels in Baltic and Barents Sea ports. Filter: Coal Asia-Pacific Europe FSU More filters
23 July 2018 Viewpoint: US northeast gas stocks a winter concern US northeast natural gas inventories are closing in on year-earlier levels, but the remaining gap is sparking some concerns about winter shortfalls. Filter: Natural gas/LNG North America More filters
23 July 2018 China's Tangshan suspends most iron ore sintering China's largest steelmaking city Tangshan has ordered most iron ore sintering and pelletising units to shut down until further notice. Filter: Metals Asia-Pacific More filters
23 July 2018 Viewpoint: No sign of slack in NorthAm sulphuric acid Tight production and healthy demand have spurred US sulphuric acid prices to historic highs in 2018, with a rising market likely to continue for the rest of the third quarter. Filter: Fertilizer North America More filters
23 July 2018 Viewpoint: Tariffs, disruptions will boost LatAm crudes Latin American crude grades will become more competitive to the US west coast and China as the collapse of Venezuelan exports, US-China trade tariffs, and US sanctions on Iran impact trade flows. Filter: Crude oil Latin America and Caribbean More filters
23 July 2018 Viewpoint: US butane stocks tight on steady exports Steady US Gulf coast butane exports could set the stage for lower inventories when domestic demand for winter-grade gasoline blending arrives later this summer. Filter: LPG/NGL North America More filters
23 July 2018 Phosphates: India revises GST tax rates on phosacid The Indian goods and services tax (GST) council has recommended that the GST on phosphoric acid should be reduced from 12pc to 5pc, a government of India notification said. Filter: Fertilizer Asia-Pacific More filters
23 July 2018 Andeavor securing northwest Mexico fuel capacity Andeavor continues to hammer out the financial details with Mexican state-owned oil firm Pemex for newly awarded refined products pipeline and storage capacity that extends the US independent refiner's reach into northwest Mexico. Filter: Oil products Latin America and Caribbean More filters
20 July 2018 Editorial: Risky business US crude market dynamics are playing havoc with the largest traded oil spread in the world, the Brent-WTI differential. Filter: Crude oil North America More filters
20 July 2018 Viewpoint: Copper scrap spreads trend weaker Copper scrap is poised to maintain weaker spreads through the end of 2018 amid unchanged supply-and-demand fundamentals. Filter: Metals North America More filters
20 July 2018 German August power nears 4Q prices German base-load prices for August delivery are close to contracts delivering in the more demand-intensive winter period as market participants have priced in the risk that lower wind power generation will increase the call on fossil-fuel units to meet domestic demand and will create exports opportu Filter: Power Europe More filters
20 July 2018 Jordan to resume gas imports from Egypt in January Jordan will resume pipeline gas imports from Egypt in January, likely curbing Jordan's LNG demand and potentially halting receipts by 2020. Filter: Power Natural gas/LNG Middle East More filters
20 July 2018 MMTA suspends Vollers after cobalt theft The Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) has suspended approval of a Rotterdam-based warehouse belonging to German firm Vollers following the theft of a large volume of cobalt earlier this month. Filter: Metals Europe More filters
20 July 2018 Canada delays rollout of clean fuel standard Canada's government has decided to push back the start of an ambitious program to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its use of fossil fuels in transportation, industries and buildings. Filter: Bioenergy Power Emissions Natural gas/LNG Oil products North America More filters
