Argus White Paper - Fob China or cfr Vietnam: a false choice for Asia’s coil markets 13 May 2020: Asia’s steel market continues to explore the use of indexes to mitigate risk. Our last white paper on regional indexation drew interest from companies looking to set up one-off floating deals or long-term index-linked supply contracts. Execution remains challenging however, particularly for Chinese and Vietnamese parties. At heart is a question about which reference to use.
Argus White Paper: EU ETS emissions set for further sharp decline May 2020: Greenhouse gas emissions are set to fall dramatically this year due to measures taken to slow and contain the spread of Covid-19, leaving EU leaders under growing pressure to make key decisions over the carbon market’s supply structure when faced with an even larger build-up of surplus ETS allowances.
Argus White Paper: Bitumen market explores new ways to price exports As the bitumen market continues to dislocate from high-sulphur fuel oil, Argus has launched a new pricing tool in the Mediterranean, to better reflect outright bitumen cargo prices in that region.
Argus White Paper: Coronavirus impact on European petrochemical market 29 April 2020: The rate of new Covid-19 infections, intensive care admissions and deaths fell across most of western Europe during the past week. The sustained decline encouraged some governments to cautiously begin to ease lockdown measures, notably in Germany, but the picture remains mixed.
Argus White Paper: Pandemic and Price War 29 April 2020: The first quarter of 2020 has seen unprecedented upheaval and disruption, not just to daily life, but also to energy and commodity markets with LPG no exception. But while the pandemic has wreaked havoc across jet fuel, gasoline and diesel markets, the impact of Covid-19 on LPG which is both an essential fuel and feedstock — has been somewhat different to other products.
Argus White Paper: Covid-19 provokes sharp fall in global wire and cable demand 09 April 2020: Coronavirus will lead to a sharp contraction in global wire and cable demand throughout 2020 as reduced fixed investment, industrial activity and private consumption stifle end market demand.
Argus White Paper - Update: Coronavirus impact on European petrochemical market 31 March 2020: The number of infections and deaths from coronavirus in Europe continues to grow. There are some indications that the rate of increase in new infections in Italy and Spain is starting to slow as stricter lockdown measures take effect, but other countries are still on steep upward curves.
Argus White Paper: Asia polymers face more weakness as virus cuts demand 24 March 2020: Polymer prices in Asia are coming under further pressure because of a lack of resin demand as the region grapples with the coronavirus pandemic
