The Effects of the Coronavirus on Markets

Other content related to the coronavirus

• White Paper: Covid-19 to change the structure of base and minor metals markets

  Argus metals assesses prices for key battery components and prices for base metals which have experienced much volatility since the start of the Covid-19 crisis.
  Read the white paper

• Webinar: Sulphur Market Outlook

  30 July 2020: Join us to discover key April-July pricing and supply trends, third quarter contracts, the impact of Covid-19, project updates and capacity outlook, the global sulphur balance forecast and more.
  Watch On Demand

• Webinar: Argus Base Oils Virtual Forum 2020

  7 July 2020: Argus is excited to meet you online this year. Argus’ Asia-Pacific and Europe market experts will focus on the impact of Covid-19 in the first half of 2020 and what to expect in the second half of the year.
  Register now

• Webinar: Covid-19 — What does this mean for Asian bitumen markets?

  2 July 2020: Join Argus Media’s Asia Asphalt Editor Aabha Gandhi as she discusses how Covid-19 changed the Asia-Pacific and Middle East bitumen markets in the first half of 2020, and share Argus’ view for the next quarter.
  Watch On Demand

• Webinar: Covid-19 and the Global LNG Market

  4 June 2020: How has the Covid-19 pandemic reshaped global LNG demand; what are the implications for new projects coming on stream and awaiting FID; and what additional pressures has the pandemic put on long-term LNG contract structures?
  Watch On Demand

• White Paper: Battery Materials

  4 June 2020: Global demand for lithium-based energy storage systems (ESS) is accelerating as costs decline, despite near-term disruptions to the supply chain from the Covid-19 pandemic.
  Read the white paper

• White paper: Mixed prospects for China’s rare earths market amid Covid-19

  4 June 2020: China’s rare earths market is facing mixed prospects as global economies and industries reel from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
  Read the white paper

• Webinar: The Impact of Covid-19 on Wire & Cable demand

  28 May 2020: Join Teis Sherman, analyst - metals, as he delivers an overview of the short term and long term outlook for global wire and cable markets.
  Watch On Demand

• Webinar - Covid-19: The natural gas view from Europe

  21 May 2020: How have the Covid-19 shutdowns affected fundamentals in Europe’s over-supplied gas market? In this webinar, we look at the impact of the pandemic and prospects for the rest of 2020.
  Watch On Demand

• Webinar: Will APAC jet fuel markets ever be the same?

  20 May 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on Asia-Pacific jet fuel markets, with airlines all but grounding their fleets as travel and jet fuel demand have taken a severe hit.
  Watch On Demand

• Webinar: US LNG and the impact of Covid-19

  7 May 2020: The US LNG market is evolving faster than ever amidst the global coronavirus pandemic. In this webinar, we discuss recent changes in export capacities, and what this means for planned projects.
  Watch On Demand

• White Paper: EU ETS emissions set for further sharp decline

  14 May 2020: GHG 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.
  Read the white paper

• 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.
  Read the white paper

• 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.
  Read the white paper

• Webinar: Covid-19 and the impact on Indonesian coal market fundamentals

  28 April 2020. Argus Media’s coal editorial team discusses Covid-19’s impact on market developments in Asia-Pacific. This will cover Indonesian supply, demand centres, recovery timeline and challenges facing China and India.
  Watch On Demand

• 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.
  Read the white paper

• White Paper: Asia polymers face more demand weakness

  25 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.
  Read the white paper

• Webinar: Biomass markets adjust to challenging times

  25 March 2020: Discussing market developments in APAC, Europe and the US, policy changes impacting wood pellet and PKS trade flows and the outlook for 2020.
  Watch On Demand

• White Paper: Indian polymers under strain

  24 March 2020: India’s polymer trading has slowed amid the coronavirus outbreak in China. Market participants expect further declines from a slowdown in polymer consumption in China.
  Read the white paper

• Weekly update on China petrochemicals plants production

  Each week Argus provides updates on petrochemical plants production, polymer plants production and methanol and syngas MEG plants production.
  See the latest update

• Webinar: Dealing with disruption in the iron ore markets

  19 March 2020: Join Argus' Chris Newman, senior editor, ferrous markets, for a review on the recent disruptors of iron ore markets.
  Watch On Demand

• Webinar: Coronavirus outbreak - Impact on base oils

  Join Argus' Guo Harn (Marc) Hong, senior analyst, base oils, for an analysis of the coronavirus impact on global base oils markets.
  Watch On Demand

• White Paper: Battery Materials - China EV slowdown

  A weaker economy and lower NEV subsidies that were introduced in 2019 precipitated a drop in Chinese NEV production and sales last year. The coronavirus outbreak has put further downward pressure on the sector in 1Q 2020.
  Read the white paper

• White Paper: The impact of coronavirus on propylene

  What will be the impact on propylene — for production and consumption — of the continued escalation of the coronavirus crisis and the increasingly stringent measures put in place by governments to control its spread?
  Read the white paper

• Webinar (Chinese): China's rare earths market

  Rare earth prices began to fall in late February owing to a rise in supplies as the outbreak eased, and weak demand from downstream sectors. Meanwhile, prices for medium and heavy rare earths have continued to rise since February.
  Watch On Demand

• White Paper: Coronavirus impact on Asia's steel markets

  Coronavirus impacts have been pronounced across China’s and Asia’s ferrous industry. In its wake, it has exposed unnecessary weaknesses in steel pricing structures. Will the steel industry emerge stronger?
  Read the white paper

• Webinar (Chinese): Asia-Pacific's bunker market

  A fall in crude prices and the continued spread of the coronavirus have created substantial market volatility in the marine fuels market. Watch this webinar (Chinese) for updates on the APAC bonded bunkers market.
  Watch On Demand

• Webinar on global rare earths markets

  Webinar topics include Argus' rare earths coverage, the impact of the virus outbreak on rare earths supply and demand, an overview of rare earths prices in January-February, and an outlook and forecast.
  Watch On Demand

• White paper: The Coronavirus Impact

  In this white paper, Argus assesses the immediate fallout from the virus on multiple commodities and the potential impact for the rest of this year.
  Read the white paper