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Commodities Focus

Jan 31, 2019

Argentina and Brazil are growing in importance as exporters of corn, with global buyers now having one eye on crop development in Argentina and the other on the second crop planting in Brazil. Join Sophie Byron, senior managing editor for the Americas agriculture pricing team, and Rafael Savoia,...


Atlantic dry bulk freight sinks to two-year lows

Jan 30, 2019

S&P Global Platts editors George Griffiths, Jamila Al-Ibrahim and Sam Eckett discuss the state of the Atlantic dry bulk market ahead of the Chinese New Year, and what we can expect for the remainder of the first quarter of 2019.


Jan 25, 2019

Aluminum trade had a big year in 2018, and while US tariffs got a lot of media attention, China also took action that has impacted nonferrous scrap trade and prices worldwide. Scrap dealers and secondary aluminum smelters in the US, Mexico and Asia have had to grapple with these changes, and will...


Jan 23, 2019

Soybean markets are holding their breath while the US and China discuss a possible resolution of the trade war that shook global trade flows in 2018. As tentative signs of reconciliation begin to emerge, US farmers still hold large stocks of beans while they start planning the coming season....


Jan 16, 2019

S&P Global Platts senior natural gas writer Harry Weber and Americas natural gas managing editor Joe Fisher discuss the outlook for the US midstream sector as fourth-quarter 2018 earnings reporting season begins, from the appetite for further major pipeline projects to the markets that will be...