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Commodities Focus

Aug 28, 2019

China will bring on another 35 million mt/year of crude steel this year through its capacity replacement mechanism, S&P Global Platts estimates. How will this impact pig iron production growth? And is there enough downstream demand to absorb all of this steel? S&P Global Platts senior...


Aug 27, 2019

S&P Global Platts senior natural gas writer Harry Weber and S&P Global Market Intelligence natural gas reporter Corey Paul discuss with Platts natural gas managing editor Joe Fisher the state of play in the US LNG industry, with competition for commercial deals heating up, final investment...


China First: impact of recent changes in the aluminum market

Aug 26, 2019

In the first quarter of 2017, the Chinese aluminum market has been impacted by changes both domestic and international. From trade protectionism to environmental restrictions, pricing specialist Henry Van discusses the ramifications of these changes for the rest of the year with YuenCheng Mok,...


Aug 22, 2019

A number of major trends are impacting the US power sector, including lower utility load nearly across the board among electric utilities, largely because of milder temperatures this year but also in some cases because of lower industrial load. Some electric utility CEOs have also...


Aug 20, 2019

On today's Commodities Focus podcast with Ora Lazic and Miguel Cambeiro: Although Europe continues to be the most expensive pricing region, it is increasingly becoming an importer of competitively priced ethylene and main derivatives from the US —with its new shale-based capacity—, but...