CIF ARA year-ahead thermal coal swaps slip to record lows
Platts thermal coal editors examine the factors pressuring CIF ARA paper prices and what has...
Sellers unshaken as EU sugar export quota deadline looms
With less than five weeks to go until the end of the 2014-15 sugar campaign in Europe, Platts...
Can CCS technology help US coal in the era of the Clean Power Plan?
The Clean Power Plan has many US coal producers unnerved and power generators considering if it's...
Slowing summer storage injections set stage for US gas markets this winter
The hot weather across parts of the US this summer has slowed natural gas storage injections and...
Chinese ethanol market sees imports surge
Platts editors look at the reasons behind China's strong import demand for industrial-grade...
Tumbling toluene, MX prices in US speak to lower gasoline, downstream demand
Over the past month, US toluene and mixed xylene prices have both fallen more than 20% as...
Ukraine takes on the offshore grains loophole
Platts editors examine Ukraine's tax authorities having recently seized a number of grains...
Everything's bigger in Texas: ERCOT breaks power record after power record
There's more demand than ever for electric power straining the Electric Reliability Council of...
Brazilian drivers benefit from cheap hydrous ethanol
Brazil's total hydrous ethanol consumption jumped 48% from April through June, and the high...
Interview: UK offshore wind – industry calls for volume and certainty
Platts interviews Dr Gordon Edge, RenewableUK, on the challenge of maintaining UK offshore wind...
Polymer buyers in Latin America ask how low prices can go
Prices for polymers in Latin America have drifted lower recently, and it's a stressful time to be...
CAPP coal producers struggle to stay afloat, search for new normal
Some bigger Central Appalachia coal producers may be running out of time and money. The...
US coal industry grim in 2015, but hoping for upturn in the long term
While many in the US coal industry foresee a drop in coal production, increased export...
Interview: Dorothee Arns, Petrochemicals Europe, on the strengths, weaknesses of the industry
Dorothee Arns, executive director of Petrochemicals Europe, the petrochemicals programme of...
Production and power burn pull on US natural gas markets
Natural gas markets continue to have more muted movements this winter, with high production but...
Winter prompts new US electric power demand records
It's the winter that won't stop in the US, where wholesale electric power markets have been...
Supply, demand fundamentals driving Asian palm oil complex
Platts agriculture editors provide an oversight of the supply and demand fundamentals that are...
US polymer markets await price and supply changes
US polymer editors talk over the big topics of North American polyethylene, polystyrene and...
Outlook for ExxonMobil's operations in Russia against backdrop of sanctions
Platts editors assess the outlook for ExxonMobil's continuing operations in Russia against the...
US coal producer acquisition could boost confidence in industry
Questions abound after the US' largest privately-held coal producer, Murray Energy, acquired...
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