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Aluminum scrap market in transformation

402

The rundown on the shipping markets in the run-up to IMO 2020

403

What happened to China's steel output cuts and will government incentives stimulate steel demand?

404

PJM CEO Andy Ott goes in depth on energy and capacity market design changes

405

Why BAF is failing the container industry, the next step in bunker costs recovery

406

Global methanol markets: growing capacities and shifting trade flows

407

Winter storms batter US power markets, driving up demand and prices

408

What should commodities markets look for in European automotive data?

409

Major factors to influence Brazil's sugar and ethanol markets in 2019

410

Baltic Sea Handysize tanker rates at record highs

411

Polar vortex, shutdown weigh heavy on US gasoline demand

412

S&P Global Platts launches Latin American corn assessment as exports gain global relevance

413

China's industrial policies shift global aluminum scrap trade, push prices down

414

Soybean export markets hold breath on US-China updates

415

How fears of a US recession could impact spending in the US natural gas midstream sector

416

IMO 2020: Evolution of the refining landscape

417

Oil market fundamentals: What's driving price sentiment in 2019?

418

Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas link on track despite EU regulation risk

419

The numbers behind Trump's talk of cheaper gasoline in 2019

420

As US-China trade war simmers, impacts felt across many commodities

421

The fast dismantling of the Venezuelan HBI industry: lack of pellets, credit and confidence

422

Trade tensions, megatrends, and sustainability in European petrochemicals

423

Rally in natural gas prices, lower storage throws uncertainty into US winter power outlook

424

European natural gas market faces key first quarter period

425

Gasoline keeps flowing from US refineries despite a huge cut to profits

426

What impact will the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine have on Azov Sea ports?

427

Atlantic dry freight: Have Q4 expectations fallen short?

428

European styrene loses close to third of value in 1.5 months amid fractious year

429

US Gulf Coast crude exports -- a sea change to dirty tanker markets

430

Voters taking on the tax man in US midterm elections

431

Spiking trans-Atlantic freight rates hamper flows of US crude to Europe

432

IMO 2020: Challenge and opportunity for shipowners

433

An atypical year for Brazilian steel: Price hikes, slow recovery and presidential elections

434

European paraxylene market transforms amid global fundamental shifts

435

US power markets brace for winter

436

Is blending biofuel in the bunker fuel pool a viable alternative to installing scrubbers?

437

Trump's steel tariffs and their impact on the US energy sector

438

North-Northeast Brazil's 2018-19 sugarcane season begins with expected emphasis on ethanol

439

Market shrugs as natural gas storage lags in US Midwest

440

US-China tariffs: Uncertainty and chaos in petrochemicals

441

Hurricane Florence and the hidden hand in gasoline pump pricing

442

Global LNG market in focus as annual Gastech conference nears

443

Center-South Brazil's 2018-19 sugarcane season and the highest ethanol mix in 10 years

444

Russian officials prepare for flagship meeting with Asian investors at Eastern Economic Forum

445

Digging into ACE: How will Trump's Clean Power Plan replacement impact US power markets?

446

US power sector coal, gas storage down but prices unmoved

447

Brazilian soybean port premiums jump as US and China engage in trade war

448

How a 'perfect storm' pushed Southern California natural gas to a record high

449

How the US-China trade war could reshape the LNG market

450

Ocean arbs expand for gasoline on the high seas

451

Corpus Christi positioning itself to be prime port for US energy exports

452

Containers: Headwinds in the liner market

453

How global market fundamentals are impacting North American LNG export developers' drive toward FID

454

Severe PET supply constraints cast cloud over nearing peak summer demand

455

Wholesale power markets prep for summer heat, demand and possible emergencies

456

St. Petersburg to host OPEC+ deal, sanctions discussions in late May

457

Interview: Abdulrahman S. Al-Fageeh, SABIC

458

2020: The outlook on LNG Bunkering

459

Advanced technology, robotics vital to recovering offshore production

460

Canada's fight over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

461

What trends will shape US gas prices this summer?

462

Chinese tariffs: What's it mean for the US biofuels and agriculture markets?

463

CIF Japan aluminum premium slips as US eases sanctions on Rusal

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Australia alumina price hits all-time high as US sanctions, Brazil problems hit

465

UK coal plant shut down could exacerbate power price spikes on tight supply

466

A new hope for an E15 waiver?

467

Widening crude differentials and the Permian Basin

468

European biodiesel: Is there space for imports from both Asia and South America?

469

The PES-EPA proposal: What's it mean for US biofuels?

470

China surprises with weak return to thermal coal market after Lunar New Year holiday

471

Could Trump's US steel tariff end a two-year bull run in seaborne prices?

472

IP Week: Shipping industry outlook

473

Interview: Wim Roels, Borouge, on megatrends, strategies, and 2018 outlook

474

Ukrainian corn: Can prices reach $190/mt with the US arb open?

475

Aluminum swaps contango on strong US Midwest

476

IMO 2020 countdown: Will refineries meet low sulfur bunker fuel demand?

477

EU Commission anti-subsidy investigation: a glimmer of hope for EU biodiesel producers?

478

European polyethylene market: torn between the Asian bull and American bear

479

Aluminum Analysis: US sees a bullish start to 2018

480

As Indonesian and Argentinian biodiesel antidumping duties end, is there a respite for palm oil biofuel in Europe?

481

All eyes on Indonesia in 2018 as thermal coal supply tightness persists

482

Iranian tanker accident: Impact on shipping and oil markets

483

Aluminum analysis: LME stocks, spreads and 2018 outlook

484

Will Australian alumina continue to outperform aluminum prices despite delayed Chinese cuts?

485

Does Zimbabwe's political turmoil mean boom or bust for its ethanol and sugar industry?

486

War of words at the IMO over shipping's carbon problem

487

Gasoline, ethanol markets wait for clarifications on Mexico's biofuels blending

488

Interview: From proof-of-concept to market reality for blockchain technology

489

Digitization, supply chain and shale dominate EPCA 2017

490

Russia-OPEC crown new relationship with Moscow meetings

491

China buyers return to Asia seaborne market amid uncertainty on Beijing's import policy, port restrictions

492

Annual billet upcharges are still unclear, but demand is strong for 2018

493

Alumina market braces for stormy Q4 as price hits multi-year high

494

Russia, Asia cooperation set to strengthen amid geopolitical risks

495

Reduction in antidumping duties for Argentinian biodiesel paves way for increased imports into Europe

496

PET supply tightness expected to remain in September following recent price hike

497

EU T2 ethanol bearish on sugar, antidumping uncertainty: is the hype overdone?

498

Eclipse prompted a balancing act by US markets as it curtailed solar power

499

Container shipping -- Amazon vs Maersk: The clash of titans shaking the container industry

500

Who, what, when, where and how? US biofuels industry grapples with RINs after waiver decision