European ultra low sulfur diesel premiums to the front-month ICE gasoil futures contract hit their weakest level in over four months Friday as large volumes flooded the region from the Americas and the Baltic. Northwest European cargo ...
Tags: low sulfur diesel, gasoil futures
The fuel oil hi-lo spread -- the premium of 1% FOB NWE cargo swaps over 3.5% FOB Rotterdam barges -- has moved above $60/mt for the first time since April 1 on supply worries, sources said Thursday. The physical hi-lo was assessed at ...
Tags: Fuel Oil, physical hi-lo
US over-the-counter coal prices closed mixed on Tuesday, with only a handful of trades seen across the Central Appalachian and Powder River Basin coal markets. CSX physical June traded at $60.25/st for one train twice. The price was ...
Tags: Coal Prices, CSX physical
Some sellers of molybdenum oxide powder in Asia have lowered offers Friday, following falls during European trading hours Thursday, while others kept their offers at $14.70-14.80/lb CIF, market sources said. Platts assessed moly oxide at ...
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Northwest European methanol spot prices have fallen below Eur300/mt for the first time since October 2, 2012, under pressure from ample supplies in the market, according to sources. Platts assessed spot methanol at Eur299.50/mt ($411/mt) ...
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Ultra low sulfur diesel premiums in the northwest European CIF cargo market fell to $11.25/mt above May 0.1% ICE gasoil Futures Friday, their lowest since January 28 according to Platts data, after a sharp $3/mt fall in the cash premium ...
Tags: Diesel Cargo, low sulfur diesel
European fuel-grade ethanol prices have become less vulnerable to near-term declines as future prices are now high enough to encourage sellers to hold on to stock rather than selling it promptly, according to trading sources. Wholesale ...
Molybdenum oxide and European ferromolybdenum soared higher Thursday as sources said the market was being driven by extreme tightness for oxide powder. The Platts daily dealer molybdenum oxide assessment climbed to $13.70-14.20/lb on ...
Tags: Molybdenum oxide, ferromolybdenum
Q4 2014 Central Appalachian rail (CSX) and Powder River Basin 8,800-Btu/lb coal time spreads saw action Thursday in the US over-the-counter market, pushing prices higher. In the PRB 8,800 market, the Q4 2014 physical price closed 30 ...
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Coal stocks at ports in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region have firmed to their highest levels this year at around 6 million mt, according to data collected from port sources Monday. Sources said coal stocks at EMO Dry Bulk Terminal ...
Tags: Coal Stocks, Drummond's exports
Vivergo, the UK's largest ethanol producer by capacity, said Wednesday that profitability at its 420,000 cubic meter/year (111 million gallon/year) plant at Hull in northeast England has been "adversely affected" by the lowest spot prices ...
Refining margins for sweet crudes are out-performing margins for sour crudes like Urals in Northwest Europe, Platts data shows, as lighter refined products have surged while heavier products have dropped. While cracking margins -- which ...
Tags: Sweet Crude, Gasoline
The fuel oil inventory spread between the US Gulf Coast and Japan narrowed to 6.668 million barrels, the tightest spread since January, comparison of recent data shows. BNP Paribas said in its weekly oil inventories report, published ...
Tags: Fuel Oil, US Gulf Coast
Russian gas giant Gazprom has sent the first cargo with crude produced at the Prirazlomnoye offshore field -- the country's only Arctic offshore hydrocarbon project -- to the international market, the company said Friday. "ARCO, or Arctic ...
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The timespread for 500 ppm gasoil swaps in Singapore widened to a four-month high of 83 cents/barrel for May/June Monday, reflecting a tighter market during the regional refinery maintenance season, a narrowing East/West spread and ...