Rotterdam diesel barge daily trading volumes have risen to their highest level since October due to planned maintenance at refineries and low physical stocks in Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp, traders said Friday. A total of 240,000 mt has ...
Tags: Diesel, distillate products, jet fuel
The Mediterranean high sulfur fuel oil market has moved to its widest discount to Northwest Europe in four months amid ample supply, traders said. Mediterranean FOB HSFO cargoes were assessed by Platts on Thursday at a $12/mt discount to ...
Tags: Fuel Oil, High Sulfur Oil
Molybdenum oxide prices jumped above $12/lb in warehouse Rotterdam Thursday as buyers were forced to accept higher prices in order to secure stock as fewer firm offers were made. However, lower prices were heard in Asia and Platts daily ...
Tags: Molybdenum, oxide, oxide powder
Ferromolybdenum prices struggled to keep pace with rising molybdenum oxide prices as the market remained cautiously optimistic, sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed its daily dealer molybdenum oxide price at $11.50-11.70/lb, up from ...
Tags: Ferromolybdenum, Oxide Powder
Global ports expect to see LNG account for 13% of the bunker fuel market supply come 2020 and 24% by 2025, according to a Lloyd's Register report Monday. Lloyd's global marketing manager Luis Benito shared the observations at a media ...
Tags: LNG, Bunker Fuel Supply
Argentina exported 92,755 mt of biodiesel in February, a 106% jump from the same period in a year ago, according to Argentinian Biofuels Association, or CARBIO, data that Platts received Thursday. February fixture data indicated as much ...
Tags: Biodiesel Exports, Biofuels
Low-sulfur crude grades in the North Sea have dropped to more than four-month lows on differentials versus Dated Brent on pressure from competing grades in the Mediterranean. On Tuesday, Norwegian North Sea crude grade Ekofisk hit a ...
Tags: Low-sulfur crude, refinery, crude
US miner Drummond restarted coal loadings from its Colombian export terminal late Monday after its environmental restrictions were lifted following a three-month export ban, the company said in a statement. The miner's Colombian ...
Tags: Export Terminal, US miner, Coal Loadings
Molybdenum oxide prices continued their rally on Friday, reaching a nine-month high, although some participants believe the market may be poised for a period of consolidation in the first half of April. The Platts daily dealer molybdenum ...
Tags: Moly Oxide, oxide powder, steel mills
Freight rates for grain runs from South America to the Far East declined on Friday amid low Chinese soybeans demand, oversupply of tonnage and generally bearish sentiment in the Atlantic market. Grain runs basis 60,000 mt on the ...
Tags: grain, soybeans, Chinese demand
The spread between the spot prices for acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer in Europe surged to an all-time high of Eur1,040/mt ($1,444/mt) Thursday, as VAM prices soared and feedstock AA prices remained stable. In December last year, the ...
The fuel oil physical hi-lo -- the premium of 1% FOB Northwest European cargoes over 3.5% FOB Rotterdam barges -- came off a 17-month high Tuesday morning, having surged $12.75/mt to $62.75/mt Monday on fears Russia may stop or reduce gas ...
The FOB Singapore 380 CST high sulfur fuel oil cash differential slipped into a discount Monday due to excess supply. The cash differential for the higher viscosity grade fuel oil fell to a discount of 26 cents/mt Monday, down from ...
Tags: high sulfur fuel, HSFO market
Chemical tanker Bochem Oslo is preparing to load a substantial volume of ethanol from Rotterdam before heading to Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates, as multi-year low European prices beat competition from the US and Brazil, market ...
Tags: Vessel, Rotterdam Ethanol
AT&T today announced that on Friday, Feb. 21 it will launch Digital Life in the Albanyarea along with three other markets: Dayton, Ohio, Grand Rapids, Mich. and Wichita, Kan. AT&T Digital Life makes customers' lives easier by simplifying ...
Tags: AT&T, Digital Life, management, easy-to-use experience, PC