Welcome to this Methanol Market Puts-and-Takes podcast episode, part of the Chemical Conversations series. 

In this episode, Argus Global Methanol Consultant Dave McCaskill and Senior Analyst Cassidy Staggers discuss the following:

• Market outlook and pricing trends for Q2
•   Tariffs – how do they effect methanol and derivatives
•   Reflection on IMO’s new proposed framework

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Listen to our three-part podcast series looking into the outlook of the European diesel market in 2025.

In this part two, our market experts - Benedict George (Deputy Editor - European Products) and George Maher-Bonnett (Market Reporter – European Products) - discuss what the landscape for diesel import supply in Europe is likely to look like:

• A rundown of the impact Russian sanctions have had on shifting diesel trade flows across the globe • With the inflow of excess US diesel, following US' lose of it's Brazilian export market to Russia, how much pressure will that put on European diesel prices? • The role the Dangote refinery could play in transforming the European diesel market • And much more

Hear Argus’ analysis of how freshly announced tariffs on Chinese-built ships could affect US fertilizer imports, how generalized import tariffs have already affected the US fertilizer market and what could possibly be coming in the next few weeks. Join Taylor Zavala, Deputy Editor - Phosphates, Potash and Calder Jett, Editor - North American Fertilizer, as they discuss these topics in the latest episode of Argus' Fertilizer Matters podcast series.

Key topics covered in the podcast:

• New Chinese ship tariffs - implications on US fertilizer imports
• Review of the changes in import tariff policies
• Effect of tariffs on US potash and phosphate markets
• US Urea, UAN and ammonium sulphate tariff implications
• Tariffs threatening summer/fall imports and resupply
• Impact of tariffs on US urea imports for April, May

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• Request a sample report/trial: Argus North American Fertilizer (price reporting service)
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• More information: Argus fertilizer market intelligence services
• Free sign up: Argus Fertilizer Market Highlights
• Fertilizer Matters podcast series

In this edition, London-based LPG Editor Peter Wilton and Houston-based LPG Editor Amy Strahan discuss the impact on US markets of the recent escalation in the trade war between the US and China. This is the third of a three-part Argus podcast series on the trade war. It was preceded by a look at the impacts on the northwest European and wider Asia-Pacific region.

O Programa de Aceleração da Transição Energética (Paten) foi aprovado em janeiro e deve representar uma oportunidade de avanços dos investimentos em áreas de sustentabilidade no país. Junte-se a Rebecca Gompertz, especialista de biometano da publicação Argus Brazil Gas Markets e Maria Fernanda Soares, sócia na Machado Meyer e líder da prática de gás natural e gases renováveis, para saber mais sobre o Programa e suas principais consequências para os mercados de gás e biometano

Stay informed with Fuels Focus, the essential podcast from Argus that delivers timely analysis and key highlights from the US refined products marketplace. Each week, our experts break down the most significant developments affecting gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, RINs and ethanol prices – equipping you with the knowledge to navigate the market complexities with confidence.

This week in review’s episode features:

• US retail diesel prices hit 16-week low
• Kinder Morgan pays California terminal fines
• Valero in talks to close Benicia refinery

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The UK government has this month taken emergency control of British Steel to prevent the closure of its blast furnaces. Elif Eyuboglu, steel market reporter at Argus Media, spoke to Colin Richardson, steel lead at Argus Media, about these developments and their potential impact on the steel industry, as well as updates on safeguard quotas.

• What are the immediate and long-term implications of the UK government's decision to take control of British Steel? How might this move affect the broader steel industry in the UK?
• What is the status of import quotas in the UK, and what are their implications for the steel market?
• The European Commission has made several amendments to the steel safeguard quotas this quarter, including new caps for cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized products. The new quotas entered into effect 1 April: how have they affected the market so far?

Listen to this episode as our Crude Oil Reporter, Rhys van Dinther, puts forward some important questions to Delia He, Freight Analyst at Vortexa, following developments in the Suez Canal. Specifically, in relation to the re-opening of the canal and re-transiting of vessels through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait;

• If the full use of the Suez Canal returns, what does the timeframe look like for ship owners?

• If a return is expected in the near term, which vessel sizes are expected to be affected the most?

• What impact could the reopening of the Red Sea have on freight rates in the long term?

• And much more