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Learn about the variables that drove up the lithium price by 400% since the beginning of 2021 with Thomas Kavanagh, Associate Editor - Battery Metals and Will Talbot, Senior Analyst – Consulting.

The episode will cover lithium supply/demand for carbonate and hydroxide, logistical challenges, geopolitics, LFP vs LNMC, EVs and other factors influencing the market.

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The ripple effects from the Russia-Ukraine conflict are spreading through the oil and shipping markets. Uncertainty rules the day as the industry prepares for potential scenarios. One of those is sanctions being imposed on Russian crude. 

What would be the impact on crude prices and trade flows and how would the tanker market react to the shuffle in Europe’s oil diet? 

In this Weight of Freight podcast, Argus’ Head of Freight Alex Younevitch is joined by EMEA Freight Editor Will Collins and Vice President for Crude James Gooder to answer these and other burning questions.

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Join Amy Strahan, editor of Argus NGL Americas, and Brian O’Rourke, Argus North American NGL Business Development Manager, for the latest episode in the Global LPG Conversations podcast series, discussing the Far East Index, Mont Belvieu waterborne propane market and the associated freight market. Amy and Brian discuss how this spread has performed this winter, as well as exploring what might be expected of the market during the remaining weeks of this heating season. 

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Since the introduction of competition into Brazil's natural gas market, it has been possible to see the impact on prices. 

Join Camila Dias, Brazil Country Manager, and Flávia Pierry, Natural Gas and Power Editor, as they assess the initial results following the opening of the market. 

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Podcast episode is in Portuguese

Com o início da abertura do gás natural no Brasil este ano, já é possível ver o reflexo da competição sobre os preços. Junte-se a Camila Dias, Diretora da Argus Brasil, e Flávia Pierry, Editora de Gás Natural e Energia. Elas falam sobre os primeiros resultados após a abertura. 

Quer ficar por dentro de tudo o que acontece nos mercados de gás natural e energia? Acesse

The European distillates market, in particular the diesel market, has been going through challenging times due to loss of some refining capacity. 

At the same time the market has seen demand return, finding high production and hydrotreating cost, historic backwardation levels, and lower stocks, which are complicating the supply of diesel in Europe.

Listen in as Alfonso Berrocal, European business development manager, Benedict George, senior European market reporter, and Alina Rapoport, senior markets reporter in Germany, as they break down the diesel picture in Europe and one of its main markets, Germany. 

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Hear about the latest variables impacting Zorba with Argus experts Blake Hurtik, Editorial Manager – Metals, and John Betz, Senior Reporter – Aluminum.

Topics include the impact of the container market, China's tightening policies on non-ferrous scrap as well as supply/demand dynamics.

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O sistema de venda direta de biodiesel entre usinas e distribuidoras substituiu os leilões públicos e está perto de completar dois meses de operação. 

Junte-se a Camila Dias, diretora da Argus no Brasil, e Alexandre Melo, repórter da publicação Argus Brasil Combustíveis, que fazem um balanço sobre este mercado e o que influencia as negociações.

Quer ficar por dentro das mudanças no mercado brasileiro de biodiesel? Assista o webinar gratuito on demand: O Novo Mercado Brasileiro de Biodiesel: Desafios e Oportunidades

On February 11, 2022, the total US drilling rig count was reported to reach 635, the most since April 2020. This increase was led by the prolific Permian basin, where output is expected to hit a record this month. 

In this episode of The Crude Report, our senior vice president Matthew Oatway and vice president James Gooder discuss the rising importance of the US Gulf coast as a focal point for light sweet crude pricing across the world, and how it is developing into the world’s marginal barrel. 

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Acron, Eurochem, Nutrien, OCP, and Uralkali move their pieces on the board of the Brazilian corporate market. The country is on its way to have more fertilizer blenders and distributors with a foreign controlling share, at a time when the government studies to expand national fertilizer production. 

Join Camila Dias, Argus Brazil Bureau Chief, and Renata Cardarelli, reporter for the Argus Brazil Grains and Fertilizer publication. They talk about the processes to sell Brazilian companies’ controlling shares and the growth of foreign market share in the domestic market.  

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