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.

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

The last few months have seen a massive pile-up of gasoline supply accumulating in Northwest Europe. Listen to our oil market experts, Atishya Nayak (Report) and Benedict George (Editor), as they discuss why this has occurred and what might happen to all this gasoline currently sitting in tanks in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region.

Listen now for insights on:

Impact the Dangote refinery has had on the European gasoline market's surplus supply

Extent to which the loss of the West African market as an offloading destination for gasoline has had

Implications of the higher sulphur product discouraging blenders and refiners from reprocessing the product

Outlook for transatlantic oil trade due to tariffs uncertainty for Canadian and Mexican oil

Other destinations where European gasoline supplies could head to

And much more

In this edition, European Editor Peter Wilton and Shanghai-based Lead LPG Analyst Celia Chen discuss the impact of the recent escalation in the trade war between the US and China, focussing on how the now 125pc import tariff on US LPG has played out in the Chinese market. This is the second 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 regions and will shortly be followed by a dedicated US market deep dive.

In this edition, European Editor Peter Wilton and Shanghai-based Lead LPG Analyst Celia Chen discuss the impact of the recent escalation in the trade war between the US and China, focussing on how the now 125pc import tariff on US LPG has played out in the Chinese market. This is the second 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 regions and will shortly be followed by a dedicated US market deep dive.

In this edition, European Editor Peter Wilton and Senior Reporter Efcharis Sgourou, Asia-Pacific Editor Frances Goh and Vice President of LPG David Appleton discuss the impact of the recent escalation in the trade war between the US and China. This is the first of a three-part Argus podcasts series on the topic and will shortly be followed by dedicated China and US content.

Craig Barry, Lead Ethylene and Derivatives Consultant and Amanda Richardson, Global Olefins Analytics Manager for Argus Media will discuss the current trends of US ethylene and ethylene based derivative exports  

This podcast is the final episode of a three-part series addressing key market dynamics, the challenges faced by the petrochemical industry, and the future of sustainable practices and investments in the sector.   

You can listen to episode one ‘Strengths and weaknesses of Europe’s ARG ethylene pipeline’ and episode two ‘Energy and commodity podcasts Infrastructure & Shipping Dynamics of Supplying Ethylene from US to Europe’.  

Further details and additional insights are available from Argus' Light Olefins services including: 

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Join us as our asphalt/bitumen market experts - Keyvan Hedvat (Europe & Africa Editor), Oliver Thompson (Analyst - Consulting) and Irina Vinogradova (Senior Manager - Consulting) - give a valuable overview of the European and African bitumen markets, including:

View of recent key market developments, including the start of the season, sanctions, maintenance, etc

Impact the termination of waivers on Venezuelan crude will have on bitumen producing refineries

Mid-term forecast with expected developments over the next few years

Outlook for Africa up to the rest of the year