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In this edition, Argus' David Appleton and Jack Greenwood sit down with World Liquid Gas Association Director David Tyler at WLGA's LPG Week in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss some of their perspectives and takeaways from this key industry event. 

Listen to ABSL's Andy Cornell and Argus' Giulia Squadrin as they talk about SAF production via gasification, feedstocks' availability, and global market developments.

Methanol Market Puts-and-Takes Episode 4 

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

In this episode, the Argus methanol expert Dave McCaskill and senior analyst Cassidy Staggers discuss 

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Join Marialuisa Rincon, Deputy Editor, Argus Scrap Markets and Carolina Pulice, Metals Reporter as they explore the fundamentals of the Brazilian and wider Latin American steel markets and the need for the new Brazilian steel price assessments.

In the wake of the elections in the US, RINS Reporter Matthew Cope and US Products Associate Editor Jason Metko play a game of "hit the brakes or hit the gas" to discuss some of the potential effects on the biofuels industry - particularly important to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and road fuels - under a second Donald Trump administration. 

Should we expect Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs) to return under the new Trump administration?

Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin, previously backed a bill to eliminate the RFS. Would he do that now?

Trump has expressed the desire to get rid of electric vehicle (EV) subsidies. However, with Elon Musk operating an EV company, will he push Trump for more incentives?

Biden took a less favourable approach towards E15. Will it be different with Trump's return?

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What do the election results mean for ongoing and future biofuels policies in the US and what does this mean for fuels like renewable diesel and SAF?

Listen in as Andreas Scharwz, editor or Argus Americas Biofuels, and Cole Martin, senior reporter, deep dive into major changes in US biofuels policy.

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The rise in availability of TMX volumes in Asia, specifically in China, has affected the US Gulf coast but not in the ways that had been expected. Canadian crude prices and flows into the US have not changed all that much, but the US Gulf coast medium sour markets are certainly now feeling the pinch. Mars exports to China are at an all-time low, weighing on their prices and impacting medium sours that either price against it or compete as an alternative supply into regional refineries.

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The increase of domestic demand for corn, boosted by the corn ethanol sector, may rise the production and exports of DDG, a rich-protein product that may benefit animal feed sector.

Join Renata Cardarelli, editor of the Argus Brazil Grains and Fertilizer publication, and Maria Albuquerque, a member of the Argus Brazil Grains and Fertilizer publication, in a talk about this market expansion and forecasts for output and exports for the coming years.

O aumento da procura interna por milho, impulsionado pelo setor de etanol de milho, deve elevar a produção e a exportação de DDG, um produto rico em proteína que pode beneficiar o setor de ração animal.

Junte-se a Renata Cardarelli, editora da publicação Argus Brasil Grãos e Fertilizantes, e Maria Albuquerque, que atua na publicação Argus Brasil Grãos e Fertilizantes, em um bate-papo sobre esse mercado em expansão no Brasil, as perspectivas de produção e exportação para os próximos anos.