Links to previous press releases are below.
Chinese Bauxite and Nickel Ore Imports in January
A rise in shipments from Guinea (+0.7 Mt to 4.3 Mt) and Indonesia (+0.5 Mt to 0.9 Mt) helped raise Chinese bauxite imports to the highest level on record at 8.3 Mt in January, up 1.2 Mt year-on-year,...
Read MoreIEA Oil Market Report Highlights
In its March Oil Market Report, the International Energy Agency has kept its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2018 and 2019 largely unchanged at 1.3M b/d and 1.4M b/d respectively, as solid...
Read MoreChina’s Crude Runs Rise to Record High in January-February
After falling for 3 consecutive months, China’s refinery crude throughput rose to a record of 12.73M b/d over January and February, up 1.13M b/d y-o-y and 634K b/d from December, data from the National...
Read MoreChinese Steel Production in January-February
Chinese steel production in January-February rose 9.2% year-on-year to 149.6 Mt, according to the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. Steel mills in China have benefitted from a rise in domestic...
Read MoreLatest US Petroleum Statistics
US crude oil exports during the week ending 8 March dropped 257K b/d w-o-w to 2.55M b/d, but were still 1.06M b/d higher y-o-y, data from the US Energy Information Administration showed. Exports averaged...
Read MoreEarly March Hot Rolled Band Prices
All four of the hot rolled band (HRB) prices included in World Steel Dynamics’ SteelBenchmarker increased from their previous reading in early March. World export prices showed the biggest...
Read MoreEIA Lowers US Crude Oil Production Growth Forecasts
In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, the US Energy Information Administration has lowered its forecast for US crude oil production growth this year by 110K b/d to 1.35M b/d. This leads to an expected...
Read MoreBrazilian Steel Exports in February
Brazilian steel exports dropped by 0.7 Mt month-on-month to a six-month low of 0.9 Mt in February, the largest drop since 1993, official data show. January steel exports were the second-highest on record...
Read MoreMjunction Indian Steel Markets Conference
John Kearsey of SSY Consultancy & Research presented an outlook for the dry bulk freight market at this event, held in Kolkata on 7-8 June 2018. He explained the reasons for the rise in ocean...
Read MoreTXF Natural Resources and Commodity Finance
Speaking at this year's event, held in Amsterdam on 17-18 May 2018, Simpson Spence Young's Head of Research John Kearsey contrasted the uneven recovery in dry bulk freight markets with the continued downswing in the tanker sector.
Profercy World PKS Forum
Robin Thomas, Business Manager for SSY's Dry Cargo Division, was among the speakers at the conference held in Abu Dhabi on 8-10 May 2018. His paper highlighted the importance of movements in bunker...
Read MoreArgus Marpol Strategy Summit
Held in Houston on 23-25 April 2018, this event included a presentation by SSY's Vivek Srivastava on "The Scrubber Decision For A VLCC - To Fit or Not To Fit?"