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Argus experts unpack how conflict, depleted stocks and diesel competition are reshaping aviation fuel markets.

Renewed Middle East conflict is putting aviation fuel markets back under pressure, just as Europe enters a volatile summer with depleted jet stocks and growing competition from diesel. In this episode of SAF Insights, Louise Burke (SVP, Business Development, Biofuels) is joined by Amaar Khan (Jet Fuel Reporter) and Aidan Lea (Associate Editor, Sustainable Aviation Fuel) to examine how conventional jet and SAF markets are responding.

They discuss how Europe has avoided jet supply shortages so far, why SAF pricing is behaving differently from 2025, and what renewed volatility across jet, diesel and renewable fuels could mean for airlines and suppliers in the second half of the year.

Os derivados de pinus estão ganhando espaço como alternativa ao petróleo em meio à volatilidade nos preços e nos fluxos de matéria-prima fóssil. Os compradores, especialmente chineses, buscam diversificar as origens dos insumos, importando mais breu do Brasil.  Saiba mais acompanhando a conversa entre Fred Fernandes, editor de polímeros para a América Latina da Argus em São Paulo, e Leonardo Siqueira, editor global de químicos de pinus na Espanha.

 

Os tópicos discutidos neste episódio incluem:

Demanda chinesa e oferta a partir de Ormuz

Menor disponibilidade de insumos para produção de resinas

Produção de ésteres de breu no Brasil e China

Aplicações dos derivados de breu e concorrência com insumos fósseis

Brasil como produtor e exportador de breu

Mudança estrutural da demanda e flexibilidade operacional dos compradores

Formação global dos preços e diversificação

In the latest episode of the Argus Biomass Beat Podcast, host Hannah Adler, Deputy Editor on the Argus Biomass Desk, speaks with Chris Wiberg of Biomass Energy Lab about the key outcomes from the ISO/TC 238 meeting in Berlin and what they mean for the future of biomass, biocarbon and biochar markets.

Tune in to hear:

·      Why biocarbon and biochar are becoming major focus areas for international standardisation, beyond traditional biomass fuels.

·      The most important new ISO work items launched in Berlin, including testing standards for pyrogenic biocarbons.

·      The remaining gaps in biochar and biocarbon standards, and why issues such as sampling, analysis and surface area testing still need work.

·      The single biggest takeaway from the Berlin meeting: the launch of 11 new work items that signal growing momentum and industry engagement in developing global standards.

 

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Hear Argus’ essential analysis of the mood in the fertilizer industry following IFA’s Annual Conference. You’ll hear on the ground insight on market sentiment, our view of how the second half of the year could develop and the biggest risks to watch out for. This episode focuses on the sulphur, phosphates and NPKs markets.

Join Mike Nash, Senior Editor – Fertilizers, Maria Mosquera, Global Editor – Sulphur Products, Tom Hampson, Global Editor – Phosphates and Elena Mataro, Global Editor – NPKs as they discuss these topics in the latest episode of Argus' Fertilizer Matters podcast series.

Key questions answered in this podcast:

What’s the mood on the ground?

What were the key conference themes?

Sulphur: What were the biggest talking points, and how confident is the market about trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz?

Phosphates: What’s the market view on India’s phosphoric acid settlement and the US suspension of duties on Moroccan phosphates?

NPKs: How is the market reacting to stronger buying in India, higher EU tariffs on Russian imports, and falling prices in Brazil?

How could sulphur, phosphates and NPK markets develop in the second half of the year?

What is the biggest risk facing sulphur, phosphates and NPKs over the next six months?

Enduring uncertainty about prospects for a recovery in strait of Hormuz gas carrier transits continue to cloud LPG market outlooks following a resumption of conflict in the Middle East. 

 

This episode of  Global LPG Conversations, was recorded on 8 July as initial hopes of a return to normality on the US-Iran memorandum of understanding were beginning to fade in the wake of renewed air strikes exchanged in the region. And it sees Peter Wilton (Editor, Argus International LPG) speak with Waldemar Jaszczyk (Deputy Editor, European Pricing) and Jack Greenwood (Head of LPG Consulting) in an attempt to explain how markets and prices have fared in recent weeks and understand what a path back from months of strait of disruption to global supply would look like if peace can return once more. 

 

They examine how Asia absorbed the initial shock, why northwest Europe proved more resilient than expected, and what a slower recovery through Hormuz could mean for supply, freight and pricing into the heating season.