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S&P Global Platts and IHS Markit ENR combine to become S&P Global Commodity Insights. S&P Global Commodity Insights brings together highly complementary capabilities to power the markets of the future.

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We engage with market participants and evolve rigorous methodologies for assessments that reflect a commodity’s true value. Along with news and market commentary, our assessments help you make successful trading decisions.

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We partner with you to enhance workflows, increase efficiency and optimize business processes by leveraging AI-driven software and applications, integrated platforms and machine delivery.

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We develop deep, interconnected industry analysis and forecasts across the full energy and commodities value chain. Subscriptions to our market insights and analysis include access to subject matter experts.

Conferences & Advisory Solutions

We provide consulting services on current challenges such as renewables and energy transition, and host education sessions, webinars, and premier events like CERAWeek and Global Power Markets.

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Skyrocketing Battery Metal Prices Could Pump Brakes on Surging EV Auto Sales

Mar 03, 2022

S&P Global Platts lithium prices up more than 200%, nickel costs rise nearly 35%, and cobalt climbed nearly 90% since August 2020.

Global light duty EV sales to rise to 26.8 mil by 2030: Platts Analytics

Mar 03, 2022

Global light duty electric vehicle sales reached a record high of 6.3 million units in 2021, up 102% year on year, with this number expected to rise to 26.8 million units in 2030, according to the latest analysis from S&P Global Platts Analytics.

Insight Conversation: Benedikt Sobotka, Eurasian Resources Group

Mar 03, 2022

Eurasian Resources Group CEO Benedikt Sobotka, at the helm of a diversified mining group which has successfully entered the cobalt recycling space, talks to Diana Kinch, S&P Global Platts senior editor, EMEA Metals News, about the crucial role recycling will play in market dynamics as demand for metals grows in the energy transition.

Infographic: Insufficient lithium supply could decelerate energy transition

Mar 03, 2022

Lithium is a key raw material for electric vehicles and energy storage systems, but the lack of investment in new supply in previous years might generate a structural deficit throughout this decade, data from the expected supply versus expected demand (both until 2030) demonstrates.

Steel versus plastics: The race to sustainability

Mar 03, 2022

S&P Global Platts looks at the supply, demand, and price drivers of today’s growing recycled plastics market, as well as the opportunities and challenges of the plastics sector in a circular economy.

The rocky path to regional battery supply chains

Mar 03, 2022

Europe and the US are beefing up their battery metals supply chains, but are unlikely to overtake China anytime soon. Henrique Ribeiro and Jacqueline Holman look at the prospects for gigafactories across the world.

Manufacturers’ group asks CFTC to probe Jan. 27 Henry Hub futures price spike

Mar 03, 2022

An industrial trade group has urged the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to investigate the expiring natural gas futures contracts for Jan. 27, pointing to a 46% one-day price increase and warning of costs to consumers and manufacturers.

Atlas of Energy Transition™

Mar 03, 2022

Navigating a pathway to a low-carbon global economy requires a new plan. The S&P Global Platts Atlas of Energy Transition™, produced in collaboration with S&P Global Market Intelligence, is your map to the sustainable commodity markets of the future.

Video: Iron ore Market on Close (MOC)

Feb 25, 2022

Weak Links in the Supply Chain

Feb 25, 2022

From challenges to global trade, concerns in the energy sector, and upheaval in retail industry, corporations and investors are navigating the pandemic’s disruptions to global supply chains.

China’s steel industry eyes major HRC capacity expansion in 2022-2023

Feb 25, 2022

China's hot-rolled coil capacity expansion is set to gain pace in 2022-2023 as the country marks a slow but gradual transition from property-driven to manufacturing-driven economic growth, a development that is expected to diminish demand for long steel from the property and infrastructure sectors in the long term.

Feeling the Heat: 5 Key Features of the Iron Ore Markets in 2021

Feb 25, 2022

After a rollercoaster year in the iron ore sector, Niki Wang takes stock of some of the biggest themes that emerged in 2021, from price volatility to an increased focus on specifications.

Airbus, CFM to develop hydrogen combustion engine for aviation

Feb 25, 2022

Airbus and jet engine manufacturer CFM International are to partner on a hydrogen combustion demonstration project that will launch around 2025, the companies said in a statement Feb. 22.

Breaking barriers to accelerate energy transition

Feb 25, 2022

Our new special report looks at how energy and commodity markets are responding to the decarbonization challenge, from oil to marine fuels to battery metals and petrochemicals.

China’s Dec manufacturing PMI rises, uptrend likely to continue in early 2022

Feb 25, 2022

The Chinese manufacturing purchasing managers index continued to rise in December at 50.3 points, with several steel market sources expecting China's manufacturing activity to continue improving in the first half of 2022.

ESG Spurs Mining Evolution

Feb 25, 2022

ESG factors are increasingly influencing decisions from board rooms to mining sites. Paul Bartholomew explores the impact on development of ferrous projects around the world.

Low-Carbon Metals: A Market for Premium Emerges

Feb 25, 2022

As demand for low-carbon aluminum and steel rises globally, a tiered market is emerging with premiums for products with reduced emissions. By Hector Forster, Diana Kinch, and William Healy.

Beijing Olympics adds extra factor to Q1 steel market

Feb 25, 2022

The first quarter of each year is often atypical of the year as a whole in China’s steel market due to the influence of the long Lunar New Year holidays. This year will be even more of an outlier because of the Beijing Winter Olympics which start at the same time as the holiday period in early February. The first quarter of each year is often atypical of the year as a whole in China’s steel market due to the influence of the long Lunar New Year holidays. This year will be even more of an outlier because of the Beijing Winter Olympics which start at the same time as the holiday period in early February.