Episodes

Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Falando de Mercado: Compras de adubos para safra 2025-26 de soja
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Os principais participantes do mercado de fertilizantes se reúnem no maior evento do setor, Fertilizer Latino Americano. Entenda as dinâmicas do mercado brasileiro, em meio à postergação das compras de nitrogenados para a safra de milho inverno 2024-25 e à intensificação dos negócios de SSP e NPS para a safra de soja 2025-26.
Junte-se à editora do relatório Argus Brasil Grãos e Fertilizantes Renata Cardarelli e à repórter sênior Gisele Augusto, que conversam sobre o cenário do mercado brasileiro de fertilizantes.

Tuesday Jan 28, 2025

Monday Jan 27, 2025
Driving Discussions: MTBE Morsels
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
It's been a little more than half a year since Mexico swore in their new president. In this edition of Driving Discussions, senior methanol and MTBE reporter Steven McGinn talks with US Products Associate Editor Jason Metko about the events that have transpired since, and what can be expected in 2025 with a new American administration.

Monday Jan 27, 2025

Monday Jan 27, 2025
Metal Movers: What does Trump 2.0 mean for battery metals?
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
The latest metal movers episode focuses on the impact of President Donald Trump’s second term on the battery metals and EV sectors. What will his policies mean for critical minerals and the future of electric vehicles?
Join Thomas Kavanagh, Editor, Argus Battery Materials and Chris Welch, Reporter, Argus Battery Materials as they address this questions and more.
Key topics covered in the podcast:
- Trump’s first executive orders
- The impact of removing the EV mandate
- Battery metals in the second Trump era

Friday Jan 24, 2025
Fuels Focus: Your Weekly Insight into the US Refined Products Market |
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Fuels Focus: Your Weekly Insight into the US Refined Products Market | Week of 20 Jan
Stay informed with Fuels Focus, the essential podcast form Argus that delivers timely analysis and key highlights from the US refined products marketplace. Each week, our experts break down the most significant developments affecting gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, RINs and ethanol prices – equipping you with the knowledge to navigate the market complexities with confidence.
This week’s episode features:
- Trump urges EPA to consider year-round E15
- Vertex exits from bankruptcy as private company
Tune in every Monday for your weekly recap of the stories shaping the road fuels market.

Friday Jan 24, 2025
Chemical Conversations: Methanol Market Puts-and-Takes
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Welcome to this Methanol Market Puts-and-Takes podcast episode, part of the Chemical Conversations series.
In this episode, Argus senior analyst Cassidy Staggers talks with Greg Dolan, CEO of the Methanol Institute about:
- Global sustainability and decarbonization efforts and how methanol can play a pivotal role.
- What we can expect with pending IMO regulations and other policy measures.
- Whether Methanol will be eligible for IRA incentives and what is to come from the new Trump Administration.
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Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Driving Discussions: Part 2 - European Diesel Market Outlook 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
In this part two, our market experts - Benedict George (Deputy Editor - European Products) and George Maher-Bonnett (Market Reporter – European Products) - discuss what the landscape for diesel import supply in Europe is likely to look like:
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A rundown of the impact Russian sanctions have had on shifting diesel trade flows across the globe
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With the inflow of excess US diesel, following US' lose of it's Brazilian export market to Russia, how much pressure will that put on European diesel prices?
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The role the Dangote refinery could play in transforming the European diesel market
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And much more

Tuesday Jan 21, 2025

Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Driving Discussions: Part 3: European Diesel Market Outlook 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
In this third and final part, our market experts - Benedict George (Deputy Editor - European Products) and George Maher-Bonnett (Market Reporter – European Products) - round up the discussion and give their thoughts on domestic European diesel production:
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Impact on the market of the permanent closure of some European refinery units expected this year- which collectively account for 400,000 barrels p/day of crude distillation production
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Challenges refineries are facing in Europe with disproportionally higher overheads, and stricter regulations, as compared to other regions
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Concerns of the wider refined products market of where diesel supply will come from following closures and temporary shutdowns due to numerous refinery fires
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Despite the unpredictability, things that could tighten the market in 2025
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And much more.