Metals prices unsteady in September, but August’s multi-year lows not tested
Platts' Greg Smart explains how concerns over the Chinese economy, supply concerns and weaker global manufacturing impacted base metals markets in September.
New Concern Over Quakes in Oklahoma Near a Hub of U.S. Oil
An earthquake in central Oklahoma last weekend has raised fresh concern about the security of a vast crude-oil-storage complex that sits at the crossroads of the nation’s oil-pipeline network.
Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook
The Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook report analyzes supply-and-demand conditions in the U.S. fruit and tree nuts markets and provides projections on market conditions for 2015 apple, pear, cranberry, grape and peach crops as well as 2014/15 citrus crops, both fresh and processed markets. It includes an additional section on U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act.
Food Choices and Store Proximity
This report investigates the correlation between living in low-income, low-access (LILA) areas and the purchase of 14 major food groups in order to estimate the effect on diet quality of living in LILA areas.