Commodities

on 26 March 2026 at 3:56 pm

Turkey’s cement producers are battling a dual crisis of soaring costs and acute ship shortages that threaten to disrupt exports even as demand from key markets strengthens, Ender Sahin, president of Turkish Cement, a semi-governmental association representing cement producers and exporters in Turkey, told Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, in an interview on March 26. Clinker spot offers have

on 25 March 2026 at 4:53 pm

Surging freight rates and tightening container availability are disrupting global rice trade flows, with higher costs and logistical constraints slowing deal-making across key export routes, sources told Platts, part of S&P Global Energy. Breakbulk freight to West African destinations such as Abidjan has risen to $74-$79/mt over the past two weeks, and that no further bookings have been made at

on 25 March 2026 at 10:09 am

Four ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on March 24, with two of them linked to Iran, according to a March 25 report by S&P Global Commodities at Sea. The LR1 ship Alexandra, sanctioned by the US Department of Treasury in September 2025, appears to have exited the Strait of Hormuz on March 24 with its transponder switched off, CAS data showed. The Hong Kong-flagged ship is assessed to be