Platts to suspend price assessments, publications from Singapore on July 10

Due to a change in Singapore's scheduled public holidays for 2020 following the announcement of a general election, S&P Global Platts will not publish any assessments or publications out of Singapore on Friday, July 10, 2020.

This impacts Asia Pacific/Arab Gulf crude, products (including bunkers) and LPG markets. The Asia Pacific/Arab Gulf Marketscan will not be published. No Asia or Arab Gulf assessments will be published in Crude Oil Marketwire, Bunkerwire and LPGaswire.

No Asian LNG or thermal coal assessments will be published. Asia LNG assessments will not appear in LNG Daily and no specified Asian coal assessments will appear in Coal Trader International. The weekly Russia Pacific price assessment usually published on Fridays will be brought forward by a day to July 9.

No tanker assessments originating in ports East of Suez Canal will be published or appear on the July 10 Dirty and Clean Tankerwires. Dry freight [Asia assessments] and Dry Freight Wire will not be published.

No Asia petrochemicals will be assessed, and weekly assessments typically published on Friday will be brought forward a day to July 9. The Asian Petrochemical Scan will be brought forward by one day to July 9.

Platts will not publish iron ore, coking coal, steel, alumina, other nonferrous metals, CFR or FOB China steel/metals assessments. All weekly assessments typically published on Friday will be brought forward by a day to July 9. Publication for the daily CIF Japan spot and quarterly aluminum assessments will continue as per normal on July 10, as these follow Japan and UK holiday schedules.

In agriculture, Platts will not publish any Asian biofuels, grains or sugar assessments. Biofuelscan, Daily Grains and Global Sugar Market Report will be published without Asia assessments.

Normal Singapore publishing schedules will resume Monday, July 13.

For full details of Platts' publishing schedule and services affected, refer to http://www.platts.com/HolidayHome. For queries, please contact support@platts.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.