Analysis: Commodities

Commodities Overview: Doubts prevail

Every week, the commodities overview reviews the latest news on the commodities markets, to better understand the variations in energy, metals and agricultural commodity prices.

Bonds and gold begin countdown to US Election Day

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets are facing a bumpy ride in the final stretch to the U.S. elections, with bonds turning volatile and...

Gold's allure spreads as bulls lock in on fresh records

Gold is extending a period of successive record highs, moving the psychological milestone of $3,000 per ounce into view, analysts said, as geopolitical tension, a tight U.S. electoral race and...

Oil Prices Will Need to Be Weaker in 2025: BBO's Blas

Crude oil's volatile month continues, with traders balancing risks to flows from the Middle East against signs of soft demand in China. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Javier Blas says 2025 will bring...

IEA Energy Agency: Global Oil Demand Weakness May Continue

International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol discusses the outlook for oil and gas markets. Crude has had a volatile month as traders balance risks to flows from the Middle East,...

Floods destroy 1.1 million tons of rice in Bangladesh

Floods in Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 1.1 million metric tons of rice, according to data from the agriculture ministry, prompting the country to ramp up imports of the staple grain amid...

Shanghai frenzy fuels alumina's record-breaking rally: Andy Home

LONDON -Alumina prices have soared to record highs this week, compressing margins at the world's aluminium smelters which convert the intermediate product into metal.  The London Metal...

Commodities overview: Geopolitics or fundamentals, who will have the last word?

Every week, we review the latest news on the commodities markets, to better understand the variations in the prices of energy, metals and agricultural commodities. On today's menu: oil, which remains...

Central banks remain keen buyers of gold, representatives tell bullion conference

Central banks remain keen buyers of gold to diversify their reserves for financial or strategic reasons, representatives of three central banks told the London Bullion Market Association's annual...

Exclusive-Algeria bars France from wheat import tender as relations sour, sources say

Algeria excluded French companies from a wheat import tender this week and required that participating firms did not offer French-origin wheat, in apparent fallout from renewed diplomatic tensions...

Ghana's wildcat gold mining booms, poisoning people and nature

At an unlicensed gold mine in Ghana, men in t-shirts, shorts and rubber boots wade through pools of muddy water laced with mercury, pull out rocks with bare hands and operate a rickety sluice as they...

China's gold reserves unchanged for fifth straight month in September

China's central bank held back on buying gold for its reserves for a fifth straight month in September, official data showed on Monday, mainly due to a surge in prices for the yellow metal. ...

Antimo's Frank Monkam on Commodities & Markets

Frank Monkam, Antimo's senior portfolio manager, speaks with Romaine Bostick and Scarlet Fu about oil and the markets. ...

Gold rally cripples physical demand in key markets

Physical demand for gold across key markets has tumbled as prices continue to rise, with some retail consumers opting to sell their holdings and book the profit, industry players and analysts said. ...

Commodities overview: Metals rebel, oil sinks

Every week, our commodities overview reviews the latest developments on the commodities markets, to gain a better understanding of the price variations in energy, metals and agricultural commodities. ...

OPEC+ Focusing on Inventories Over Price Targets: Oil Analyst Sen

Amrita Sen, founder and director of research at Energy Aspects, says OPEC+ is not looking to flood the market with an upcoming increase in production as oil heads for a third straight weekly loss. ...

China stimulus, mighty gold puts silver on a streak, but not without risk

Silver prices have bubbled up to their highest in over a decade on the back of bullion's stellar bull run and China's stimulus measures, although some analysts expect the rally to fade as industrial...

ICE Canada Weekly Outlook : Canola's Turnaround a 'Gift' Says Broker

WINNIPEG, Manitoba--The turnaround in canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange should be seen as a gift, according to broker Tony Tryhuk of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. Tryhuk...

Commodities Overview: To infinity and beyond!

Every week, the commodities overview reviews the latest developments on the commodities markets, so that you can get a better understanding of the price variations in energy, metals and agricultural...