Analysis: Commodities

Airbnb secures $1 billion investment from Silver Lake, Sixth Street

Airbnb said on Monday private equity firms Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners will invest $1 billion in the U.S. home rental company, bolstering its finances at a time when the coronavirus outbreak...

Exclusive: Silver Lake to seek more than $16 billion for buyout fund - sources

Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners is preparing to seek at least $16 billion from investors for its sixth flagship buyout fund, braving the economic uncertainty of the coronavirus outbreak,...

Oil: Why does the price of Brent deviates from WTI?

You have to be of a calm nature to follow oil markets recently. Fluctuations are violent due to unpublished data. The market was already suffering from various ills, including oversupply, and its...

MILK CLASS III DA CMR FLOOR /C1 : U.S. dairy farmers dump milk as pandemic upends food markets

Dairy farmer Jason Leedle felt his stomach churn when he got the call on Tuesday evening.

WTI: Oil: U.S. storage capacities put to the test

The significant decline in world oil consumption due to the Covid-19 pandemic has added to the turbulence on the supply front with the price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. The price of crude oil...

BRENT CRUDE OIL SPOT: Oil Surplus and Global Recession Don't Mix

The significant decline in world oil consumption due to the Covid-19 pandemic has added to the turbulence on the supply front with the price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. The price of crude oil...

Nestle says cuts deforestation in its cocoa supply chain

Nestle, the world's biggest food company, says it has made significant progress removing cocoa produced in protected forests in West Africa from its supply chain as pressure builds from consumers and...

WTI : Crude oil futures rise, but support seen weak

U.S. crude oil futures climbed nearly 3% on Tuesday in light trading as the Trump administration launched an effort to work with Saudi Arabia to stabilise oil prices.

How U.S. aluminium recyclers reap dividends from tariffs

North American aluminium recyclers and producers are using import tariffs to boost revenue at the expense of local beer and beverage firms, even though most of the metal used in their cans is not...

GOLD: Gold: Even safe haven assets are shunned

The gold, which only a few days ago was still flying at its 7-year high of 1700 USD, is no longer a bulwark against the collapse of the stock markets. The coronavirus and its batch of exceptional...

Twitter, Elliott in deal for Dorsey to stay CEO and add directors

Twitter Inc on Monday reached an agreement with Elliott Management that lets Jack Dorsey stay as chief executive and adds three new directors a few days after Elliott's plan to push out the social...

WTI: Oil: Towards a new price war

A very heavy mood weighs on the oil markets today, the same one that prevailed in 2014 when Saudi Arabia and the United States were head-on battles to gain and maintain market share respectively.

Brent : Goldman cuts Brent forecasts to $30 on price war, virus impact

Goldman Sachs cut its second- and third-quarter Brent price forecasts to $30 per barrel, citing the oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia and a signi?cant collapse in oil demand due to the...

Trump: No promises regarding steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil

President Donald Trump praised the United States' relationship with Brazil under Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday, but declined to say whether he would impose steel and aluminum tariffs...

GOLD: Gold's main bullish levers

The environment has changed significantly in the marketplace. At the beginning of the month, we criticized the sporadic rise in geopolitical tensions, the associated uncertainty, the expansion of the...

BRENT CRUDE OIL SPOT: Oil: Increased uncertainty around demand due to Covid-19

Times are tough in the oil markets, especially in the face of fears about the spread of coronavirus in China. The decline in prices since the beginning of the year, which has been in the order of 13%,...

Copper : Glencore's 2019 cobalt up, copper down; share price rises

Glencore said its 2019 copper output fell 6% and battery mineral cobalt rose 10% as it boosted production at its Katanga mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, offsetting the impact of the early...

Glencore : 2019 cobalt up, copper down; share price rises

Glencore said its 2019 copper output fell 6% and battery mineral cobalt rose 10% as it boosted production at its Katanga mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, offsetting the impact of the early...

BRENT CRUDE OIL SPOT: Oil: Fundamentals outweigh geopolitical tensions

Concerns rise on the oil markets, which are once again shaken by geopolitical fears.