Sour taste for producers as sugar prices slide
Over-supply and a hostile climate in the west send sugar prices reeling. Sugar is now changing hands at less than 12 cents a pound, the lowest level since 2015.
Gold dips as dollar strength continues
Gold prices dipped on Friday, with the yellow metal heading for its biggest weekly decline in around 2-1/2 months as the dollar resumed its recent upward trend.
Gold edges higher as dollar rally loses steam
Gold traded slightly higher on Thursday, helped by a modest pullback in the US dollar.
Wilmar reports jump in earnings on strong grains margins
Wilmar International, the Singapore-based agricultural commodity trader reported a 25% rise in quarterly earnings on Thursday.
Vitol eyes further falls in global crude inventories
Oil trading group Vitol predicts strong demand for crude oil during 2018, enabling a further drawdown in global inventories as the year progresses.
Apple buys cobalt to secure long-term battery supplies
Apple is in talks to buy stocks of cobalt to ensure long-term battery supplies for its iPhones and iPads.
Oil to remain crucial part of energy mix until 2040
Oil is likely to remain a critical component of the world’s energy mix for at least the next two decades, according to a new report from BP.
Commodities to benefit as inflation returns, says JP Morgan
The bank sees precious metals, along with copper, zinc and nickel, enjoying the best gains over the next year.
Crude oil prices fall as dollar continues recovery
Crude oil prices fell on Wednesday as the dollar continued its recovery from a four-year low struck last week
Glencore has appetite for further acquisitions
The Swiss miner and commodity trader said it has the financial power to pursue more deals as it reported strong results.
Gold slumps as dollar rebounds
Gold prices slumped on Tuesday as the dollar continued to rebound from three-year lows.
Brent falls and WTI rises as domestic factors play out on oil markets
Oil prices refused to move in tandem on Tuesday, as the two main futures contracts Brent Crude and Nymex West Texas Intermediate moved in different directions
Miners club together to fight DRC legislation
Miners including Glencore and Randgold have teamed together to fight new legislation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that looks set to raise mining costs.
Japan’s steel industry urges Trump to tread carefully
Japan's steel industry on Monday urged President Donald Trump to make an appropriate decision following the Department of Commerce's recent report outlining heavy tariffs on imports to protect the US steel and aluminium industry.
Oil prices climb to near two-week high
Asian shares recovery and simmering tensions in the Middle East helped oil prices to add further gains.