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 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 traded slightly higher on Thursday, helped by a modest pullback in the US dollar.
Wilmar International, the Singapore-based agricultural commodity trader reported a 25% rise in quarterly earnings on Thursday.
Oil trading group Vitol predicts strong demand for crude oil during 2018, enabling a further drawdown in global inventories as the year progresses.
Apple is in talks to buy stocks of cobalt to ensure long-term battery supplies for its iPhones and iPads.
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.
The bank sees precious metals, along with copper, zinc and nickel, enjoying the best gains over the next year.
Crude oil prices fell on Wednesday as the dollar continued its recovery from a four-year low struck last week
The Swiss miner and commodity trader said it has the financial power to pursue more deals as it reported strong results.
Gold prices slumped on Tuesday as the dollar continued to rebound from three-year lows.
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 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 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.
Asian shares recovery and simmering tensions in the Middle East helped oil prices to add further gains.
