Commodities

Could This Commodities Trust Offer Stability and High Income?

Highlights,The fund focuses on delivering income and low volatility through a covered call-writing strategy.,It offers a yield higher than similar sec...

Why graphite is crucial to global green transition

Highlights Natural graphite is found in two commercial varieties –crystalline (flaky) graphite and amorphous graphite. The incorporation of...

Can Saudi Arabia combat global oil crisis?

Highlights Saudi Arabia plans to increase its global oil supply following sanctions of the US and its western allies on the Russian oil supply. Th...

Commodity wrap-up: Gold shines on economic growth worries

Highlights Prices of both crude oil benchmarks have remained nearly stable in the last week. Gold logged substantial weekly gains of 1.22% on infl...

E-kerosene: A magic bullet for decarbonising aviation industry

The global aviation industry accounts for nearly 2.1% of all human-induced carbon emissions, as per estimates made by Air Transport Action Group, an i...

What’s the fate of AVZ’s Manono Lithium project?

Australia-based mineral exploration company AVZ Minerals Limited (ASX:AVZ) is entangled in a legal dispute related to the ownership of the Manono Lith...

Here’s why crude oil is hovering above US$100/bbl?

Crude oil prices have likely found a home near the three-digit mark of US$100/bbl. On a yearly basis, the prices of both crude oil benchmarks are curr...

How China’s demand expectations impacted commodities last week

last week. Prices of most of the commodities recovered last week. The ease in COVID-19 related restrictions in China, coupled with strengthening...

How is chip shortage impacting various manufacturing industries?

Highlights The chip and semiconductor industries have observed a massive slowdown due to supply-chain snags. Consumer demand for electronic device...

Commodity wrap up: Oil, gold dip on strong dollar and lower Chinese...

Highlights The prices of both crude oil benchmarks gained more than 3.26% during the last week. Gold and silver logged a significant drop in the...

Why is EU split on Russian oil ban?

In an effort to cut down on Russian funding sources, the European Commission (EC) is expected to propose a sixth sanction this week against Russia in...

Which are the best performing commodities of 2022?

In the recent months, commodity prices have been on a wild run. Various commodities ranging across agriculture, energy, livestock, and metals have log...

Oil prices entangled between China’s lockdown & EU’s Russian oil ban

Highlights Crude oil prices rose on Wednesday. The American Petroleum Institute showed that crude stocks fell by 3.5 million barrels f...

Where does world’s most lithium come from?

Highlights The lithium price continues to trend as demand for EVs exceeds supply due to material and refinery bottlenecks. Most of the world's lit...

Crude oil prices slip on rising coronavirus cases in China

Highlights Crude oil prices dropped in early Asian trade on Thursday. The oil traders across the globe are focusing on more stimulus coming from C...

Crude oil dips on subdued Chinese energy demand

Highlights Crude oil prices dipped on Monday. The prospects of slower economic growth coupled with US interest rate hikes have squeezed the oil de...

Lithium's use for batteries surges by a whopping 892% in the last de...

Highlights Lithium is used in the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries, drugs and ceramics & glassware. Sales of electric vehicles al...

Where is the oil market headed in next few weeks?

curtailed. The global crude oil market has been volatile for the past few weeks amid ongoing political turmoil between Russia and the Western nat...

Where is US shale gas industry headed? Can it fulfil LNG promise to...

US President Joe Biden and European leaders recently reached an agreement aimed at reducing Europe's dependence on Russian fossil fuels. As part of th...

Are nickel supply concerns a speed bump for EVs?

Highlights Nickel is one of the most important and irreplaceable battery metals used in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Automakers are collaborating...