Commodities

London Metal Exchange’s Open Ring Trading Set to Reopen in September

Summary London Metal Exchange, the world’s oldest marketplace for Industrial metals, is set to reopen the open-outcry trading floor on 6 Sept...

What are the factors that influence global crude oil prices?

Summary Crude oil prices have grown more than 40% this year on the back of robust vaccination programs and global economic recovery. OPEC and its...

How crude oil dynamics influence the upstream and downstream sectors

Summary Crude oil prices have witnessed a dramatic journey, rising from a negative territory in 2020 to the pre-pandemic levels in 2021. The dynam...

Why is iron ore rally hurting these two sectors?   

Summary The prices of iron ore have almost doubled in the last one year, on account of strong economic growth, globally. China's decision to curb...

 What does the future of shale oil market look like?

Summary Advancements in oil and gas drilling technology have unlocked huge reserves of oil, earlier untapped by oil and gas players. Shale oil is...

What are Rare Earth Elements and what’s their strategic significance...

Summary Rare earth elements (REE) are a set of 17 metallic elements, which are not rare despite what the name suggests. REEs are widely used in th...

Why are the oil prices volatile in May?

Crude oil is one of the highly traded commodities, globally. Its prices are extremely sensitive to factors such as supply-and-demand balance, weather,...

Why are iron ore prices volatile of late?

Iron ore prices have been on a dramatic journey starting the second half of the last year. The prices reached a record high of US$237.57 per tonne on...

Six Major Gold Miners with Massive Reserves

Summary Gold prices have been edging higher over the weaker US dollar and growing inflationary pressure. China, Russia, Australia, Canada, and the...

Here’s What You Need To  Know About Commodity Supercycle

Summary A commodity supercycle is a prolonged period of price increase of a commodity, usually due to a demand shock. Most supercycles have an und...

Why has IEA slashed 2021 oil demand forecast?

The oil industry has been on a roller coaster ride since last year. Experiencing gloomy days, the prices of WTI crude oil dipped to negative levels in...

How could the red-hot iron ore rally benefit investors?

Summary Iron ore prices have registered a record rally in recent weeks, with prices surging to record high levels. A robust economic recovery in t...

How Central Banks' domestic gold purchase plan can formalise artisan...

Summary Artisanal and small-scale mining has grown significantly since the start of this century. There are various drawbacks of artisanal gold mi...

Pandemic takes crude oil on a roller coaster ride

In the past year, people have moved more and more away from safe haven assets to stocks, leading to an unprecedented rally in global stocks on back of...

Wheat Futures taking a breather?

Source:sutadimages, Shutterstock Summary Global production of Wheat hit record levels in March 2021 thanks to bumper crop in Australia. Wheat F...

ICE Cotton prices in a correction mode, more pain to continue?

Source:Agnes Kantaruk, Shutterstock Summary Global production of Cotton is expected to rise by ~4.70 percent in 2021/22. Global consumption of...

Will CBOT soybean price continue to soar or cool off?

year high, however, RSI (14-period) is trading in the overbought zone. CBOT Soybean price has soared on strong demand from China and growing dema...

Are rising Crude Oil Prices a concern for energy hungry nations?

Source: Anan Kaewkhammul, Shutterstock Summary The Brent crude oil futures surged to US$63.79 a barrel on 1 April 2021 at 6:22 PM AEDT. The slo...

How are battery metals Lead and Zinc poised on charts

ne in January 2021 and since then trading below the breakout level. Lead Futures (SHFE: SPBc1) prices are trading above an upward sloping trend l...

Nickel prices are under pressure after a steep rally, what are the c...

Source:Evgeny_V, Shutterstock Summary Recent fall in SHFE Nickel price backed by demand concerns arising due to slow economic recovery from the...