Commodities

Argentina set to expand beef offal exports to China amid shifting trade dynamics
May 23, 2025 11:41 PM AEST| By InvezzArgentina is close to finalising a contract to sell cattle offal products to China, according to sources involved in the negotiations. The accord, which is still undergoing technical revisions, is a key step towards strengthening the two countries...

How Octopus Energy is betting on AI to drive global expansion via Kraken platform
May 23, 2025 08:23 PM AEST| By InvezzIn just a decade, Octopus Energy has evolved from a London startup into a global force in the clean energy sector. The company, which started with a handful of tech-savvy founders, now boasts thousands of employees and a valuation nearing $10 billion...

Energy price cap to cut bills by 7% from July, but households still under strain
May 23, 2025 05:57 PM AEST| By InvezzEnergy bills across the United Kingdom will drop by 7% from July 1, following a decline in wholesale gas prices, according to new figures from the energy regulator Ofgem. The cut to the price cap, announced on Friday, will lower annual bills for a ty...

Oil prices drop, heading for weekly loss as OPEC+ weighs another supply increase
May 23, 2025 05:19 PM AEST| By InvezzCrude oil prices were poised for their first weekly decline in three weeks as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) deliberated another substantial increase in production quotas. This potential surge in supply c...

Oil holds recent losses as US stockpile build, market selloff weigh
May 22, 2025 06:07 PM AEST| By InvezzCrude oil prices found a tentative footing on Thursday, attempting to stabilize after a period of decline. The downward pressure stemmed from a concerning build in US stockpiles, which amplified existing worries about an oversupplied market, compound...

India’s coffee movement is spilling beyond metros, says Something’s Brewing’s Abhinav Mathur
May 21, 2025 04:11 PM AEST| By InvezzIndia is on the brink of a coffee revolution—one that’s brewing not only in the growing number of artisanal cafés and international coffee chains sprouting across the country, but also in homes, as more consumers embrace the idea of brewing coffee th...

The $3,200 question: Moody’s sounds alarm on US debt; gold listens – what’s next for the metal?
May 19, 2025 06:04 PM AEST| By InvezzGold prices edged higher on Monday, finding support from escalating concerns over the US economic outlook and its burgeoning budget deficit, which bolstered the appeal of traditional haven assets. However, the precious metal pared some of its earlier...

Is the trade war over already?
May 15, 2025 07:28 PM AEST| By InvezzRisk appetite surged at the beginning of this week following an unexpected breakthrough in US-China trade talks. Investors were caught off guard by the announcement at 08:00 BST on Monday, which put some detail on reports that the two sides had enjoy...

Cuba’s sugar collapse threatens iconic rum industry as output hits historic lows
May 15, 2025 12:50 AM AEST| By InvezzCuba, historically a sugar powerhouse in the Caribbean, is seeing its raw sugar output fall to historic lows. The island’s sugar production is expected to dip below 200,000 metric tons in 2025, the first time since the nineteenth century, accor...

Brazil inks ethanol byproduct export deal with China, targets US feed dominance
May 14, 2025 02:35 AM AEST| By InvezzBrazil has signed a trade protocol with China that will allow the export of distillers’ dried grains (DDGS), a high-protein ethanol byproduct used in animal feed, posing a direct challenge to the United States’ near-monopoly in the Chinese feed...

Denmark opens world’s first commercial e-methanol plant: here’s all you need to know
May 13, 2025 07:55 PM AEST| By InvezzDenmark launched the world’s first commercial-scale e-methanol plant on Tuesday. Maersk, a major shipping company, will purchase some of the plant’s output to use as a low-emission fuel for its container ship fleet, according to a R...

Temporary tariff truce between US-China lifts industrial metal prices
May 13, 2025 04:29 PM AEST| By InvezzIndustrial metals, including copper and iron ore, saw positive price movements following an agreement between the US and China to temporarily reduce tariffs on each other’s imports. Following a US-China agreement to temporarily reduce tariffs,...

India notifies WTO of intent to hit US goods with retaliatory tariffs
May 13, 2025 02:47 PM AEST| By InvezzIndia has formally signaled its intention to levy retaliatory duties on a range of American goods, a direct response to the United States’ ongoing and recently revised tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. In a formal communication to the Worl...

US, China strike trade deal: key tariffs reduced, but some remain
May 12, 2025 08:39 PM AEST| By InvezzFollowing discussions in Geneva, China and the US have agreed to a trade war truce, effective Wednesday, which will reverse most tariffs and other retaliatory measures. The US will reduce recently imposed tariffs on China from 145% to 30%, while Chin...

Gold faces potential further drops as US-China strike deal
May 12, 2025 08:07 PM AEST| By InvezzGold prices seem vulnerable to further declines after the yellow metal fell to a one and a half week low on Monday. “The latest optimism over the US-China trade deal remains supportive of the upbeat market mood and continues to weigh heavily on...

How China is rebranding Venezuelan oil as Brazilian to evade sanctions
May 12, 2025 05:27 PM AEST| By InvezzOver the past year, more than $1 billion in Venezuelan oil shipments to China has been relabeled as Brazilian crude by traders, according to tanker tracking firms, company documents, and traders quoted by Reuters. This practice allows buyers to lower...

Looming oil surplus could stall price recovery, say analysts
May 12, 2025 03:49 PM AEST| By InvezzOil prices are not likely to recover much as a significant surplus is looming on the market, according to analysts. Brent crude oil prices fell below $60 at the beginning of last week following OPEC+’s announcement of a substantial produc...

Oil prices climb as US-China trade talk progress eases market jitters
May 12, 2025 02:32 PM AEST| By InvezzOil prices extended their recent gains in early trading on Monday, buoyed by positive pronouncements from both the United States and China following their weekend trade negotiations. The apparent progress in talks between the world’s two larges...

JPM analyst explains what could push gold prices up to $6,000
May 11, 2025 03:47 AM AEST| By InvezzGold prices have been in a sharp uptrend in 2025 amidst uncertainty related to higher tariffs under the Trump administration and their potential impact on the US economy. Trump tariffs delivered a massive blow to the benchmark S&P 500 index in re...

China accelerates crude oil stockpiling amid sanction fears
May 10, 2025 08:46 PM AEST| By InvezzChina’s seaborne crude oil imports reached an estimated 10.9 million barrels per day in April, marking the highest monthly volume since August 2023, Vortexa said. “This surge was initiated by concerns over potential supply disruptions amid tigh...