Commodities

Mar 20, 2020 at 14:00

While gold and bonds are usually the go-to in times of crisis, the U.S. dollar is on the rise as the coronavirus panic sell-off continues to wreak havoc on markets

Mar 19, 2020 at 12:00

COVID-19’s wave of infections has numbed the global economy, combined with OPEC and non-OPEC nations failing to reach agreement on oil-production limits, has created a massive oil glut

Mar 18, 2020 at 10:00

While the fall in commodity prices has hit miners hard, Moody’s believes that the sector is better prepared than during previous slumps

Mar 17, 2020 at 12:00

Compared to falls in share prices in excess of 20% — sufficient to qualify as bear territory — metals within the wider commodity sector have at most fallen some 10%…

Mar 13, 2020 at 10:00

Gold could not escape the carnage on global financial markets on Thursday as the growing panic about the spread of coronavirus infections outside China saw the precious metal suffer one…

Mar 12, 2020 at 16:00

Safe havens falling with stocks is not a good sign as people are not comfortable owning anything

Mar 12, 2020 at 14:00

A research team is close to patenting a new technique to extract lithium from brine that could revolutionize the lithium extraction process

Mar 12, 2020 at 10:00

Copper and iron ore prices have held up surprisingly well as markets in the West belatedly come to grips with the coronavirus pandemic

Mar 11, 2020 at 15:02

Mexico’s massive oil hedge may have just saved its economy, but its state-owned Pemex is still circling the drain

Mar 09, 2020 at 12:00

Chile’s Codelco, the world’s top copper producer, saw output fall once again in January to 118,600 tonnes, a 6.8% drop when compared to the same month in 2019, amid a…