Buyers of Ukrainian sunflower oil forced to look for alternative sources of supplies as Russian invasion disrupts trade

Availability concerns on certain materials and in specific regions have been supporting the emergence of a premium for alloy-grade cobalt against standard-grade material, compounded by the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war and its potential effect on flows of Russian cobalt

Analyzing Ukraine’s agricultural landscape against the backdrop of the country’s conflict with Russia

Despite low market share in Latin America, market participants anticipate collateral effects of Ukraine conflict

Mill operations suspended in Ukraine and energy supply risks loom over Europe

“Concerning” situation building in the nickel market for some time means disorder could be ahead

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February will have a profound effect on flows of material in global metal markets in the long term; in the short term the consequences have been extraordinary

Increased concerns over the potential impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and volatile price action in LME official nickel prices has caused spot premiums for nickel to surge in Europe while participants seek to secure material

EU short-term shortage is ahead and energy cost inflation could have the biggest impact

The loss of pre-booked Black Sea corn supply will be hard to replace for feed producers in South Korea