What does this acute shortage in supply mean for Europe's top rapeseed producing country?

John McGarrity outlines the key takeaways from the latest International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) report relating to international energy trade

Tianjin’s mass Covid-19 testing hammers commodity port ops, transport

From high prices and a huge drop in production across the US and Canada, as well poor crops reported from main importers, Masha Belikova looks back at the last year in the wheat market

The dry bulk freight market has endured a tumultuous 2021 with high global demand for essential raw commodities serving to boost rates across all vessel segments. That has come amid ongoing disruption arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and a series of severe weather events in Asia and North America. Following the initial shock of the […]

Prices to remain high in first half of 2022 as low availability spills over from last year

The latest merger of rare earth producers in China shows that balance of power in this critical material sector is nowhere near where western governments would like it to be

From multi-year highs to the risks ahead, senior reporter Eduardo Tinti provides his expert insights

A research report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has found graphite to be the metal with the largest indicated potential shortage in the energy transition sector, followed by cobalt, vanadium and nickel

No breathing room, supply chain strains overwhelm box makers with buyer orders