Analysis: Commodities

South Africa's platinum mining firms, top union end 'titanic battle' as they seal wage deal

South Africa's biggest platinum mining union sealed three-year wage hike agreements with Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum, and Sibanye-Stillwater on Friday, ending months of negotiation over...

Exclusive: India resumes buying Malaysian palm oil as Kuala Lumpur offers discount - traders

Indian refiners have resumed buying Malaysian palm oil after a near one-month suspension linked to a political row as Kuala Lumpur began offering a $5 a tonne discount over supplies from rival...

Qatar plans change in crude oil official selling prices in first quarter 2020 - sources

Qatar Petroleum has told some term crude buyers in Asia this week that it plans to change the way it prices its oil early next year to align with other Middle East producers, sources with knowledge...

Gold : Oil is our gold and we aim to use all of it, ADNOC official says

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co aims to exhaust its vast oil and gas reserves even as many consumers switch to cleaner sources of energy, a senior executive in the Gulf oil company said.

Indonesia anti-monopoly body to investigate nickel smelters

The Indonesia nickel miners association said on Wednesday the country's anti-monopoly body has launched an investigation into alleged cartel practices impacting pricing by local smelter operators.

South Africa's AMCU mining union seals platinum wage deals

South Africa's biggest platinum mining union has sealed wage agreements with Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum, and Sibanye-Stillwater, the union said in a statement sent to media on Tuesday.

Indonesian nickel miners consider selling ore locally ahead of 2020 ban

Indonesia's nickel miners are prepared to sell their ore to local smelters if they are offered competitive pricing compared with overseas buyers, the secretary general of the nickel miners association...

Ghana sells 200,000 tonnes of cocoa with farmer premium

Ghana, the world's number two cocoa producer, has sold nearly 200,000 tonnes of cocoa for the 2020/21 season, with prices including a new premium to support farmers, the head of the cocoa regulator...

Vietnam's coal, crude oil imports surge on rising energy demand

Vietnam's coal and crude oil imports surged in the first ten months of this year, government data released on Tuesday showed, highlighting the Southeast Asian country's increasing reliance on imported...

Ghana to finalise $600 mln cocoa loan package this week

Ghana's cocoa regulator will this week finalise a $600 million loan to finance new warehouses, rehabilitate plantations and support the processing sector, officials said on Monday.

Antaike sees obstacles to lifting curbs on Chinese scrap copper imports

A push to ease restrictions on high-quality scrap copper imports into the world's biggest metals consumer China may run into technical obstacles, Antaike, the research arm of the China Nonferrous...

Swiss coffee lovers win reprieve over plans to scrap bean stockpile

The Swiss government has woken up and smelled the coffee, delaying a final decision on its plan to scrap the nation's strategic bean reserve after the proposal prompted public and industry jitters.

Thailand asks farmers not to grow off-season rice on drought worries

The Thai government has asked farmers in 22 provinces to not grow off-season rice, as the country braced for a dry spell amid low water levels in main reservoirs.

BRENT CRUDE OIL SPOT: Neutrality is required

The general opolitical tensions that had animated the oil markets since mid-September are gradually dissipating, allowing the market to breathe despite headwinds on the fundamentals front. OPEC has...

WTI: In the middle of its range

The general opolitical tensions that had animated the oil markets since mid-September are gradually dissipating, allowing the market to breathe despite headwinds on the fundamentals front. OPEC has...

Aneka Tambang Tbk PT : Indonesia allows nine companies to resume nickel ore exports

Indonesia has allowed nine companies to resume nickel ore exports after inspections into reports of ore export rules violations, Heru Pambudi, the director general of the country's customs office,...

BRENT CRUDE OIL SPOT: LOPEP in the face of its policy limitations

The general opolitical tensions that had animated the oil markets since mid-September are gradually dissipating, allowing the market to breathe despite headwinds on the fundamentals front. It is...

China's Jinchuan confident it can fill Indonesia nickel ore void

China's top nickel producer Jinchuan Group will feel some impact from Indonesia's ban on ore exports from 2020, but will be able to plug the supply gap, partly by using its own mines, a company...

Gold demand rises as investors grow nervous - WGC

A slew of investment in gold-backed exchange traded funds offset a decline in purchases of jewellery, bars and coins to push global gold demand slightly higher in the third quarter, the World Gold...