March 6, 2022

Palladium price hits record on concerns over Russian supply risks

With most of Europe’s airspace closed to flights from Russia, buyers are worried about securing supplies of the precious metal.

March 4, 2022

Base metals set for best-ever week as war stokes shortage fears

It’s getting increasingly difficult to transport commodities like metals since almost half of the world’s container ships no longer go to Russia.

March 4, 2022

Big gold, miners breakouts

Ukraine frontline news will continue to stimulate gold investment demand.

March 4, 2022

Nickel price tops $30,000 for first time since 2008 amid short squeeze

The latest spike comes as clients with short positions have been stopped out of the trades, a nickel trader involved in the transactions said.

March 4, 2022

Metals traders hit with margin-call snafu in chaotic week

A stressful week in markets got even worse for some metals traders when the main exchange’s software misfired by generating erroneous margin calls.

March 4, 2022

Gold price tracking towards best weekly performance since May

Spot gold is trading at a level last seen during the record-setting month of August 2020.

March 4, 2022

Copper price hits all-time high as warehouses empty out

"The market is in a panic mode in terms of supply" as warehouse inventories hit 16-year low.

March 4, 2022

Commodity funds in demand as investors seek refuge from soaring inflation

Energy funds have risen 24.7% this year, while precious metals and agriculture funds climbed 12.6% and 9.8% respectively.

March 4, 2022

China calls on rare earths companies to bring prices back to ‘reasonable’ level

Prices have surged since the second half of 2021 amid concerns of supply uncertainty from Myanmar.

March 4, 2022

Alrosa suspends Natural Diamond Council membership

Alrosa is responsible for 90% of Russia’s diamond production and 28% of global supply.