May 24, 2013

Dear Brussels, you asked about oil. . .

We imagine possible responses to the Commission’s queries

The hallmark details on one kilogram silver bars are seen at London bullion dealers Gold Investments Ltd. in this arranged photograph in London, UK ©Bloomberg May 23, 2013

Silver’s slide shows hedging benefits

The successful hedging programmes may convince sceptics

May 22, 2013

Commodities traders acquire power stations

Independent trading houses are buying utilities’ non-core plants

May 21, 2013

Argentine soyabean farmers return to market

Flow is likely to increase as growers seek to cover costs

May 20, 2013

Tougher times for trading titans

Industry faces rising competition, transparency and adverse trading conditions

May 16, 2013

CFTC probe provokes bafflement and anger

US watchdog takes aim at a system lauded as template for reform

May 15, 2013

Oil trade shifts from crude to refined products

Trade to swing from short to long-haul routes

Brazil is the world's largest producer and exporter of sugar and ethanol ©Reuters May 10, 2013

Wilmar joins the sugar big league

Asian trader is a key player in the highly competitive market

May 9, 2013

US targets commodities and corruption

Probe on ADM could lead to industry-wide investigation

Gold is poured during a tour of Agnico-Eagle's Meadowbank mine near Baker Lake, Nunavut, August 24, 2011. At the rim of the Arctic Circle in Canada, gold mining firm Agnico-Eagle is learning how tough it is to operate in a remote region with temptingly large, but frustratingly inaccessible, reserves of oil, gas and minerals. Picture taken August 24, 2011. To match INSIGHT CANADA-ARCTIC/ REUTERS/Chris Wattie(CANADA - T ©Reuters May 8, 2013

Commodities hedge funds suffer weak quarter

Investors head for the exit as sector performs poorly

May 3, 2013

Eon relaunches in-house commodities trading arm

Creation of new subsidiary comes as profits in energy trading weaken

May 1, 2013

End of mining boom hits equipment makers

Investment cutbacks hurt groups such as Caterpillar and Atlas Copco

Apr 30, 2013

Saudi oil capacity to remain constant

Output increases over next 30 years ruled out

Apr 30, 2013

New oil sanctions start to bite Iran

Crude parked in tankers as Asia buying thins

Apr 25, 2013

Leading Argentine agribusiness moves to Brazil

El Tejar shifts headquarters from Buenos Aires to São Paulo

Apr 23, 2013

US oil imports from top five suppliers rise

Concentration comes as overseas purchases fall

Apr 22, 2013

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus lifts stake in trader

Top shareholder increases control over holding company

Apr 12, 2013

The chatter from Chile’s Cesco week

Copper industry debated Chinese demand, warehousing and rising costs

Apr 4, 2013

Veteran oil bull departs Barclays

Paul Horsnell quits UK bank’s commodities team

Apr 3, 2013

Kid gloves approach for Swiss regulation

Commodity houses may head to Singapore or Dubai if rules tighten