Commodities Opinion & Analysis

It was a low-key speech delivered by a crop academic in Texas, the second smallest wheat growing state in the US. But in outlining his case for wheat in 2019, Texas A&M agricultural economist Mark...

Saudi Arabia may have called the United States’ bluff in announcing an oil production cut, but in putting out one fire, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has possibly started another: the...

We take a look at South Africa's customs data and focus on South Africa's coal exports and in particular, it's coal exports to India, which is currently the main destination of South Africa's coal...

When Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih leaves Vienna on Friday, he may be beset by two bigger worries than the current oil price crisis. The first is that Russia, rather than Riyadh, has become...

The curse of shale is its gift of cheap oil to the world, so much that few remember the spectacular blow-up of US drillers during the crude price crash of two years ago. Hedge funds, of course, can...

Oil ministers are converging in Vienna, Austria today for the biannual OPEC and OPEC+ meetings. The oil-exporting countries are expected to discuss a potential cut in production for the coming year....

US President Donald Trump’s actions with China at the G20 may have just strengthened Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s resolve on what to do at this week’s OPEC meeting:...

Promises, and more promises: the G20 wrapped on Saturday with US President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping agreeing to agree, at a later date, on a US-China trade pact that would instantly...

WTI Crude dropped 2.43% Wednesday and 3.46% from the day's high after U.S. stockpiles climbed for the 10th-straight week and Saudi Arabia said it will not curb output unless other oil-producing...

Oil market showed encouraging growth at the beginning of the week with Brent quotes recovering to $60 a barrel. Such price movement was highly predictable taking that the entire energy sector has been...

With oil prices volatile, market watchers are looking toward the G20 meeting in Argentina on November 30 and the OPEC and OPEC+ meetings on December 6 and 7 for direction. Although heads of state of...

Latest fuel prices in South Africa In this article we will take a look at the latest fuel prices and the impact the weak exchange rate and higher crude prices have had on the fuel prices in South...

Natural gas's ranking as the No. 1 commodity of 2018 looks sealed. But each new week of the cold season is raising the bar for the level of heating demand the market has to meet. Each shortcoming...

It was supposed to be the year of commodity bulls, with the World Bank to Goldman Sachs predicting runaway demand in nearly everything from oil to metals and grains. Instead, it’s turning out to...