Commodities

Freeport McMoRan’s Grasberg mine tragedy has threatened to roil global copper markets.

Mining operations have been suspended since a mud rush earlier this month, and the search for five missing workers is ongoing.

The Energy Department wants a chunk of the company in exchange for releasing loan money it already agreed to pay out.

It's the latest effort by the Trump administration to seek partial ownership in private business, following similar arrangements with Intel and rare earth miner MP Materials.

Palladium has underperformed gold and silver as well as platinum. It might be the industrial precious metal’s time to shine.

The gold miner sells its 13% stake in Orla Mining, bringing total equity sale proceeds to $900 million this year.

President Trump has been relatively aggressive to ensure critical mineral supply. More deals appear to be on the way.

Futures have gained the most this year since the pandemic, driven by uncertainty and silver’s essential role as a material used by the semiconductor industry.

China controls about 85% of global processing capacity. The Department of Defense has a plan to rectify that.

Shares of lithium miner Albemarle dropped early Tuesday after a report that Chinese producer CATL would restart an idled mine.

Gold prices have risen much more sharply than copper this year amid rising concerns about the economy and inflation.

The attack could raise concerns of the conflict spreading into the wider region.

Oil prices rose early Monday even as the OPEC cartel of producers decided to hike output again in October.

Supply is outstripping demand, and traders are betting on a fall. What’s keeping prices up? China’s massive stockpiling of oil. But even China can’t sop up the extra supply forever.

Traders are bearish because producers are pumping out more oil than consumers are using. Still, oil prices haven’t dropped in recent weeks.

The U.S. is the fastest-growing exporter of LNG, and companies are planning to send much more gas to Asia over the next few years.

Rate-cut bets, tariff uncertainty, and a central bank buying spree have driven the precious metal higher this year.

The precious metal was racking up gains as investors weighed up fresh sources of uncertainty on Labor Day.

Pumpkin spice season has just begun, but coffee sellers say a combination of poor weather in coffee producing regions and the latest tariffs on imported beans are raising prices on the grocery shelf.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has a recovery plan aimed at getting Pemex off the state dole and adding 200,000 barrels of output. Some analysts are skeptical.

Actively managed funds tend to have an edge over indexers when it comes to investing in commodities. Here are some of their strategies.

In the short term, copper may have farther to fall.

President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky answered reporters questions in the Oval Office Monday. Here’s what comes next.

There’s a lot at stake as the two leaders meet in Alaska Friday.

An unexpected supply boom has driven prices down for the summer.