Commodities
Steel, Chemicals and Aluminum Face Crossroads as Costs, Breakup Calls and Supply Risks Collide
🎧 Listen:By The Editorial Board | March 15, 2026Basic Materials Face 3 Flashpoints: 1 Steel-Maker’s Electric Gamble, 1 Chemical Giant’s...
IEA’s 400-Million-Barrel Release Fails to Dent Brent at $91 as Hormuz Risks Dominate
🎧 Listen:By The Editorial Board | March 11, 2026400 Million Barrel IEA Release Leaves Brent Stuck at $91 as Hormuz...
Valor’s Electrochemical Breakthrough Could Free US Critical Minerals From Smelters
🎧 Listen:By Ryan Dezember | March 11, 2026Valor’s electrochemical process could cut US critical‑minerals refining energy use by 70%US imports...
Gold Margins, Mining Records, Power Shield: 3 Surprises That Moved Basic-Material Stocks Today
🎧 Listen:By The Editorial Board | March 11, 202640% Margin Defense: 3 Basic-Material Stocks Defying Cost Inflation TodayLaopu Gold jumps...
Basic Materials Face Divergent Paths: Coal Surges, Lithium Sees Slow Recovery, Aluminum Slides
🎧 Listen:By The Editorial Board | March 10, 2026Indo Tambangraya Megah Target Price Soars 60% Amid Coal BoomDiverse forces shape...
Oil Hits $120 Then Drops to $90: Why the Strait of Hormuz Risks Recession
🎧 Listen:By Jinjoo Lee | March 10, 2026Oil Spikes Toward $120 Then Falls to $90 as Trump Hints War May...
Live Q&A: Ask Us Your Questions About Oil
🎧 Listen:By David Uberti | March 09, 202642-Cent Gasoline Spike: Iran War Sends Oil Markets into Worst Crisis Since 1970sU.S....
Shrinking Labor Force, Surging Oil Prices Drive Stocks to Worst Week Since April
🎧 Listen:By Vicky Ge Huang | March 08, 202692,000 Jobs Lost and Oil Prices Spike Trigger the Worst Week Since...
Iran’s Chokehold on Strait of Hormuz Strains Oil and Gas Shipping
🎧 Listen:By Peter Eavis | March 08, 2026Five Tankers Hit as Iran’s Chokehold on Strait of Hormuz Halts 20% of...
Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk
🎧 Listen:By The Editorial Board | March 06, 2026Gold Set for First Weekly Drop in 5 Weeks as Traders Slash...