Commodities & Futures News

By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt...

TORONTO (Reuters) -The season's first major wildfires have spread to roughly 8,000 hectares across Western Canada on Sunday as authorities issued an evacuation order for a...

TORONTO (Reuters) -An evacuation alert has been issued for Fort McMurray, Alberta, as an out-of-control fire rages southwest of the major Canadian oil town, making it among the...

By Moayed Kenany, Timour Azhari and Adam Makary BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Chinese companies won bids to explore five Iraqi oil and gas fields on Saturday in a licensing round for...

(Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates next week to work on "climate co-operation" and other issues, two Biden...

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said on Friday it will provide nearly $200 million to fight the spread of avian flu among dairy cows, in the...

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell by nearly $1 a barrel on Friday as comments from U.S. central bank officials indicated higher-for-longer interest rates, which...

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is expected on Monday to issue a final rule to address the crunch in U.S. electricity...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Erratic rainfall in China's southwest is frustrating a multibillion-dollar push to green an aluminium industry that accounts for almost 60% of global output...

Investing.com-- Oil prices settled lower Friday, but notched a positive week following big gains earlier this week amid fading hopes of Gaza ceasefire and easing concerns about...

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China discussed Chinese overcapacity in solar and battery manufacturing, steel production and coal power during...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Final testing of U.S. retail dairy samples came back negative for viable H5N1 bird flu virus, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. The FDA said it...

Oil prices are set to form a bottom in the coming months, McClellan Financial Publications analysts argue. Recent gold price trends, adjusted forward by 19.8 months, can be...

Investing.com-- Gold prices rose in Asian trade on Friday, extending overnight gains as more signs of a cooling U.S. labor market weighed on the dollar and Treasury yields,...

By Ashitha Shivaprasad (Reuters) - Gold prices firmed on Friday, poised for their best week since April 5, following recent economic data that boosted bets of an interest rate cut...

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning to post data on influenza A found in wastewater in a public dashboard...

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) -Republican attorneys general from 27 U.S. states and industry trade groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, seeking to block a...

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices edged up to a one-week high on Thursday on data from China and the U.S. signaling demand in the world's two biggest...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed to reverse dozens of the Biden administration's environmental rules and policies at a meeting with top...

Natural gas prices are approaching a 14-week high, driven by a combination of supply and demand factors that are beginning to trim the storage surplus. According to RBC Capital...

By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC will stop publishing a calculation of the world's demand for its own crude in its monthly oil report, two sources close to the matter said,...

Amidst economic uncertainties and volatile markets, investors often seek refuge in precious metals, considering them as a safe haven for preserving wealth and hedging against...

Gold prices remained range-bound in recent weeks after the bullion’s sharp drop last month, triggered by worries of a wider conflict in the Middle East. Today, XAU/USD held its...

Investing.com - Oil prices rose Thursday, as a rise in Chinese imports added to a draw in U.S. crude stockpiles, suggesting improving demand in the world's two largest...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union ambassadors will hold a first discussion on Wednesday on a planned 14th package of sanctions against Russia over its 2022 full-scale invasion...

By Clyde Russell SINGAPORE (Reuters) -It's time for a reality check about decarbonising Asia's vast and growing steel sector. Reducing the carbon footprint is possible, but only...

By Ahmad Ghaddar, Trixie Yap and Shariq Khan LONDON/SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Profit margins for diesel are slumping as new refineries boost supplies and as mild weather in...

Goldman Sachs analysts said Thursday they no longer expect OPEC+ to partially reverse recent voluntary production cuts in June. Instead, the Wall Street giant now predicts that...

By Trixie Yap SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil giant Shell (LON:SHEL) said on Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its Bukom refinery in Singapore - one of the world's largest oil...

Investing.com-- Gold prices moved little in Asian trade, hovering well below recent record highs as investors remained largely biased towards the dollar before more cues on the...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's crude oil imports rose on the previous year in April, as refiners prepared for a fully recovered Labour Day holiday travel season, official data showed...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Extreme heat and rising electricity demand are expected to drive up power prices in Texas this summer, while the rest of the U.S. power markets are broadly...

Investing.com -- Brent oil prices are likely to fall below $80 a barrel rather than break through $90 a barrel as bearish storm clouds are likely grow in the months ahead.  "[W]e...

By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday after data showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell last week as refiners slowly ramped up output ahead of the...

Investing.com -- Oil prices settled higher Wednesday even as U.S. oil supplies fell for less than expected, though signs of a pick up in refining activity ahead of the U.S. summer...