Recent leadership changes or upcoming elections in Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa will impact economic and trade policy. This could be a tipping point for these countries, either strengthening their trade position or creating new challenges.
Atradius a UK trade credit insurer, has reported an 18% reduction in claims from UK businesses compared to the same period in 2023.
From September 2023, leading aluminium rolling mill Niche Fusina Rolled Products (Fusina) will source 100% of its primary aluminium from low-carbon suppliers, via Concord Resources Limited. Precise carbon footprints will… read more →
US manufacturing experienced a further decline in June, reaching levels not seen since the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is a positive aspect as price pressures at… read more →
Most brokers and banks trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME) had a bumper year in 2022 in a highly-volatile market, but a provision by JP Morgan due to a… read more →
On the 9th February, Swiss-based commodities trader Trafigura alleged that it had been exposed to “systemic fraud” to the value of $577 million of nickel, in relation to UAE-based businessman Prateek Gupta’s London trading company TMT Metals Holdings Ltd, and companies connected to him.
Analysts are seeing the recent drop in earnings by the world’s biggest mining companies as a sign that the days of bonanza dividend payouts are over.
Your morning coffee briefing from TFG: Energy expert slams UK’s net-zero strategy as ‘hopelessly unrealistic’.
Why have commodity prices surged in the last two weeks, and will they ever come back down again? TFG’s Marcus Lankford investigates…
The race is on to lead the world in electric vehicle (EV) production. Will China dominate, or will the EU and Japan forge ahead?
