Global Commodity Intelligence
Commodity Atlas
A neutral learning and intelligence portal for commodity markets: energy, metals, agriculture, and freight.
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The largest commodity market by value. Energy covers crude oil, natural gas, LNG, and coal — the fuels that power industrial civilisation. Price discovery happens across spot markets, futures exchanges (NYMEX, ICE, SGX), and long-term supply contracts.
4 subcategories
Metals
Metals divide into ferrous (iron and steel) and non-ferrous (base metals like copper, aluminium) and precious (gold, silver). The LME in London is the price-setter for base metals. China dominates both supply (as producer) and demand (as consumer).
3 subcategories
Agricultural
Agricultural commodities — grains, oilseeds, and soft commodities — feed the world. They are among the most politically sensitive markets due to food security implications. The CBOT in Chicago is the benchmark exchange for grains; Euronext for European wheat; ICE for sugar, coffee, and cocoa.
2 subcategories
Freight
Freight is the invisible cost embedded in every physical commodity trade. The Baltic Exchange in London publishes daily indices for all dry bulk and tanker vessel classes. Freight can be hedged via Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs), traded on ICE. Understanding freight is the difference between a profitable commodity trade and a losing one.
3 subcategories
Latest News
Full feed- Hellenic Shipping News
The global ocean hull insurance market is continuing to soften despite apparent growth in the overall premium base, according to Ilias P.Tsakiris, Chair of the Ocean Hull Committee speaking at the Int
- Hellenic Shipping News
The VLCC market has experienced a sharp repricing during 2026, with the most significant acceleration taking place since late July as exceptionally strong freight earnings have fed directly into secon
- When the Levee Breaks49m agoHellenic Shipping News
The weakest June for Chinese crude imports in a decade did not cost a single barrel of throughput. Imports fell 41.3% on the year, runs held above 12.4 mb/d, and product exports went up. The differenc
- Hellenic Shipping News
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose by 1.2% to its highest since September 11 at 3,473 points on Thursday. The capesize index
- Hellenic Shipping News
Colombia’s position in the global coal market is undergoing a structural shift; robust exports, renewed access to the Israeli market and frequent disruptions to its logistics infrastructure are shapin
- Hellenic Shipping News
Geopolitical tensions, regional conflicts and increasingly sophisticated criminal networks are creating connected security risks for international shipping. At BIMCO’s Maritime Security Symposium 2026
- Hellenic Shipping News
Insurance companies have lost billions to cover war risks for shipping during the ongoing US-Iran conflict to support global energy trades, despite a jump in headline premium rates, according to a sen
- Hellenic Shipping News
Fujairah’s fuel oil stocks have averaged 19% higher in September so far than across August, Fujairah Oil Industry Zone (FOIZ) and S&P Global data shows. Changes in monthly average Fujairah s
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