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Warehouse full of steel bars stacked on pallets

20 March, 2026 Features

Commodity in Focus: ‘Ambitious’ UK Steel Strategy released but can government support help industry overcome barriers?

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Rare Earth Metals

13 March, 2026 Features

Commodities in Focus: Aluminium, helium and fertiliser markets suffer from Trump’s war in Iran

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7 October, 2025 Features

Commodity in Focus: Rush for Greenland’s critical minerals meets questions of environmental protection and industrial cost

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A Russian flag crudely painted on stacks of oil barrels in front of a yellow oil pipeline

15 September, 2025 Features

Commodity in Focus: Sanctions and energy politics collide as Trump pushes EU to accelerate Russia energy ban

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A group of artisanal miners working in an open air mine, wearing informal clothes. Two miners in the background are digging with handtools

2 September, 2025 Features

Commodity in Focus: In the ‘rush for resources’, can critical minerals be sustainable?

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24 June, 2025 Features

Commodity in Focus: Rice, maize and wheat among latest food-staples hit by global warming

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Rare Earth Metals

24 April, 2025 Features

Commodity in Focus: Trump’s tariffs can’t solve problems with critical minerals

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26 March, 2025 Features

Commodity in Focus: Leaked White House messages reveal efforts to calm oil markets

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A Russian flag crudely painted on stacks of oil barrels in front of a yellow oil pipeline

29 January, 2025 Features

Commodity in Focus: EU sanctions to leave Russian LNG exports mostly intact as Brussels avoids confrontation

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23 January, 2025 Features

Commodity in focus: Energy markets wait for sanctions news while critical minerals look to the future of the Inflation Reduction Act

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5 December, 2024 Features

Commodity in Focus: A transatlantic saga for steel as UK and US governments aim to protect domestic industries

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11 September, 2024 Features

Commodity in Focus: World steelmaking industry stands at cross-roads of domestic politics and global push for net zero