July brings a chance to take stock on commodity price movements so far in 2015, as we pass the year mid-point; and here in Western Australia we enter the thick of winter, which is only marginally colder than the record summer temperatures being reported in my homeland. Commodity prices however continue to be more of the wintery sort. The mid-year… Read this post →
The Greenfields Research Commodity Price Barometer continues to show a dim view of commodities this month, with 22 of the 30 commodities covered having fallen in price. Only three commodities remain in the “dry” and “fair” categories; these are tantalum, tungsten and palladium. At the other end of the barometer, gallium, molybdenum, nickel and rhodium remain in stormy markets with… Read this post →
The Greenfields Research Commodity Price Barometer gives an somewhat rainy and stormy view of commodities this month. The vast majority of commodities dipped in price during April, the only exceptions being bismuth, cobalt, molybdenum and gallium, and even these all remain below their five-year averages. Even when excluding the rare earths, there are more “rainy” and “stormy” commodities than “dry”… Read this post →
The monthly update of the Greenfields Research Commodity Price Barometer paints a changeable picture for commodities. More commodity prices remain in the “dry” and “fair” categories than in the “rainy” and “stormy” ones. However, with more commodity prices falling than rising, there is the suggestion that the weather is getting worse. The conditions remain good for iron ore, palladium and… Read this post →
An update to the monthly Greenfields Research Commodity Price Barometer, which ranks commodity prices on a barometer style rating of stormy (low) through rain, change (medium) and fair to dry (high) comparing current spot prices to five year prevailing averages. Commodities are further divided into those rising and falling from their current positions. This month’s results show continued dry weather… Read this post →