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The Commodities Trade Institute Podcast

The Commodities Institute

249 episodes

A daily breakdown of the trends, risks, and market moves shaping global commodities—from oil and agriculture to metals, energy, and freight. Clear, sharp, and globally informed.

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  1. Copper Split, $13B US Gas Deal, and Elite Livestock Genetics

    · 5:56 · S3 E80

    Copper holds above $14k per ton amid an unprecedented split between bulging United States stockpiles and extreme Chinese shortages. In energy, United States natural gas undergoes historic consolidation with EQT’s…

  2. Iron Ore Standoff, 6 GW Battery Boom, Baltic Grain & 30% Urea Risk

    · 7:51 · S3 E79

    More than thirty supertankers sustain damage in the Strait of Hormuz amid soaring freight rates, prompting Saudi Arabia to secure nine million barrels of reserve storage in Singapore while Bulgaria doubles utility…

  3. 7 Ships Hit in Black Sea, US Copper Surge, DPA Fuel Push, Nickel Squeeze

    · 7:34 · S3 E78

    Drone attacks hit seven commercial cargo vessels in the Black Sea, and United States bonded copper inventories surge to a twelve-year high of nearly one hundred seventy thousand metric tons ahead of import tariffs.…

  4. Brazil Corn Replaces Ukraine, Nickel Imports Spike, Diesel Defies Deals

    · 5:52 · S3 E77

    European grain deficits and persistent Black Sea port strikes have triggered an eightfold surge in Brazilian corn exports to 1.65 million metric tons, lifting dry bulk freight as the Baltic Dry Index advances to 2,680…

  5. Sugar Deficit at 6.3M Tons, EU Gas Breaks €90, Codelco Copper at $350

    · 7:25 · S3 E76

    European benchmark natural gas breaks ninety euros per megawatt hour amid intensifying global competition for winter supplies, while United States diesel prices hover above six dollars a gallon under severe domestic…

  6. EU Gas Hits €90, U.S Farm Aid, Copper AI Boom, and Arctic Oil

    · 7:11 · S3 E75

    Escalating shipping bottlenecks and maritime conflict push freight costs to consume eighty-two percent of Asian gross refining margins, forcing Atlantic rerouting and sending Arctic oil transits surging by fifty…

  7. Food Index Hits 136, Copper Waste Bet, 105M-Ton Grain Rush & Bunker Spikes

    · 6:23 · S3 E74

    Global food inflation pushes the benchmark FAO index to a multi-year high of 136 points as severe drought strands Indonesian palm oil barges, while marine bunker fuel prices remain over 70% above baseline, forcing…

  8. Diesel Jumps on Refinery Hits, World Bank Backs $19B Minerals & Canada Wheat Wilts

    · 7:28 · S3 E73

    Ukraine officially abandons its energy truce after striking Rosneft's Ryazan refinery, prompting the International Energy Agency to accelerate the release of over 20 million barrels of emergency diesel amid tightening…

  9. US Copper Tops 1.6M Tons, $86 Diesel Squeeze, and Food Risks

    · 8:27 · S3 E72

    United States copper inventories swell past 1.6 million metric tons amid looming tariff deadlines, while European buyers face record $347 premiums. Global diesel refining margins hold near $86 per barrel as Middle East…

  10. France Maize at 7.3Mt, OPEC Adds 900k bpd, Aluminium Levels, & Rio Tinto $5B

    · 6:33 · S3 E71

    Severe drought cuts French grain maize harvest projections to a multi-decade low of 7.3 million metric tons as China's expanding domestic crop curbs import demand, while OPEC+ crude production surges by 900,000 barrels…

  11. EU Gas Jumps 150%, Steel Demand Shrinks 0.1%, and China Buys LME Storage

    · 5:45 · S3 E70

    European natural gas benchmarks have surged 150% as military conflict traps 20% of global LNG in the Persian Gulf, forcing European storage to seasonal lows while accelerating emerging Asia's shift toward renewables.…

  12. US Copper Swells, Diesel Drops 5%, Record Palm Oil & Hurricane Isaias

    · 7:01 · S3 E69

    Commercial copper inventories in the United States breach 1.1 million metric tons on tariff arbitrage, while Hurricane Isaias knocks out 72% of Gulf of Mexico crude production. Simultaneously, the White House engineers…

  13. Supercharged Tanker Rates, $605B Farm Debt, Nickel Clashes & Coal Revival

    · 6:59 · S3 E68

    Russian grain export capacity surges 170% through Baltic terminals amid Black Sea strikes, while US farm debt hits a record $605 billion with mounting vendor debt hidden from official tallies. Glencore targets an $88…

  14. Shell Eyes $42 Refining Margin, Tin Above $50K, Hormuz Shipping at 2-Month Low

    · 6:06 · S3 E67

    Physical trade across global commodity sectors faces acute dislocation as tanker transits through the Strait of Hormuz drop to seven vessels, driving Shell's indicative refining margins up to $42 per barrel and…

  15. Oil Buffers Strain, Gold Targets $5,014, Black Sea Freight & El Niño

    · 6:51 · S3 E66

    Precious metals delegates forecast gold climbing toward $5,014 an ounce while mining consolidation stalls over valuation disputes, as global commercial oil stockpiles drop below six billion barrels with under ten…

  16. 6M Barrel Oil Gap, EU Grain Rates, $5,330 Gold, & US Harvest Lags

    · 6:21 · S3 E65

    Global commodity balances tighten as crude holds above $100 per barrel amid a six-million-barrel daily refined fuel shortfall, while central bank accumulation anchors gold beyond $4,000 per ounce. Danube bottleneck…

  17. Food Near 4-Yr High, G7 100M Bbl Oil Plan, $54B Copper & Ukraine Sowing

    · 6:25 · S3 E64

    Group of Seven nations have agreed to release 100 million barrels of emergency crude and diesel to counter wartime fuel inflation, even as Middle East oil and liquefied natural gas shipments face active drone and…

  18. US Diesel Threat, Record $51 Crack, $4.2K Gold Resilience & Red Sea Tenders

    · 7:06 · S3 E63

    Washington delivers a 120-million-barrel emergency diesel ultimatum to Europe as Asian gasoline cracks surge to an all-time record of $50.53 a barrel and spot LNG above $25 per MMBtu drives emerging Asian power grids…

  19. Post-$5K Gold Environment, $90 Oil, 1.5M-Ton Sugar Flow & Black Sea Grain Squeezes

    · 7:33 · S3 E62

    Crude oil price targets rise toward ninety dollars a barrel as Persian Gulf disruptions constrain maritime flows, while gold consolidates after topping five thousand dollars an ounce earlier this year, driving an…

  20. $21B Energy Influx, 600M Steel Target, Record EU Maize Drop & Soy Halts

    · 6:44 · S3 E61

    Global crude flows from the Gulf rebound toward twenty-four million barrels per day as private credit deploys twenty-one billion dollars into liquefied natural gas infrastructure, while India formalizes a six hundred…

  21. $15B US Steel Mill, $6 Diesel Relief, China's Record Metals, and Dry Cocoa

    · 7:48 · S3 E60

    Diesel prices breach six dollars a gallon as Washington weighs tax relief on red-dyed fuel, while a closed Strait of Hormuz cuts Qatari liquefied natural gas exports by ninety-six percent, sparking an intense scramble…

  22. China Cuts Ag Tariffs, Black Sea Freight Snarls, 13M bpd Oil & African Metals

    · 7:23 · S3 E59

    Middle East crude shipments climb back to 12.8 million barrels per day as Saudi Arabia redirects flows through Hormuz, while the European Union warns of an energy crisis with winter gas inventories lagging at 70%. In…

  23. Rare Earth Gaps, Soy Premiums, and Tankers Hit $1.3M

    · 6:06 · S3 E58

    Daily supertanker charter rates have reached a record 1.27 million dollars as diverted Saudi crude overwhelms Gulf transfer hubs, while commercial transits through the Strait of Hormuz have collapsed to just nine…

  24. $1B Mineral Vaults, Diesel Export Ban Clash & Black Sea Grain Shift to Baltics

    · 5:56 · S3 E57

    A one-billion-dollar joint financing commitment from the US Export-Import Bank to Glencore and Mercuria establishes a national strategic critical minerals reserve, directly reshaping raw material supply chains.…

  25. Wheat Costs Surge 40%, Oil at $97, DRC Mining Pact & Biofuel Rush

    · 7:10 · S3 E56

    Global wheat freight faces acute bottlenecks as Black Sea disruptions lift Chicago futures forty percent, while crude oil drops toward ninety-seven dollars per barrel following the partial restart of Saudi Arabia's…

  26. War Drains Diesel, Arctic Grain Reroutes, EV Metals & 5.7M T Soyoil

    · 6:15 · S3 E55

    Global diesel supplies plunge toward historic lows as United States retail prices breach six dollars a gallon, while prolonged war across the Middle East bottlenecks liquefied natural gas infrastructure.…

  27. $500M Metal Fraud, EU Gas, $100 Oil & Rate Earths

    · 6:41 · S3 E53

    Global crude benchmarks surge past one hundred dollars per barrel as the Strait of Hormuz remains constrained, while European natural gas inventories sit at a precarious sixty-seven percent ahead of winter. In freight…

  28. Panama Hits $5M, $110 Brent, Indonesia Nickel Cuts, and Cocoa Shortage

    · 8:04 · S3 E52

    Panama Canal transit auction bids reach a record five million dollars just as daily vessel transits are cut to thirty-two, colliding with the autumn retail import surge and rerouted Middle East energy flows. Crude oil…

  29. Danube Freight, Congo Copper Pivots, 182M-Ton Soy & Gulf Oil

    · 5:57 · S3 E51

    Danube grain shipping rates surge to $105 per ton amid severe waterway bottlenecks as Chinese aluminum output breaches national caps at 4 million tons and the Democratic Republic of Congo doubles Western copper…

  30. Seabed Mining Ramps, Hormuz Hits 4 Ships, LNG Reaches $30 and Sugar Soars

    · 6:11 · S3 E50

    Persian Gulf hostilities slash Strait of Hormuz transits to just four vessels and propel Asian liquefied natural gas to thirty dollars, triggering fuel switching alongside the repeal of United States power plant carbon…

  31. Pipeline Outage Risks 4% Oil, $26 LNG, Russian Grain Shock, Yttrium

    · 6:38 · S3 E49

    A drone strike on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline puts four percent of global crude supply at immediate risk as Yanbu storage dwindles to a five-day cushion, propelling crude above one hundred dollars per barrel…

  32. Copper Slides 4%, Oil Tops $100, Robusta Up 32%, and Hormuz Transit Drops

    · 6:23 · S3 E48

    Escalating Middle East hostilities have choked Strait of Hormuz shipping traffic to seven vessels, catapulting crude oil above $100 per barrel and lifting global coal demand to a record 8.94 billion tonnes as utilities…

  33. $100 Oil, 10M Ton Corn Boom, Jakarta Nickel Bourse, and China Soy Buys

    · 6:22 · S3 E47

    Escalating naval hostilities near the Strait of Hormuz push Brent crude past $100 per barrel as maritime flows drop to 2 million barrels daily, while European gas storage sits at just 67% capacity ahead of winter. In…

  34. Copper Eyes $15K, EU Gas Hits €75, and Freight Snarls Wheat Trade

    · 5:57 · S3 E46

    Benchmark copper approaches $15,000 per ton amid United States tariff speculation that is draining international warehouses, while European natural gas prices climb to €75 per megawatt-hour on a six-month Strait of…

  35. Diesel Surges, Record US Copper Imports, 300% Grain Tariffs & Hormuz Strains

    · 6:32 · S3 E45

    Global diesel crack spreads surge past one hundred and eight dollars as Middle East crude flows through Hormuz drop below two million barrels per day, while Latvia targets Russian transit with a proposed three hundred…

  36. US Copper Inflow, $375 Rice, Big Oil Lockout & Out-of-Grid Power

    · 7:20 · S3 E44

    United States copper imports surge seventy-eight percent ahead of impending tariffs as domestic COMEX stockpiles swell, while Indian rice export prices climb to one-year peaks amid monsoonal shortfalls. Simultaneously,…

  37. $4,000 Zinc, EU Feed Spikes, Chevron’s $7B Play, and Black Sea Strain

    · 7:59 · S3 E43

    London zinc approaches four thousand dollars per metric ton as processing fees collapse to historic negative lows, while Persian Gulf tensions drive spot liquefied natural gas past twenty-five dollars with emergency…

  38. USDA AI Investment, LNG Exports, India Eyes Zambia Copper, & Sugar Deficit

    · 6:07 · S3 E42

    A U.S. naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz has stalled Iranian crude exports for seven weeks, prompting a 155.1% surge in transit cargo through Jordan's Aqaba port. In response to global energy shifts, the U.S. has…

  39. Venezuela Oil deal, 9.4% Copper Drop, 1.76B Biofuels & Baltic Freight

    · 6:09 · S3 E41

    A landmark sixty-five-billion-barrel Venezuelan crude agreement reshapes Washington's energy strategy as domestic Strategic Petroleum Reserve inventories reach forty-four-year lows. Concurrently, the Environmental…

  40. Beef Policy, Codelco Profit Jump, $24 LNG & 28% Ukraine Grain Rebound

    · 5:18 · S3 E40

    Codelco reports a fourfold jump in pre-tax earnings to $1.97 billion despite an 11% drop in copper production. In global trade, Ukraine boosts weekly grain exports by 28% via Danube river channels following Black Sea…

  41. EU Gas Tests €68, US-Venezuela Crude Deal Nears & Black Sea Freight Stalls

    · 6:25 · S3 E39

    European natural gas prices are testing multi-year highs as ongoing maritime disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz structurally threaten winter storage injections. Simultaneously, the U.S. is reportedly nearing a…

  42. Sugar Output Plunges, 70 Grain Ships Jammed, $90 Brent Strains Power

    · 5:21 · S3 E38

    European sugar output plunges toward a 38-year low amid severe drought while West African cocoa faces late-year port gridlock ahead of EU deforestation deadlines. In energy, Brent crude holds near $90 per barrel six…

  43. Zinc at $3.8K, US Copper Drain, $1.5B Haynesville Gas & Brazil Soy

    · 5:49 · S3 E37

    Copper approaches all-time highs of $14,528/t as U.S. tariff stockpiling drains global inventories into COMEX's 675,000-ton reserve; Iran blacklists 45 vessels, disrupting Gulf ship-to-ship oil transfers; Gunvor…

  44. 45 Tankers Blacklisted, EU Maize Cut to 6.61t, Refiner Strain & Ghana Gold

    · 5:28 · S3 E36

    Iran escalates Persian Gulf tensions by blacklisting 45 commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. refineries face historic operational strain. Severe weather and logistics shocks hammer global agriculture,…

  45. Gold Targets $4,900 as PJM Grid Costs Hit $6B and US Corn Yields Drop

    · 4:48 · S3 E35

    Bullish options demand drives gold forecasts toward $4,900 per ounce while PJM power grid congestion costs surge 43% to $6 billion amid transmission overloads. Pro Farmer slashes U.S. corn yield projections below USDA…

  46. US Eases Fuel Mandates Early, Wheat Rallies 17%, and DOE Deploys $500M in Grants

    · 5:42 · S3 E34

    The EPA terminates summer-blend gasoline rules two weeks early on September 1 to curb elevated pump prices amid persistent refining bottlenecks from the Iran war, while Poland drafts a 30% utility windfall tax.…

  47. SMR Nuclear Boom, Wheat Climbs 30%, and $102 Diesel Spreads

    · 6:41 · S3 E33

    Escalating military strikes knock offline more than 97% of Black Sea grain export capacity, sending global wheat prices up 30% year-on-year as Midwest crop tours reveal below-record corn yields and European drought…

  48. Steel Falls 4%, Aluminum retreats, Canada Oil & India Sugar Crises

    · 5:47 · S3 E32

    Chinese semi-finished aluminum exports reach 3.2 million tons to buffer Western deficits, while China's July steel output falls nearly 4% amid persistent property weakness. In energy, Canadian producers balance 45%…

  49. Black Sea Freight Rises, Oil Bypasses Hormuz & Copper Lifts BHP

    · 5:29 · S3 E31

    BHP delivers a $13.2 billion profit as record $14,000 copper eclipses iron ore earnings, while drone strikes shutter over 90% of Azov-Black Sea grain loading capacity and hike freight rates. In energy, Washington moves…

  50. Rhine Logistics Stall, EU Corn Plunges to 52M Tons, Codelco Overhauls Copper

    · 4:57 · S3 E30

    Low Rhine water levels force European freight onto land routes as EU corn forecasts fall to 51.9 million metric tons, offset by record 5.14 million ton Argentine exports. With the Strait of Hormuz closed to tanker…

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