Tag: Commodity market
These are the beneficiaries of the high energy prices
Lausanne, Dusseldorf The energy price rally does not only produce losers. Where some pay more in view of record prices for gas, oil and coal, others take in more. Oil…
How the countries use the raw materials
Copper mine in Chile As the world’s largest copper producer, the country should benefit from a boom in demand for battery metals. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich, Santiago, Johannesburg, New Delhi The…
Expensive nickel puts electrification at risk
Production of the VW ID.4 The raw materials for electric cars are becoming scarcer and more expensive. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The rapidly rising raw material prices worry the car manufacturers.…
Expensive nickel puts electrification at risk
Production of the VW ID.4 The raw materials for electric cars are becoming scarcer and more expensive. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The rapidly rising raw material prices worry the car manufacturers.…
Expensive nickel puts electrification at risk
Production of the VW ID.4 The raw materials for electric cars are becoming scarcer and more expensive. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The rapidly rising raw material prices worry the car manufacturers.…
Commodities are once again a geopolitical bargaining chip
Lithium production in Argentina Europe must secure the further processing of important raw materials in the long term. (Photo: Reuters) Imagine if Europe had no way of producing its own…
War in Ukraine creates uncertainty in the steel industry
Steel worker at Thyssen-Krupp Employers in the metal and electrical industry have warned of a possible energy and raw material embargo on Russian oil and gas. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The…
Which injustice states should replace Russia’s energy supplies?
Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck in Qatar The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection is received by Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad Sharida al-Kaabi. (Photo: dpa) The vast…
These products are more expensive and scarce in the supermarket
Consumers are currently hoarding storable goods in the expectation that the war in Ukraine will push prices up even further. Because the production of food has become more expensive for…
Why fuel prices stay high while oil prices fall
Dusseldorf For the first time since the highs of the past few days, prices at gas stations fell slightly on Wednesday. Nevertheless, gasoline and diesel still cost well over two…
Discounter Aldi raises prices
Aldi branch in Dusseldorf Hundreds of products are becoming more expensive in the discounter chain’s stores. (Photo: dpa) eat The prices in the German food trade are moving more and…
Industry expects sales to drop and warns of gas embargo
Dusseldorf The war in Ukraine led to a sudden change of mood in the German chemical industry. Just a few weeks ago, the industry was expecting further growth this year.…
Warning of financial crisis of global commodity trading
Oil refinery in Brandenburg Traders earn a lot of money if they have bought gas and oil at lower prices and can now resell their quantities with significant profits. At…
Industry expects sales to drop and warns of gas embargo
BASF chemical plant in Ludwigshafen Large quantities of natural gas are required at the chemical company’s home site. (Photo: obs) Dusseldorf The war in Ukraine led to a sudden change…
How high can he climb? Three scenarios how to proceed
Russian oil production plant The country is the third largest oil producer in the world. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Zurich Speculations about a possible rapprochement between the two warring parties Russia and…
Battery manufacturer builds giga factory in Germany
Northvolt Northvolt’s first factory in Sweden. Dusseldorf In the tranquil heath, about an hour and a half from Hamburg, power storage for German electric cars will soon be built. The…
Battery manufacturer builds giga factory in Germany
Northvolt Northvolt’s first factory in Sweden. Dusseldorf In the tranquil heath, about an hour and a half from Hamburg, power storage for German electric cars will soon be built. The…
These six charts show the dislocations since the outbreak of war
Ukraine war The fear of delivery failures and supply gaps is great and is causing turmoil on the commodity markets worldwide. Dusseldorf A good two weeks after the Russian invasion…
Fertilizer manufacturers are curbing production: there is a risk of losses in harvests
Dusseldorf Because of the crushingly high price of natural gas, the first major manufacturers of fertilizers are reducing their production. The European market leader in nitrogen fertilizers, the Yara Group…
Brent and WTI collapse more than 10 percent
oil production The German government has so far spoken out against stopping Russian oil imports. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Speculations on an easing of the supply bottleneck send the oil price…