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
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Ukraine says its expanding drone campaign against Russia’s maritime logistics has now struck 147 vessels in just 11 days, extending operations from the Sea of Azov deeper into the Black...
- Offshore Energy
U.S.-headquartered energy technology giant Baker Hughes has wrapped up the buyout of Chart Industries, strengthening its energy and industrial technology arsenal, with further growth anticipated to co
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Greece has thrown the European Union’s proposed 21st sanctions package against Russia into limbo, demanding exemptions for a domestic shipping company whose specialized Arctic liquefied natural gas ca
- Offshore Energy
Argent LNG, a U.S.-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) export developer headquartered in Louisiana, has signed off on a cooperation with Ukraine’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz Group to establish
- Offshore Energy
South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution has completed the delivery of its second cable-laying […] The post South Korean cable maker takes delivery of its second cable laying vessel appeared fi
- Hellenic Shipping News
Today, Thursday, July 16 2026, the Baltic Dry Index decreased by 89 points, reaching 2840 points. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported car
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Sweden has approved two offshore wind farms while rejecting 11 others, ending what the country’s ministers called a prolonged period of uncertainty. Sweden has given the green light to Fyrskeppet in t
- Offshore Energy
French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has secured the green light from the UK-based classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) for new NO96 elongation criter
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