1120 days ago
Investments in the agricultural and foodtech business have soared in the past couple of years, going from a little over $6 billion in 2014 to over $30 billion in 2020. The way we grow food and eat it will likely be one of the most disrupted area of our economy in the next few years.
1121 days ago
A commodities trader was given painted stones instead of $36m (£26m) of copper from a Turkish supplier in a fraudulent deal last summer.
1121 days ago
One of the world’s biggest lithium miners by production, Albemarle Corp. , is based in nearby Charlotte. Nearly all of its lithium today, however, is extracted in Australia and Chile, which have large, accessible deposits of the metal. Only about 1% of global lithium output is both mined and processed in the U.S. China, with a huge chemical industry and low costs, unearths about 10% and processes about two-thirds of what’s dug up. Source: WSJ
1122 days ago
Is this a buying opportunity? With commodities turning around, today's price might be a rare gift worth having a look at. Or this refuge value might just be uninteresting as the economy promises to relaunch again.
1123 days ago
The GSCI Agricultural Commodity Price Index has risen by 1.8% this month, as food price keep rising throughout the globe.
