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Commodities

  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    Cryptocurrencies
    Bitcoin price slides to lowest level since 2025 tariff shock

    Drop comes after gold and other precious metals sold off sharply

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  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    UnhedgedHakyung Kim
    Will metals lose their lustre?

    Unpacking the dramatic rallies in gold, silver and copper

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  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    Miner Chemaf emerges as first test of US-DR Congo minerals deal

    Washington lobbies African nation to award sale of copper and cobalt producer to consortium led by US group Virtus

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  • Friday, 30 January, 2026
    Gold
    Gold and silver prices plunge as rally goes into reverse

    Platinum also plummets as Trump picks Warsh as next Fed chair

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  • Friday, 30 January, 2026
    Trafigura
    Trafigura wins $500mn nickel fraud case against Prateek Gupta

    Long-running legal dispute began in 2023 after Swiss trading house discovered fake nickel cargoes

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  • Friday, 30 January, 2026
    Skin in the GameStuart Kirk
    How not to short gold

    Few investors want to it seems, but those who do need to be careful

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  • Friday, 30 January, 2026
    Oil & Gas industry
    Chevron pledges tight rein on Venezuela spending as US pushes oil majors to invest

    Supermajor to focus on boosting production from existing operations rather than fast-track expansion, says finance chief

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  • Friday, 30 January, 2026
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Blackstone lines up huge IPO pipeline

    Private capital group’s president Jonathan Gray tells the FT: ‘The deal environment feels like it has hit escape velocity’

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    News in-depthCuba
    Cuba has ‘15 to 20 days’ of oil left as Trump turns the screws

    Crude exports to Havana are drying up, according to Kpler, amid US blockade of Venezuela and pressure on Mexico

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    US foreign policy
    US moves to open Venezuela’s vast crude reserves to Big Oil

    Treasury issues ‘general licence’ that will allow American groups to purchase and resell the South American country’s oil

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    Copper
    Gold and silver fall from record highs in metals market whiplash

    Volatile trading session sees precious metals give up early gains

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    Oil & Gas industry
    Coterra and Devon near tie-up to create $60bn US shale group

    Deal would be largest oil and gas merger in two years

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    Oil
    Oil surges past $70 as US-Iran tensions rise

    Price rises 4% on Thursday as Donald Trump hails ‘beautiful armada’ targeting regime

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
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    US to pay monthly Venezuela ‘budget’ from oil proceeds via Qatar fund

    Marco Rubio defends ‘novel’ scheme under which America will approve how Caracas can spend portion of national income

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    Glencore
    Glencore boosts copper output and reserves as Rio deadline looms

    Rio must make an offer next week or end talks on deal to create world’s biggest mining group

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
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    Video: Why is gold hitting record highs?

    The precious metal is experiencing its highest peak in history. How long can the gold rally last?

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Carlyle strikes tentative deal to buy Lukoil’s international assets

    Agreement comes after US targeted Russian company with sanctions in October

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    Gold
    Central banks rein in gold purchases as investment demand soars

    Official purchases fall 20% amid historic rally and are expected to decline further this year, says World Gold Council

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Russian oil income drops sharply as sanctions bite

    Moscow’s energy revenues fell by a fifth in 2025 compared with previous year

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  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Investors love heavy metal

    Metals surge boosts value of mining groups by almost $500bn

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  • Wednesday, 28 January, 2026
    Mining
    Metals surge boosts value of biggest mining groups by almost $500bn

    Heightened geopolitical tensions trigger steep rise in prices of precious and base metals

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  • Wednesday, 28 January, 2026
    Nigeria
    Ex-Opec head confronted tycoon over his threat to ‘take her down’, court hears

    Diezani Alison-Madueke accused of accepting bribes from executives while Nigeria’s oil minister

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  • Wednesday, 28 January, 2026
    Katie Martin
    The precious metal feeding frenzy

    Gold and silver are on a tear but buyer beware . . .  

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  • Wednesday, 28 January, 2026
    Industrial metals
    Silver squeeze leaves solar panel makers feeling the heat

    Photovoltaic industry seeks substitutions for metal that has hit record highs

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  • Wednesday, 28 January, 2026
    Sovereign wealth funds
    SOFAZ so good

    From bond nerd to gold bug

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