Piauí Readies First Iron Ore Cargo to China From New Port
A small Brazilian state with no mining past is set to ship its first iron ore to China from a...
June 21, 2026Topic
Commodities
Africa Learns to Set Its Own Price
From cocoa to fishing to finance, Africa is moving from price-taker to price-setter, coordinating across borders to keep more of...
June 19, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open: Tuesday’s Argentina Rally Failed Overnight as Metals Replace Oil as the New Short
LatAm Pre-Open May 20: Argentina's Tuesday rally collapsed overnight in NYC. Brazil bled, Mexico held, metals replaced oil as the...
May 20, 2026
Oil Hits $79 as US Sanctions Russian Energy Sector
Crude oil reaches three-month high at $79.76 as US announces major sanctions against Russia's oil industry. Coverage and analysis from...
January 10, 2025
Barclays sees Brazil and Mexico in ‘better’ position in Latin America, despite commodity slump
The drop in commodity prices in recent days poses new challenges for Latin America. Still, the risk varies by country,...
July 11, 2022
Commodities already down 20% in one month on recession fears
Commodities, one of the most resilient sectors of the financial market this year, are now also being devastated by recession...
July 7, 2022 AEB projects drop in Brazil’s exports and balance of trade surplus in 2022
The forecast, released today (8) by the Foreign Trade Association of Brazil (AEB) for the trade balance next year, indicates...
December 9, 2021
Covid-19: Brazil’s Gol, Azul, CVC and PetroRio stocks plummet with news of variant
Friday was marked by a generalized drop in global stock markets due to the detection of Omicron, a new Covid-19...
November 27, 2021
Brazil still has no plans to join OPEC – Energy Minister
Brazil has no plans to join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for the time being. However, it is...
November 17, 2021