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United States
Mar 2, 2026

US diesel futures hit a 2-year high due to Middle East supply disruptions

U.S. Diesel?Futures surged above $3 per gallon for the first since November 2023 on Monday, as 'Iran responded to U.S. & Israeli attacks on the country with...

Brazil
Mar 2, 2026

Lula's term will see Brazil mobilize more than $50 billion in sustainable investment

Former international affairs secretary Tatiana Rosito said that the Brazilian government plans to mobilize over?250 billion Reais ($48.4 Billion) in sustainable investment during President Luiz Inacio Lula's...

Denmark
Mar 2, 2026

Mining minister: Investor interest in Greenland has increased following Trump's threats

Since the emergence of a?U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to annex Greenland, according to a senior Greenlandic government official. Naaja H. Nathielsen, Greenland’s Minister for...

Brazil
Mar 2, 2026

Brazil's Petrobras increases fertilizer production in order to reduce Middle East dependency

Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has increased its nitrogen fertilizer sales in Brazil to help reduce the supply risks as tensions in Middle East threaten the delivery of...

United States
Mar 2, 2026

US gasoline crosses the $3-per-gallon mark as a test of Trump's Iran War

Analysts say that the average U.S. gasoline price surpassed $3 per gallon on Monday for the first time since November as the conflict in the Middle East...

Canada
Mar 2, 2026

REalloys, a rare earths company, receives Pentagon funding

REalloys, a rare earths company, has received a U.S. Department of Defense Contract worth up to $1.7 Million to fund the design of a metal processing facility...

United States
Mar 2, 2026

Investors grapple with Middle East curball scenarios

Investors struggled to determine whether the Middle East conflict is a marginal risk centered around a power struggle in Iran or a long-term war that could have...

United States
Mar 2, 2026

How has the Strategic Petroleum Reserve been used by US presidents during wartime?

Although the U.S. does not plan to sell oil from its Strategic Petroleum?Reserve - the world's largest stockpile of emergency oil - presidents have used it in...

Iran
Mar 2, 2026

Petrobras monitors Iran conflict and fuel price before making a decision

Petrobras, the state-owned oil company in Brazil, is watching closely?the fallout of conflict in Iran. It will be monitoring oil prices - which soared on Monday --...

United States
Mar 2, 2026

Trump's war against Iran is a serious risk to US and European aluminum consumers

The war between the U.S. & Iran is likely to cause a prolonged disruption in Middle East aluminium imports, which will hit European and U.S. consumers the...

Australia
Mar 2, 2026

Miner SQM sees lithium sales jumping 15% in first quarter

SQM, a lithium producer in Chile, expects the first quarter of 2026 to be a record-breaking period for sales, with a 15% increase over the previous year....

United States
Mar 2, 2026

Gold prices rise amid fears of Middle East conflict

Gold as a safe-haven asset gained on Monday due to escalating fears of a prolonged conflict in the Middle East following?U.S. Israeli and U.S. strikes against Iran...

South Asia
Mar 2, 2026

Asia's margin on naphtha reaches four-year high due to supply concerns

Profit margins for Asia's naphtha refinery As the Middle East conflict entered its third day, global?traders and shippers were spooked. Feedstock prices have risen and Asian buyers...

United States
Mar 2, 2026

Gold prices rise by more than 2% after strikes against Iran prompt a rush for safe havens

Gold prices rose by more than 2% on Monday as U.S. and Israel strikes against Iran continued - with no end in sight. This stoked fears of...

United States
Mar 2, 2026

McGeever: The war in Iran traps Treasuries' investors in an oil stagflationary dilemma.

U.S. Treasuries have just had their best month since last year. Investors must now decide whether the sudden outbreak of war in 'the Middle East' will boost...

China
Mar 2, 2026

Russell: The key to a boost in crude oil production from OPEC+ is the duration of the disruption caused by Hormuz.

The OPEC+'s decision to increase crude oil production by 206,000 barrels a day (bpd), starting in April, is the least significant decision that the group has taken...

United Kingdom
Mar 2, 2026

BlackRock's GIP & EQT to purchase AES Corp for $33.4 billion

A consortium led by BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners, and equity firm EQT AB agreed to a deal on Monday that would see the U.S. based power company...

Canada
Mar 2, 2026

Hudbay Minerals buys remaining Arizona Sonoran stake from Arizona Sonoran for $1.48 Billion

Hudbay Minerals announced on Monday that it would 'buy the shares in Arizona Sonoran Copper Company it doesn't already own for $1.48 Billion. The?Canadian mining company is...

India
Mar 2, 2026

Haldia in India has plenty of naphtha and plans to increase local purchases amid the US-Iran conflict.

India's Haldia Petrochemicals, whose chief executive spoke on Monday, has a?sufficient supply of naphtha at its plant and a?supply already at sea. It does not expect that...

United States
Mar 2, 2026

Worthington Steel's Plan B in case $2.4 billion Kloeckner bid fallss

Geoff Gilmore, Worthington Steel's chief executive officer, said that the U.S. company would have a 'decent number of other acquisition targets if a $2.4 Billion deal to...

Canada
Mar 2, 2026

India and Canada strike uranium agreement by the end of the year, aim to reach a trade pact

India and Canada aim to conclude a free-trade pact before the end of the year, said Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday, during his 'first visit to...

United Kingdom
Mar 2, 2026

Telegraph: Trump is'very upset' at Starmer's refusal to allow the use of UK air bases

Donald Trump said he was'very disappointed'?with British Premier?Minister Keir Starmer because he refused to allow the U.S. use of the Diego Garcia Air Base to conduct strikes...

China
Mar 2, 2026

Morning Bid - Middle East Maelstrom

By Mike Dolan Mar 2 - What's important in U.S. and Global Markets Today By Mike Dolan, Editor at Large, Finance and Markets After the Middle East...

China
Mar 2, 2026

CORRECTED - Aluminum hits a one-month high, as attention turns to Middle Eastern supply

Aluminum?prices jumped to their highest level?in over a month?on Monday, after U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran fueled concerns about a prolonged conflict in the Middle East. Iran is...

Germany
Mar 2, 2026

Worthington Steel's Plan B in case Kloeckner deal falls through

Worthington Steel's Chief Executive said that if a $2.4 bn deal to buy German metals traders Kloeckner & Co falls through, it would still have a number...

Iran
Mar 2, 2026

Asia's jet-fuel and diesel cash premiums reach multi-year highs due to Mideast concerns

Multiple regional trade sources reported that the cash differentials for jet fuel and diesel in Asia reached multi-year highs as the'markets priced in' the risks of supply...

United States
Mar 2, 2026

Trump's SEC gives companies more control over investors. They were pushed back by lawsuits

Activists said that a new federal approach, which gives U.S. firms more control over the proposals that shareholders vote on during their annual meetings, creates regulatory uncertainty...

Iran
Mar 2, 2026

Mideast crude benchmarks reach a three-year high due to military conflict that disrupts supply

On 'Monday, spot premiums for Middle East crude benchmarks Dubai, Murban and Oman rose to three-year-highs as a military conflict disrupted shipping across the world's largest oil-exporting...

Africa
Mar 2, 2026

Uganda's Central Bank to Start its Gold Buying Programme This Month

Uganda's central?bank will begin its domestic gold purchase?programme in this month, the?bank said on Monday. It joins other?policymakers?around the globe who are building up their gold stock...

Iran
Mar 2, 2026

Sri Lankan motorists queue up to fill-up in the wake of Iran's turmoil

Fuel stations in Sri Lanka were crowded on Monday, as fears of oil shortages grew due to the conflict in Iran. The island nation is still recovering...

Israel
Mar 2, 2026

Emails show that EU policymakers do not expect immediate impact on oil security from the conflict in Iran.

In an email received by on Monday, the European Commission said that it did not expect the conflict to escalate in the Middle East to have any...

Singapore
Mar 2, 2026

The Asia market for high-sulfur fuel oil is growing as tensions in the Middle East threaten to reduce exports

As tensions between the U.S. and Iran disrupted traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, fears of tightening exports grew. The Middle East is one of the largest...

Iran
Mar 2, 2026

China's oil refiners are protected from the conflict between Iran and Russia by having a large supply of Iranian and Russian oil.

Oil refiners will be able to weather the near-term disruption of the Iran conflict thanks to record shipments from Iran and Russia and aggressive government stockpiling. China...

United Kingdom
Mar 2, 2026

Court rules that ex-Yukos investors in the UK can enforce arbitration awards against Russia worth $65 billion

The London High Court ruled that former Yukos investors can enforce arbitration awards against Russia now worth more than $65 billion for the?seizure?of the defunct oil company....

Iran
Mar 2, 2026

New Middle East twist raises risk for world markets

Investors are increasingly concerned about the possibility of a prolonged regional war and a power struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia. This could have a negative impact...

United Arab Emirates
Mar 2, 2026

Middle East strikes shut down major Saudi refinery and Israeli, Kurdish, and Kurdish oil and gas fields

Saudi Arabia closed its largest domestic oil refinery after a 'drone strike' on Monday, according to a source. Across the Middle East, oil and gas facilities were...

United States
Mar 2, 2026

Five Russians injured in overnight drone attack on Novorossiysk

Local authorities reported on Monday that five people were injured and 20 buildings destroyed in a massive drone attack by the Ukrainians on Novorossiysk (a southern Russian...

China
Mar 2, 2026

Iron ore prices rise as a result of the Iran War; iron ore shipments drop

Iron ore prices recovered from earlier losses and traded higher on Monday as investors focused their attention on potentially?higher shipping rates after the Iran conflict, along with...

Israel
Mar 2, 2026

Saudi Aramco closes Ras Tanura refinery following drone strike: source

Aramco, the state oil company of Saudi Arabia, shut down its 'Ras Tanura' refinery after a 'drone strike. An industry source confirmed this on Monday. This was...

South Korea
Mar 2, 2026

T&E report: EU can reduce battery prices by up to 50% with Made in Europe plan

T&E, a campaign group for transport and the environment, said in a report on Monday that scaling up production in Europe would reduce the 'cost gap' between...

Italy
Mar 2, 2026

Morning bid for Europe-Dire Straits for global oil trade

Wayne Cole gives us a look at what the future holds for European and global markets. Everyone is now an expert in crude?shipping across the Strait of...

China
Mar 2, 2026

Palm extends its gains as it tracks Dalian and Chicago rivals

Malaysian palm oils futures continued to rise on Monday for a second consecutive session. They also reached a new high of one week, tracking the strength of...

South Korea
Mar 2, 2026

South Korea's Lee meets with Singapore's Wong to discuss AI and tech cooperation

On a visit to Singapore, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held a summit with Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to discuss ways of expanding their cooperation...

China
Mar 1, 2026

High stocks, steel production curbs in Tangshan and a decline in iron ore are the main reasons for this.

Iron ore prices fell on Monday. They were impacted by production curbs at China's top steel hub Tangshan as well as a slow recovery of the?steel market...

United States
Mar 1, 2026

Gold prices rise as US-Israeli strikes on Iran spur demand for safe-havens

Gold prices rose on Monday, after U.S. and Israel launched a major strike on Iran that killed the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. This heightened geopolitical tensions, and...

China
Mar 1, 2026

Oil prices soar, stock markets tumble on Middle East turmoil

As military conflict in the Middle East appeared to be extending into the next few weeks, investors flocked to relative safety offered by the dollar and gold....

Australia
Mar 1, 2026

Malaysia renews Lynas Rare Earths' operating license for 10 years

Malaysia has renewed Lynas Rare Earths’ operating license?for ten?more?years?to 'import raw material containing natural radioactive materials and process rare Earths,' the Australian miner announced on Monday. By...

Iran
Mar 1, 2026

Iran conflict slows BOJ rate increases, putting Japan at risk of growth.

Analysts say that a prolonged Middle East conflict could lead to low growth in Japan and high inflation, if oil prices remain high and hit the import-dependent...

Africa
Mar 1, 2026

Oil prices rise as the Iran conflict escalates and disrupts shipping

On Monday, oil prices rose 7% and reached their highest level in months as Iran and Israel intensified attacks?in the Middle East. They damaged tankers?and disrupted shipments?from...

Luxembourg
Mar 1, 2026

US strikes Iran with B-2 Bombers, Anthropic AI and suicide drones

On Saturday, the United States launched a variety of weapons against Iranian targets, including Tomahawk missiles, stealth aircraft, and low-cost, one-way drones that were modeled on Iranian...