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FILE PHOTO: Labourers harvest cocoa pods at a farm in Assin Foso, Ghana, November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo
AnalysisBusinessCoalCritical MineralsEconomyIndustryManufacturingOilRegulationsTrade

Cocoa tops global commodities rally for 2nd year, steel ingredients struggle on China demand

Cocoa and coffee prices surged in 2024 due to global supply deficits, while steel-making coal struggled amid China's slow growth.

A hawk flies over part of Oak Flat that is visible from a viewing area at the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 facility and rehabilitated Magma Mine shaft 9 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara/ File Photo
BusinessCritical MineralsMiningNewsPoliticsRegulations

Rio Tinto exec asks Trump Administration to speed up permitting

Rio Tinto urges the Trump administration to expedite mine permits to secure copper for the energy transition, despite local opposition.

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows farmers watering a field with newly planted corn, amid an orange alert for heatwave in the drought-hit region, in Jinan, Shandong province, China June 20, 2024. REUTERS/Xihao Jiang
AgricultureClimateNewsWeather

From Black Sea to US Midwest, extreme weather threatens crop output

Record temperatures in major global growing regions have hurt developing crops.

FILE PHOTO: Spanish Iberico and Serrano hams are seen hanging at the Anton Martin market in Madrid,  Spain, March 7, 2016. REUTERS/Paul Hanna//File Photo
AgricultureEconomyNewsPoliticsTrade

Rival pork exporters could benefit from China-EU trade tensions

China's commerce ministry said on Monday it had opened an anti-dumping investigation into imported pork and its by-products from the EU, after the...

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