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The Commodities Institute Podcast — 208 episodes

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Sugar Output Plunges, 70 Grain Ships Jammed, $90 Brent Strains Power

2

Zinc at $3.8K, US Copper Drain, $1.5B Haynesville Gas & Brazil Soy

3

45 Tankers Blacklisted, EU Maize Cut to 6.61t, Refiner Strain & Ghana Gold

4

Gold Targets $4,900 as PJM Grid Costs Hit $6B and US Corn Yields Drop

5

US Eases Fuel Mandates Early, Wheat Rallies 17%, and DOE Deploys $500M in Grants

6

SMR Nuclear Boom, Wheat Climbs 30%, and $102 Diesel Spreads

7

Steel Falls 4%, Aluminum retreats, Canada Oil & India Sugar Crises

8

Black Sea Freight Rises, Oil Bypasses Hormuz & Copper Lifts BHP

9

Rhine Logistics Stall, EU Corn Plunges to 52M Tons, Codelco Overhauls Copper

10

Danube Nuclear Shutdown, 36-Yr Aluminum Lows, Grains & US Blockade

11

Oil Supply Slashed, China Copper Shrinks & Colombia Quake Hits Coffee

12

Freight Spikes, $14.4k Copper, US Gas Records & Super El Nino Impacts

13

Grain Halts & Gold Surge: Ukraine Cuts Exports 12% as Barrick Hits $4,417 Gold

14

Food Prices Hit 3-Yr High, BHP Port Strike, $3B Metals & Hormuz Gas Scramble

15

Congo Copper Ban, 600k bpd US Oil Surge, EU Maize Drops 14%, China Soy Buys

16

Iron Ore Shortfall, $300k Black Sea Freight, Sugar Spike & Fuel Reserves

17

Codelco Pauses Copper Mine; BP Profit Hits $5.7B; BDI Jumps 3.3% to 2,936

18

Zinc Hits $3,700, US Crude Drops to 3.7M bpd, China Buys 1M Tons Soy.

19

War Spikes Oil Margins, China Buys U.S Soy, Indonesia Frees Metals

20

Cocoa Falls 16%, Suez Oil Risks 5M bpd, Metals Scrap Banned & Rice Hits Highs

21

US Oil Draws 7M Barrels, CME Copper Hits 58%, Cocoa Drops & Grain Tenders Rise

22

6.8 GW Grid Deficit, US Rare Earth Action, 5% Rice Gain & 1.7M Sugar Deficit

23

US Crops Fall to 63%, Freight Hikes, Oil Fees & LME Zinc Surges

24

Aluminium Output Down as Grain Exports Double & Oil Risks Grow

25

LNG Outages, US Wheat, 1.3Bt Iron Ore Demand, & PJM Grid Stress

26

Record Coffee, Novorossiysk Night Ban, Oil Shortage & Rare Earths

27

Red Sea U-Turns, Copper Drops 27%, Argentina Corn Surges, ND Wheat Yields 46

28

Black Sea Wheat, Red Sea Oil, Lithium Drops 4%, Beef Down 10%

29

Copper Imports Hit 9-Month High, Hormuz Oil Slows, French Maize Drops to 41%

30

US Tariffs on Brazil Disrupt Bioenergy as Black Sea Freight Risks Loom

31

China's Metal Threat, $16B Power Grid Caps, and Brazil's 14% Coffee Jump

32

Drone Strikes Hit Freight, Rio Tinto Costs Rise, and Mexico Sugar Quota Jumps

33

China Coal Jumps 29%, Gold Consolidates, Solar Up 18%, Coffee Faces El Niño

34

Asia LNG Hits 6-Month High, US Wheat at 1.53B Bushels, A$5.6B Gold Merger

35

Grid Costs Hit $28K; Fuel Margins Peak at $64 as US Smelters Revive Amid Soy & Rail Crunches

36

Venture Global LNG Fees Jump 69% Amid Iran War as China Chases 25M-Ton U.S. Soybean Target

37

Wine Yields Slide 10%, US Tariffs Slam Brazil Freight, and Oil Prices Surge 5%

38

Gold M&A Grows, Oil Output Rises, Ukraine Grain Slows, Rooftop Solar Surges

39

Oil Flips to Contango, Lithium Triples, and Australia Iron Ore Faces $150M Daily Strike Threat

40

Oil Transfers, AI Power Boom, India Crops and Critical Minerals in Focus

41

Brent Sinks to $83 on Hormuz Peace Deal as Brazilian Farm Debt Escalates to 171B Reais

42

Wheat Drought, Rare Earth Investments, AI Power Demand and Tight Fuel Markets

43

US Oil Dominance at 10.5M BPD, 250% AI Wafer Hikes, and the 60% Thai Fuel Price Shock

44

11 Million Barrels Per Day Lost, Farm Fuel Soars, China Rewires Energy and Trade

45

Steel Exports Hit 5-Month High, US Wheat Moves, & El Nino Threatens Rice Supply

46

EU Steel Tariffs Hit Ukraine, US Crude Drops 3.3M Bbls & Fertilizer Up 55%

47

Solar Costs Spike 20%, Rice Exports Drop 7%, Aluminum Disrupts Energy, & Oil Waivers Miss Mark

48

Metals Glut Warning, US Wheat Hits 1986 Low, & BP Stock Drops 10%

49

Zinc Exporter Flip, 67% Farm Cost Spikes, LNG Rules & Crude Flows

50

Energy Storage Booms While Europe Gas Dips & Wheat Taxes Cut

51

Indonesia Seizes Exports, Zinc Surges, India Soymeal Halves, and China Cuts Oil Output by 1M BPD

52

Oil Above $112, Australia Wheat Cuts, Platinum Surge and AI Power Boom

53

Platinum Deficits, China Soy Deals and Gulf Aluminum Shifts

54

Oil Deficits, India Sugar Ban, Wheat Surge, and Gold Market Turbulence

55

China Soybeans, Hormuz Tankers, Copper Gains, and Solar Policy Shock

56

$7B Oil Insider Probe, Physical Uranium Pivot, and Australia’s 20% Gas Lock

57

US-Iran Peace Talks, Europe’s Solar Glut and Argentina’s Lithium Surge.

58

Nickel Rivalry: ShFE Overtakes LME & Iran War Triggers 17% Qatar LNG Export Drop

59

UAE Exits OPEC, 31% Wheat Ratings, and the $10.7B Gold Merger Reshaping Markets

60

The Permian Price Crash vs. Global Spikes: US Gas Glut Meets a 108% Asian LNG Surge

61

UAE Exits OPEC Amid Oil War: India’s Gold Imports Hit 30-Year Low

62

Mining Supercycle Looms While Bunge Lifts Outlook and Brazil Projects Record Coffee

63

The UAE Quits OPEC, Gold Hits $5,595, and the $1,100 Aluminum Squeeze

64

Gold Eyes $4,916, Shell’s $16.4B Canada Deal, and the Global Fertilizer Crisis

65

US-EU Mineral Pact, EU Steel Rebounds, and the 90-Day Jones Act Extension

66

Asia’s 1M Barrel per Day Fuel Loss, US Farmers Bet on Lentils, and the EU-US Mineral Pact

67

UN’s agricultural warnings, European Solar Surge, and Chile’s Copper Acid Crunch

68

Aluminum Hits $3,672 as Hormuz Blockade Traps 50 Tankers and Biofuels Surge 30%

69

Gulf Aluminum Falls 6% as Hormuz Crisis Spikes LNG 54% and Oil Risk

70

Nickel hits $18,655, Oil Ceasefire at Risk, and the Caspian Grain Shift

71

California’s $5.86 Gas Spike, India's Gold Halt, and the UK’s Carbon Tax Pivot

72

Jet Fuel Crunches, $1,000 Urea and a 10% Surge in Aluminum

73

U.S Blockade Impact, China's Acid Ban, Copper Smelter Risks, and a $1.5 Trillion Power Grid

74

Iron Ore Bans Lifted, US Blockades Iran, and India’s 92% Monsoon Alert

75

AI Power Demand Revives Coal, Oil Hits $100 Amid Iran Blockade, and Colombia Coffee Drops 29%

76

Argentina's $165B Glacier Reform, Gulf Refining at 95%, and the Global Diesel Crunch

77

Oil Toll Shock, China Copper Pivot, LNG Spike and Argentina Corn Boom

78

Oil Drops 16%, Saudi Premium Hits $19.50, Russia Wheat at 88.7M Tons, & US Gas Output at 109 Bcfd

79

Oil Revenues, Urea Prices Surge 70%, While China Curbs Fertilizer Exports Amid Middle East War

80

Italy's LNG, Deepwater Gulf Sales, and the Year-Long Road to Metal Recovery

81

LNG & Oil Shock Drives Prices Higher While Aluminium Gains and Global Trade Faces Severe Disruption

82

Aluminium Above $3,500, LNG Near $20, and Wheat Planting Hits Record Lows

83

Aluminum Strikes, Triple-Digit Oil, and the LNG Scramble: A Global Commodity Market in Turmoil

84

Shocks in Metals, Trump’s Cuba Pivot, and the Global Race for Critical Mineral Reserves

85

From Oil to Food: Fertilizer Prices Jump 65% as War Ripples Spread. Aluminum Premiums at 11Year High

86

Energy Warfare, Coffee, Japan’s Yen Gamble and the Genetic Frontier

87

80% of Asia’s Oil at Risk: From Fuel Crisis to Fertilizer Shock and Metal Strain

88

Gold’s 15% Retreat vs. China’s 48% Green Surge: Tracking $4 Gasoline Peak and the AI Copper Push

89

Supply Disruptions Across Oil, Fertilizer, and Freight Indicate a Broad Commodities Repricing

90

Oil at $166, Gas Crisis Deepens, and Fertilizer Squeeze Tightens

91

Tight Supplies and Wide Spreads: Inside the Commodity Market Disruption

92

Mining Evolution, Energy Insecurity, and the Strait of Hormuz Blockade

93

Beyond the Strait: $153 Dubai Crude, 160% Cobalt Gains, and the 68% LNG Growth Forecast

94

Oil Above $100, AI Infrastructure, Iron Ore Tensions, and Freight Chaos Ripples Across Commodities

95

Oil Reserves, Aluminum Shortages, Gas Diversions, and the Brazil Soy Freeze

96

The 182 Million-Barrel Gamble, Russia’s Caspian Pivot, Europe’s Nuclear and the Palm Oil Crisis.

97

Metal Supply Risks, Freight, and Oil Disruptions as the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Unfolds

98

Oil Collapse, LNG Rally, Nickel Risk: Inside the Commodity Shockwave

99

Gasoline Prices, Aluminium Squeeze, Gold Policy and Brazil’s Record Soybean Crop

100

AI Critical Minerals & Strait of Hormuz Paralysis: Oil, LNG, and Fertilisers Cost are Soaring

101

Military Escorts, Asian LNG Scramble, Oil Surges and Aluminium Squeezed

102

Strait of Hormuz Shockwave: Oil Soars, LNG Surges, and China’s Strategic Edge

103

Strait of Hormuz Closure, Middle East Conflict, Copper Stockpiles, and a Gas Gamble in the Desert

104

Saudi Crude Hikes, Platinum’s Record Run, and the Cocoa Crisis

105

Oil on the Brink, Metals Under Strain, and Agriculture Faces Hard Limits

106

The New Era of Mineral AI, Cobalt Crunches, and Carbon Quotas.

107

Oil’s Inflation Comeback, Copper’s Power Shift, and the New Map of Commodity Flows

108

Supreme Court’s Big Move, AI Power Hunger & Rare Earth Independence

109

Silver Shocks Solar, Farmers Rebalance the Fields, and Oil Reawakens.

110

Corn Acres, Soybean Risks, Heavy Crude and Global Supply

111

Guyana’s Oil Moment, Asia’s Crude Shuffle, and the Rising Cost of Energy Power

112

From Russian Crude to AI Metals: How Power, Food, and Trade Are Repricing Risk

113

Moldy Corn, 178M Tons of Soy, and the Sulfuric Surplus

114

Oil Diplomacy, Rare Earth Futures, and Platinum’s Record Surge

115

Snowless Europe, The Silver Deficit and USDA’s Data Storm

116

The Million Barrel Milestone and the Global Mineral Hunt

117

Sanctions, Storms, and Supply Chains: A Global Commodities Reality Check

118

Copper Gluts, Russian Crude Cuts, and Soybean Demand

119

The Battle for Critical Minerals, Discounted Oil, and Locked-In LNG.

120

From Gold Tokens to Global Trade: A New Era for Commodities

121

Shale Giants, Tariff Deals & Cocoa Stress

122

Precious Metals’ Volatile Correction and the Rise of the Black Pig

123

Sanctions Ease, Copper Soars, and Grids Feel the Strain

124

Record metals, Rising oil, and the Seven Dollar Gas Spike

125

From Oilfields to Power Grids: The New Supply Squeeze

126

Frozen Fields, Tight Barrels, and a Bauxite Boom

127

Gold at $5,000, Grids Under Strain, and Sanctions Reshape Fuel Flows

128

Arctic Blasts, Copper Surges, and the Venezuelan Oil Pivot

129

Gold Fever, Oil Deals, and Europe’s Energy Wake-Up Call

130

Assessing Oil Outages, Crop Conditions, and LNG Expansion Across Global Commodity Markets

131

Record Metal Outputs, Energy Alliances, and the Changing Tides of Agricultural Dominance

132

Discounted Oil, Weak Steel, and Strong Renewables: China’s Impact on Global Markets

133

Mining Pacts, Power Plays, and the Global Oil Pivot

134

Venezuelan Oil Resurgence and the Unraveling of Amazon Protections

135

Record Imports, Rising Risks, and Strategic Stockpiles: Commodities at a Crossroads

136

Venezuela’s Oil Reset, Corn’s Shock Surplus, and the Global Scramble for Critical Minerals

137

One Hundred Billion Dollars, Ten Million Tons, and a New Commodity Order

138

From Venezuela to Copper Mines: The Fight for Commodity Control

139

Oil Power Plays and the Quiet Strain on Global Supply

140

How Oil Deals, Soybean Flows, and Steel Battles Are Reshaping Markets

141

Venezuela, Copper, and the Fragile Balancing Act of Global Commodities

142

Oil Stability, Political Shockwaves, and Tightening Commodity Controls

143

Gluts, Gold, and Global Trade Fault Lines

144

Power, Politics, and Precious Metals: A Turning Point for Global Commodities

145

Oil Blockades, Aluminium Shocks, and Trade Wars Beneath the Surface

146

Sanctions, Supply Chains, and the High Cost of Moving Commodities

147

Sanctions, Steel, and Smog: Why Commodity Markets Are Feeling Political Pressure Everywhere

148

How Seized Tankers, Shifting Trade Flows, and Weather-Hit Crops Are Reshaping Global Commodities

149

Seized Tankers, Shifting Power Markets, and the Gulf’s High-Stakes Oil Rush

150

Texas Solar Overtakes Coal, China’s Steel Pivot, and Oilfields Back Online

151

A Shifting World of Supply: Oil Pressures, Chinese Demand, and a New Era for Coffee

152

Nickel, LNG margins, and a glut across markets

153

Pipeline Pressure, Copper Targets and Crop Crowding: Markets React to Politics and Production

154

A New Balance: How OPEC+, Cobalt Markets, and Global Grain Flows Are Reshaping Commodity Dynamics

155

Black Sea Disruption, LNG Records and Shifting Supply Chains — December Commodity Pulse

156

Copper Premiums, Gas Moves, and Grain Surpluses — Markets Navigate Stability and Supply Risks

157

OPEC+ Pause, China’s Copper Brake, and a Record Brazilian Soy Crop — What It Means for Markets

158

Codelco’s premium shock, policy friction in power, and the ripple effects of sanctions.

159

Copper Crunch to LNG Calm: What’s Shaping Commodities This Week

160

Russia’s Oil Pivot, Dangote’s Big Bet, and Gold Tensions Ease in Mali

161

China’s Stealth Crude, Surging Diesel Margins, and a Global Grains Surprise

162

Shifting Power Plays Across Global Commodities

163

Aramco’s US Push, the Heavy Rare Earths Squeeze, and a Shifting Farm Map

164

Market Threads: Ports, Refineries, and the New Logic of Commodity Risk

165

Chevron, China and the Changing Flow of Commodities

166

Oil Shock, Yttrium Squeeze, and a Trade U-Turn — What Commodities Traders Need to Know

167

Sanctions, Shifts, and Supply: The New Crossroads in Global Commodities

168

Shifting Tides in Global Commodities: Oil Flows, Soybean Deals, and LNG Ambitions

169

A Fragile Balance: Oil Demand, Trade Truces, and Climate Compromises

170

From Crude to Crops: Shifting Winds in Global Commodities

171

Oil Discounts, Gold Demand, and Shifting Trade Winds

172

Sanctions, Surpluses, and Shifting Sands: The Week in Global Commodities

173

China, Sanctions, and the Shifting Balance of Global Oil

174

Shockwaves in Energy and Opportunity in Metals: A Global Commodities Rebalancing

175

Oil Glut Fears, Shadow Markets, and the New Energy Realignment

176

Oil Glut Ahead: The IEA’s Warning and What It Means for Global Energy Markets

177

Balancing the Scales: Oil Supply Shifts, Grain Struggles, and the Changing Face of Global Trade

178

Trade Tensions, Rare Earths, and Rising Metals: The New Face of Global Commodities

179

From Oilfield Deals to Sugar Shocks: How Global Commodities Are Shifting in 2025

180

Yuan Payments, Record Gold, and the Rise of Renewables

181

OPEC’s Tightrope, U.S. Farmers’ Struggles, and California’s Solar Revolution

182

OPEC Supply Shifts, Coffee Battles, and Energy Crossroads

183

Energy Shocks, Trade Shifts, and Global Commodities at a Crossroads

184

Oil Sanctions, Sunflower Surges, and Shifting Power Grids

185

Oil Eases, Crops Shift, and Metals Move: A Mid-August Market Check

186

Oil Glut Looms, Crops Shift, and Metals Defy Signals

187

Oil Demand, Record Harvests, and Trade Tensions: Commodities at a Crossroads

188

Supply Shifts, Corporate Chess Moves, and Commodities on Edge

189

Oil Markets Bet on Bluff, Crops Surge, and Metals Face Supply Shocks

190

Trade Tensions, Tariffs, and Shifting Commodity Flows

191

OPEC+ Reality Check, India’s Energy Dilemma, and Soybean Shakeups

192

Brazil’s Big Oil Breakthrough and the Global Energy Shift

193

Markets in Flux: Oil, Grains, and the Rise of Strategic Minerals

194

Market Shifts and Commodities Crossroads: Oil, Palm, Copper, and Coffee in Focus

195

Tariffs, Turbulence, and Tipping Points: Commodities in Flux

196

Sanctions, Sugar, and Plunging Copper: The Week in Global Commodities

197

Tariffs, Tensions, and Triumphs: The Global Commodities Landscape in Flux

198

Asia’s Appetite, Africa’s Harvest, and America’s LNG Push

199

Tariffs, Trade, and Tumbling Expectations: Global Energy in Focus

200

Geopolitical Tremors & Green Energy Shifts

201

Black Sea Disruptions, Silver Surge & Shifting Trade Winds

202

Drilling Deep, Betting Big: Exxon Returns to Trinidad & The Global Energy Balancing Act.

203

India, Sanctions, and the Shifting Flow of Oil and Commodities

204

Sanctions, Shifts, and Strategic Moves: Global Commodities in Flux

205

Kurdistan’s Oil Comeback, BHP’s Potash Setback & the Sugar Trade Tangle

206

Canada's Oil Sands, Kurdistan's Crisis, and the Future of Global Commodities

207

Crude Realities and Copper Dreams: A Global Commodity Check-In

208

China’s Oil Boom & Split Refinery Margins, OPEC’s Demand Surge, Cocoa Weather Watch, US Rare Earth Pricing Shakeup, and Russia’s Grain Export Collapse