CommodityDB
107 entries on commodities markets and materials. From crude oil and gold to lithium, cocoa, and lumber, plus the futures, hedging, and curve concepts that make these markets work.
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West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil
WTI runs about 40 API gravity with low sulfur, suited to gasoline refining, and the 1,000 barrel contract delivers into the tank f...
Brent Crude
The Brent complex covers Brent, Forties, Oseberg, Ekofisk, and Troll, traded through ICE futures settled in cash against an index,...
Natural Gas
US benchmark futures at Henry Hub settle per million British thermal units with winter heating peaks and summer cooling peaks from...
Gold
Over 3,000 tonnes are mined yearly, with China, Australia, Russia, and Canada leading, and demand splits jewelry, investment bars ...
Copper
Chile, Peru, China, and Congo lead mine supply of around 22 million tonnes a year, and refined cathode trades on the LME, whose wa...
Wheat
World output runs near 800 million tonnes, with China the top grower consuming at home while exports flow from the EU, Russia, Aus...
Coffee
Arabica trades on the New York exchange in 37,500 pound contracts with certified warehouse stocks behind delivery, while robusta t...
Lithium
Supply comes from hard rock spodumene, Australia the leader, and continental brines in Chile and Argentina, with China refining mo...
Futures Contracts
Each contract fixes quantity, quality, delivery point, and months, 1,000 barrels at Cushing, 5,000 bushels in store, so only price...