2018 was a difficult year for agricultural commodities, with only four commodities (Cocoa, Wheat, Oats and Corn) showing price increases. The following table shows the annual performances (calculated from the…
2018 Metals Performance
Palladium is the only metal whose price went up in 2018, marking +15.5% from January to December. In the last year, all the other metals decreased from -24.7% to -2.37%….
Is it time to buy copper?
If the Dollar weakens, copper’s price increases. Are we sure it is always like that? Is the Dollar’s depreciation enough to justify purchasing copper from those who hold foreign currencies?…
Don’t say we didn’t tell you!
Ekuota predicited it. But let’s go in order. The purchase decisions of the raw materials are associated with a prospective analysis of their quotations on the international markets. The techniques used…
Annual Performance for Brent, Ethanol and Natural Gas
Brent was the energetic commodity which marked the best performance in 2017. What allowed a price increase of 17.25% was mainly the continuation of the agreement on production cuts proposed by…
Metals Outlook Report
The Metals Outlook provides insights to the industrial buying strategies used by procurements, supply chain and finance managers. With our metal price forecasts you can buy metals with the right…
The Commodity Markets
What is a commodity? A “commodity” is a raw material or agricultural product such as natural gas or wheat that can be bought or sold. Each commodity has a standard…
Industrial Commodities: the End of the Collapse?
Prices of many industrial commodities are at multi-year lows. In the eKuota infographic below, we see what happened to prices during 2015. Steel decreased by 56%, nickel lost 41%, palladium 30%. No…
Will Commodities Prices fall again?
A tsunami struck the commodities market. An impact having direct consequences for many companies. What’s going on? The year 2015 is a good year for purchases of industrial raw materials….
Obama reaches historic deal with Iran
Iran agreed yesterday to curtail nuclear activities in return for easing of some sanctions on oil, auto parts, gold and precious metals. The first major crack in a decade-long deadlock. Iran and the…
