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December 22, 2025

Oil Slips as Supply Concerns Ease While Gold Finds Support

Energy markets softened on signs of adequate supply, while gold steadied amid lingering macro uncertainty. Crude oil prices drifted lower in recent sessions as traders reassessed supply risks heading into year-end, tempering

Commodities

December 24, 2025

Oil Stabilizes as Supply Risks Offset Weak Demand Signals

Crude markets are balancing geopolitical uncertainty against slowing consumption growth and ample inventories. Oil prices steadied this week as traders weighed persistent supply risks against signs of softer global demand, leaving energy

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Commodities

December 21, 2025

Oil and Gold Diverge as Energy Markets Weigh Geopolitics and Rates

Crude prices steadied while gold eased as investors balanced Middle East risks, supply discipline, and expectations for global interest rates. Oil markets ended the session little changed after a volatile week, reflecting

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Oil Climbs as Hormuz Risk Revives Inflation Fears

Crude prices rose as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions threatened Middle East energy flows, sharpening concerns that a prolonged supply shock could spread from fuel markets into inflation, interest rates and global growth. Oil

July 15, 2026

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Oil’s Hormuz Risk Premium Faces a Glut Test

A renewed security scare near the Strait of Hormuz lifted crude prices, but the broader commodities market remains caught between geopolitical risk, slowing demand signals and resilient haven buying. Oil markets began

July 7, 2026

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Fox Tungsten Launches Largest Drill Program in Company History as It Targets a Shift From Explorer to Developer

Photo: Fox Tungsten drilling underway at August showing in June 2026 CEO Steve Gray on the fully funded 20,000-metre campaign at the Fox project, a planned 2027 resource update and PEA, and

June 30, 2026

Commodities

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Oil’s Geopolitical Premium Returns as Metals Lose Momentum

Crude prices rose after renewed U.S.-Iran tensions refocused investors on supply risk, while gold and copper weakened as traders reassessed haven demand and growth-sensitive metals. Commodity markets opened the week with an

June 29, 2026

Commodities

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Oil Retreats as Metals Lose Their Crisis Premium

The reopening of Gulf shipping routes has shifted commodity markets from shortage pricing back toward interest-rate and demand fundamentals. Oil’s sharp reversal this week has reminded investors that geopolitical risk can leave

June 19, 2026

Commodities

Oil pumpjack, tanker, gold bars and copper pipes at sunset, symbolizing energy and metals market volatility.

Oil Shock Puts Commodities Back at Center of Inflation Trade

A jump in crude prices after Iran’s move to restrict Strait of Hormuz traffic is testing whether investors can absorb another supply shock without reigniting broad inflation pressure. Crude oil returned to

June 11, 2026

Commodities

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Oil Surge Puts Inflation Risk Back In Focus

Crude’s rebound near $100 a barrel is forcing investors to reassess energy exposure, inflation expectations and the durability of the broader commodities rally. Oil markets moved back to the center of global

June 3, 2026

Commodities

A crude oil tanker moves through a narrow waterway near refinery towers and storage tanks at sunset, with gold bars on an industrial dock in the foreground.

Oil’s Iran Premium Returns to Commodities Markets

Fresh Middle East escalation pushed energy back to the center of the commodities trade, reviving inflation concerns while gold and industrial metals sent more mixed signals. Oil reasserted itself as the market’s

May 26, 2026

Commodities

Oil barrels, a pumpjack and gold bars at sunset, symbolizing rising energy prices and broader commodity market pressure.

Oil Shock Rewrites the Commodity Trade

Crude’s renewed climb is pulling inflation risk back into focus, pressuring metals and reshaping investor expectations across energy, rates and consumer markets. Oil again became the center of the commodity market’s attention

May 18, 2026

Commodities

Gold bars and copper coils sit in front of oil pumpjacks and a refinery at sunset, symbolizing strength across energy and metals markets.

Oil Reclaims Center Stage as Supply Risk Lifts Commodities

Crude’s rebound, firmer metals and resilient haven demand show investors repricing geopolitical risk across the raw-material complex. Oil returned to the center of the commodities trade Friday as renewed U.S.-Iran tensions pushed

May 8, 2026

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Oil Slips as Supply Concerns Ease While Gold Finds Support

Oil Stabilizes as Supply Risks Offset Weak Demand Signals

Oil and Gold Diverge as Energy Markets Weigh Geopolitics and Rates

Oil Climbs as Hormuz Risk Revives Inflation Fears

Oil’s Hormuz Risk Premium Faces a Glut Test

Fox Tungsten Launches Largest Drill Program in Company History as It Targets a Shift From Explorer to Developer

Oil’s Geopolitical Premium Returns as Metals Lose Momentum

Oil Retreats as Metals Lose Their Crisis Premium

Oil Shock Puts Commodities Back at Center of Inflation Trade

Oil Surge Puts Inflation Risk Back In Focus

Oil’s Iran Premium Returns to Commodities Markets

Oil Shock Rewrites the Commodity Trade

Oil Reclaims Center Stage as Supply Risk Lifts Commodities

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