Author Archives: Fouad Egbaria

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. This week: U.S. Mining, Toyota Invests in U.S., Oil Prices

Here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets, like palladium, rare earths dispute in Malaysia, cobalt and the ArcelorMittal-Essar Steel deal in India.

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. This week: Metal prices rise, steel utilization is up; Brexit fallout still looming.

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. This week: Europe Auto Group Girds for Trump 232 Tariff Ruling, Zinc and Lead in Deficit, Oil Prices Rising

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. This week: eBikes, iron ore, cobalt and possible tariffs on imported cars.

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. This week: Indian gold prices, Glencore to cut mining jobs in Congo, Talking Tariffs series continues and a look at aluminum prices.

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. This week: U.S. auto sales, U.S. construction spending, rare earths, steel prices.

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts in particular commodity markets. This week: Global crude steel production, Vale mining dam fails, metals tariffs.

Here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. This week: The shaky start to 2019, EU steel quotas, steel prices, Tesla layoffs and questions about China's economic slowdown.

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. From price movements to policy decisions, we scour the landscape for what matters. This week: EU imposes steel quotas, mid-January review of metal prices, a new auto alliance and the Brexit deal goes bust, giving way to more uncertainty.

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. This week: palladium up, copper down and electric vehicle from China may crush prices.

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from commodity markets like copper, oil and aluminum this week — as well as a look back at 2018 and forward to the year ahead.