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Industrials and metals

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soda ash
China’s Dense Soda Ash Exports Continue to Grow image
Article|Industrials and metals

China’s Dense Soda Ash Exports Continue to Grow

July 10, 2026
Roll of brown corrugated cardboard, closeup
Your Packaging Cost Curve Has Changed Shape. Here Is What Comes Next image
Article|Energy and transport, Industrials and metals, Middle East Conflict, Packaging

Your Packaging Cost Curve Has Changed Shape. Here Is What Comes Next

July 1, 2026
fertilizer
High Fertilizer Prices, Lessened Availability to Impact Brazil’s 2027/28 Sugar Season image
Article|Industrials and metals, Sugar and sweeteners

High Fertilizer Prices, Lessened Availability to Impact Brazil’s 2027/28 Sugar Season

June 12, 2026
Food-Packaging-Webinar-Hero-Website
On Demand: Food & Beverage Packaging Session: How Cost Volatility Is Reshaping Your Material Strategy image
Webinar|Industrials and metals, Packaging, Tariffs

On Demand: Food & Beverage Packaging Session: How Cost Volatility Is Reshaping Your Material Strategy

11:00 AM (EDT)
Animal feed additives
Methionine Exports Firm Outlook on Sulfur Supply Concerns image
Article|Feed additives and animal nutrition, Industrials and metals, Middle East Conflict

Methionine Exports Firm Outlook on Sulfur Supply Concerns

May 22, 2026
Wrinkled blue plastic texture representing packaging material
Packaging Materials Prices Rise Due to External Factors image
Article|Industrials and metals, Packaging

Packaging Materials Prices Rise Due to External Factors

May 21, 2026
CO2
Why CO₂ Supply Deserves a Closer Look from Food and Beverage Procurement image
Article|Industrials and metals

Why CO₂ Supply Deserves a Closer Look from Food and Beverage Procurement

May 15, 2026
steel rebar
Steel Production Decline Continued in March image
Article|Industrials and metals

Steel Production Decline Continued in March

April 29, 2026
nitrogen
Rising Nitrogen Prices Shift EU Fertilizer Strategy, with Wheat Quality at Risk image
Article|Grains oils and oilseeds, Industrials and metals

Rising Nitrogen Prices Shift EU Fertilizer Strategy, with Wheat Quality at Risk

March 19, 2026
fertilizer
How The Middle East Conflict Is Shaking Up Fertilizer, and How Ag Majors Are Responding image
Article|Industrials and metals, Middle East Conflict

How The Middle East Conflict Is Shaking Up Fertilizer, and How Ag Majors Are Responding

March 16, 2026
fertilizer
Middle East Conflict: Compounding Policy and Supply-Side Challenges in Global Sulfur Markets image
Article|Industrials and metals, Middle East Conflict

Middle East Conflict: Compounding Policy and Supply-Side Challenges in Global Sulfur Markets

March 5, 2026
Aluminium coils used in manufacturing – linked to global aluminium prices
Middle East Conflict: Supply Chain Concerns Trigger Metal Buying Surge Across Europe image
Article|Industrials and metals, Middle East Conflict

Middle East Conflict: Supply Chain Concerns Trigger Metal Buying Surge Across Europe

March 5, 2026
aluminum
Middle East Conflict: Metal Markets Await Impact of Military Action image
Article|Industrials and metals, Middle East Conflict

Middle East Conflict: Metal Markets Await Impact of Military Action

March 3, 2026
nitrogen fertilizer
CBAM Causes Europe’s Nitrogen Fertilizer Imports to Plummet in Jan, Following Record Highs in Dec image
Article|Industrials and metals

CBAM Causes Europe’s Nitrogen Fertilizer Imports to Plummet in Jan, Following Record Highs in Dec

February 23, 2026
dsm-firmenich
Agri-Food Europe Preview: dsm-firmenich Balances Innovation with Supply Chain Resilience image
Article|Grains oils and oilseeds, Industrials and metals

Agri-Food Europe Preview: dsm-firmenich Balances Innovation with Supply Chain Resilience

February 13, 2026
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