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Neil Hume

Natural Resources Editor

Neil Hume runs the FT’s coverage of natural resources, with a special focus on metals and mining including the powerful trading houses that moves raw materials around the globe.

He was previously the FT’s Australian Pacific correspondent based in Sydney, the editor of FT Alphaville and a senior stock market correspondent.

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  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    Industrial metals
    China pledges to release metal reserves to tackle price and shortage fears

    Move comes after government concerns over commodities rally that has pushed up factory gate prices

  • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
    Climate change
    Mercuria pledges half its investments to energy transition

    Commodity traders prepare for aggressive shift away from hydrocarbons

  • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
    Oil
    Oil likely to hit $100 a barrel, say top commodity traders

    Executives point to a slowdown in investment in supplies before demand has peaked

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Vitol Holding BV
    Vitol set to take stake in Rosneft’s vast Arctic development

    Commodity trader to invest in Vostok Oil as it seeks to tap 6bn barrels of crude in Siberia

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Trafigura
    Trafigura reports record half-year profits of $2.1bn

    Commodity traders reap rewards from pandemic volatility and rising oil and metals prices

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Industrial metals
    China’s environmental goals fire up metals prices

    Aim of carbon neutrality demands lighter metals production, potentially adding to rapid rise in commodity prices

  • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
    The Big Read
    Copper boom: how clean energy is driving a commodities supercycle

    Demand is set to explode with the rise in renewables technology, but years of under-investment threaten to leave supply short

  • Monday, 7 June, 2021
    Mining
    Anglo American coal spin-off drops on demerger

    Shares in Thungela fall almost 25 per cent on first day of trading

  • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    Trafigura warned Credit Suisse over Gupta invoice last year

    Commodities trading house raised concern in July 2020 over a bill it apparently owed one of industrialist’s companies

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    Petropavlovsk PLC
    Fears for health of Petropavlovsk co-founder in Russian jail

    Pavel Maslovskiy was arrested in December on fraud charges

  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    News in-depthBHP Group PLC
    BHP approaches final decision on Canadian potash project

    Giant Jansen mine could cost as much as $5.7bn to complete

  • Tuesday, 25 May, 2021
    InterviewVale SA
    ‘De-risked’ Vale seeks to reclaim iron ore crown

    Chief of $109bn Brazilian miner says measures since 2019 dam disaster make it ‘totally investible’ again

  • Sunday, 23 May, 2021
    Climate change
    Member countries push back against IEA’s net zero road map

    Japan and Australia will continue fossil fuel investment — against watchdog’s emissions advice

  • Wednesday, 19 May, 2021
    United Co RUSAL PLC
    Rusal plans spin-off in green aluminium push

    Company to rename itself AL+ after demerger of high-carbon assets

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    Vale SA
    Vale chief rejects talk of iron ore supercycle

    Brazilian miner says raw material’s record prices are not a repeat of early 2000s boom

  • Sunday, 16 May, 2021
    Kyrgyzstan
    Kyrgyzstan faces international legal battle over gold mine

    Canadian company Centerra Gold files arbitration suit to stop Bishkek from nationalising Kumtor

  • Friday, 14 May, 2021
    UK companies
    Commodities broker Marex looks to list on London Stock Exchange

    Company looks at LSE offering, which could come as soon as June, with valuation of $650m-$800m

  • Friday, 14 May, 2021
    Commodities
    Iron ore sinks from record high on concerns over China crackdown

    Authorities take steps to cool rally in prices for important steel-making ingredient

  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
    Batteries
    Glencore boss warns of future China dominance in electric vehicles

    US and Europe risk being left behind unless they secure cobalt supplies for batteries, says Ivan Glasenberg

  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
    ExplainerCommodities
    Markets weigh prospect of new commodities supercycle

    Prices from corn to copper are rallying as economies reopen but sceptics think it will be transient

  • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
    News in-depthShipping
    Commodities boom sends bulk shipping costs to decade highs

    China’s ‘insatiable appetite’ for iron ore is key factor in surge in dry bulk index

  • Monday, 10 May, 2021
    Commodities
    Iron ore hits record high as commodities continue to boom

    Demand accelerates as large economies recover from the pandemic

  • Monday, 10 May, 2021
    Commodities
    Iron ore price leaps 10% on hopes of global economic recovery

    Steelmaking ingredient rises to more than $226 a tonne as commodities surge on stimulus hopes

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    Copper
    Copper hits record high with demand expected to rise sharply

    Increase fuelled by forecasts of global economic upswing and shift towards cleaner energy

  • Thursday, 6 May, 2021
    FT CollectionsGlobal Boardroom
    Copper must rally 50% for supply to meet demand, Glencore chief says

    Transition to cleaner energy has ignited a powerful rally in the price of the industrial metal

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