Commodities
India cancels more South American soy oil imports as rupee slump widens price gap
By Axel Miller | 23 Jan 2026
India canceled more South American soybean oil cargoes after the rupee weakened, widening the cost gap with local supplies and pushing buyers toward cheaper palm oil.
India’s Oil Balancing Act: Refiners Rebuild Middle East Supply Lines as Russia Flows Disrupt
By Axel Miller | 21 Jan 2026
India’s refiners are rebalancing crude sourcing as Russian imports fell to a two-year low in December 2025, lifting OPEC’s share and raising geopolitical risk concerns.
Indian Refiners Rebalance Crude Sourcing as Govt Seeks Weekly Data on Russian, U.S. Oil Flows
By Axel Miller | 21 Jan 2026
Indian refiners trimmed Russian crude intake in December as OPEC regained share, while India asked refiners for weekly data on Russian and U.S. oil imports.
Oil Heads for Third Weekly Gain as Geopolitical Risks Lift Prices
By Cygnus | 09 Jan 2026
Oil prices head for a third weekly gain as geopolitical tensions involving Venezuela and Iran raise supply concerns, offsetting last year’s global surplus.
NSE and IGX Explore Launch of Indian Natural Gas Futures to Boost Price Discovery
By Cygnus | 08 Jan 2026
NSE and IGX announce plans for India's first domestic natural gas futures. Discover how this benchmark will stabilize energy costs for the CGD and industrial sectors.
Trump’s Venezuela Pivot Squeezes China; Refiners Shift Toward Canadian Crude and Iranian Heavy
By Axel Miller | 08 Jan 2026
Trump’s Venezuela blockade forces Chinese refiners to choose between expensive Canadian crude and discounted Iranian oil. Explore the 75-day supply cushion.
India’s Russian Oil Imports Defy Sanctions Squeeze as Discounts Widen to $7/Barrel
By Axel Miller | 17 Dec 2025
India’s Russian oil imports defy sanctions forecasts, tracking 1.85 million bpd in December as state refiners exploit $7/barrel discounts while Reliance pauses.
India’s Crude Palm Oil Imports Rise in November as Price Gap Widens
By Axel Miller | 15 Dec 2025
India’s Crude Palm Oil imports rose in November 2025 as refiners switched from expensive soft oils. Total edible oil imports hit a 7-month low.
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Vitol to acquire 35% of Saras from Morati family
06 Mar 2024
Dutch commodity group Vitol BV will acquire about 35 per cent of Saras SpA, a company engaged in the distribution of oil and gas products in Europe, from the Moratti family for €1.75 per share.
US using Indian refiners for record purchase of gasoline and diesel of Russian origin: report
06 Feb 2023
Oil bonanza for India as stocks wipe off Rs7,00,000-cr of investor wealth
09 Mar 2020
Both benchmarks North Sea Brent and US West Texas Intermediate crude futures slid as much as $14 to trade at $31.02 and $27.34 a barrel, respectively, even as plummeting stocks wiped off Rs7,00,000 crore of investor wealth in India
Opec output cut threat fails to boost oil prices
06 Dec 2019
While the move is widely seen as aimed at boosting the initial public offer (IPO) of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil producer Saudi Aramco, some market participants also believe the market is approaching the top of an important range above which oil needs more stimulus to push ahead
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The New Airspace Economy: How Geopolitics Is Rewriting Aviation Costs in 2026
By Axel Miller | 22 Jan 2026
Airspace bans, sanctions and corridor risk are forcing airlines into costly detours in 2026, raising fuel burn, reducing aircraft utilisation and pushing airfares higher worldwide.
India’s Data Center Arms Race: The Battle for Power, Cooling, and AI Real Estate
By Cygnus | 22 Jan 2026
India’s data centre boom is turning into an AI arms race where power contracts, liquid cooling and fast commissioning decide the winners across Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad.
India’s Oil Balancing Act: Refiners Rebuild Middle East Supply Lines as Russia Flows Disrupt
By Axel Miller | 21 Jan 2026
India’s refiners are rebalancing crude sourcing as Russian imports fell to a two-year low in December 2025, lifting OPEC’s share and raising geopolitical risk concerns.
Arctic Fever: How ‘Greenland Tariff’ Politics Sparked a Global Flight to Safety
By Axel Miller | 20 Jan 2026
Greenland-linked tariff threats have injected fresh uncertainty into transatlantic trade, triggering a risk-off shift in markets and reshaping global supply chain planning.
The New Oil (Part 5): Friend-Shoring, Supply Chain Fragmentation and the Cost of Resilience
By Cygnus | 19 Jan 2026
Friend-shoring is reshaping lithium, rare earth and graphite supply chains, creating a resilience premium and new winners and losers in clean tech.
The New Oil (Part 4): Can Technology Break the Dependency?
By Cygnus | 16 Jan 2026
Can magnet recycling and rare-earth-free motors reduce global dependence on strategic minerals? Part 4 explores breakthroughs, limits and timelines.
India’s Gig Economy Reset: The End of ‘10-Minute Delivery’ Hype?
By Cygnus | 14 Jan 2026
India’s quick-commerce sector is shifting away from “10-minute delivery” hype amid worker safety concerns and rising regulation. Here’s what changes—and what doesn’t.
AI Is Becoming the New Electricity Crisis: Why the Real Bottleneck Is Megawatts
By Axel Miller | 14 Jan 2026
AI is turning into an electricity crisis as data centres scale from chips to megawatts. Grid bottlenecks, copper demand and cooling limits are now the real AI constraints.
The New Oil (Part 3): Can Technology End the Rare Earth Dependency?
By Cygnus | 14 Jan 2026
Magnet recycling and rare-earth-free motors are emerging as technology escape routes from critical mineral dependency. But timelines are slower than the hype suggests.
