China has dominated global steel production the past few decades, but how did the country get here, and is its...
China uses more steel, cement, copper, nickel, and coal than the rest of the world combined. This chart shows China's incredible demand for commodities.
Using vanadium's 4 different oxidation states, vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) could be a crucial step forward for energy storage in the green revolution.
How Chile became a copper powerhouse, and how this helped to propel its economy to become the richest and freest in Latin America.
Though we now know tungsten as the strongest naturally-occurring metal, it wasn't discovered until late in the 18th century. Here's the history of tungsten.
See the winning and losing commodities for 2016 in this chart.
To short or not to short commodities? We take a look at the hypothetical success of a Dogs of the Dow inspired strategy to go long/short...
How investments in commodities have fared over the last decade, summarized in "The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns".
The Voisey's Bay deposit was sold for $4.3 billion in 1996, but it took years to get it into production. This infographic looks at the deposit...
Today's chart from Macquarie shows all asset classes YTD, and gives perspective on the 2015 collapse of commodities.
The story of one of Canada's richest base metal deposits. Part 2 looks at the high-profile bidding war by major miners for the $4.3 billion nickel...