Trading & Investment

It’s been a rollercoaster ride for international crude oil prices during the COVID-19 pandemic. When you look at a graph of the last five years, you can see that they plummeted in early 2020 at the same time as the pandemic struck. To further illustrate the point, consider that back in October the price of […]

The message from the world’s biggest auto shows this year has been clear – the world’s largest automakers are placing a huge priority on electric vehicles (EVs). For instance, almost all of the top cars touted at IAA Mobility 2021 were EVs. In fact, Europe’s Car of the Year 2022 will probably be electric, and we’re talking approachable […]

Winter is coming, at least for the Northern Hemisphere, and with the cold weather months come concerns about natural gas. Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices have been on a rollercoaster this year – for instance, Asia LNG spot prices jumped 40 percent last month to reach a record high of over $56 per million British thermal […]

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) has wrapped up in the U.K., world leaders have been outlined their climate goals. One of the main shared targets is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and to keep the global average temperature increase within 1.5 Celsius. Amid the general drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, companies like […]

An energy crisis has now spread across the world, threatening the basic electricity systems of even the wealthiest nations. One of the most obvious indicators of the crisis is natural gas, which has been trading up more than 130 percent in Europe since the beginning of September and over eight times higher than the same period […]

With the world seeking to embrace hydrogen as a clean energy solution, interest in hydrogen fuel – and therefore fuel cells in particular – is gathering pace. Fuel cell technology plays a key role in the utilization stage of the hydrogen economy, which is divided into production, storage, transfer, and utilization stages. Fuel cells can be […]

Samsung C&T’s interest in clean hydrogen and energy further expanded this month as the company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with fellow South Korean Fortune Global 500 company S-OIL on Sept. 17. Aimed at jointly developing a project to produce clean hydrogen and carbon-free ammonia abroad, the MOU with S-OIL builds on Samsung C&T’s interest in hydrogen […]

As the world strives for carbon neutrality, hydrogen is earning a brighter spotlight as a growing energy source for the future. Hydrogen is odorless, invisible, and can be produced in a variety of ways without any concerns about depletion or regional differences. Hydrogen’s potential as an energy source expands to all sectors, including home, industry, […]

Shipping products by sea is one of the most practical logistics solutions, as sea freight can include all kinds of cargo. In addition, when carrying cargo of equal weight and transporting the same distance by sea and air, the carbon dioxide emitted by sea transport was about 44 times less than air transport. Because of this, […]

It’s been a question on many traders’ lips this year: are we witnessing the start of a commodities supercycle? To put it simply, commodities supercycles refer to a long-term trend of price increases. For example, if demand increases while supply shortages persist for a period of years, this can create a supercycle. This phenomenon can last […]