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Influence of Harmful Algal Blooms on Chile's Atlantic Salmon Market

May 2, 2024

The average price of Chilean Atlantic farm salmon increased by $0.71/kg (+8.1%) m-o-m in April 2024, reaching $9.57/kg. Meanwhile, the price increased by $1.02/kg (+12.02%) y-o-y. The m-o-m...

Base Metals Prices Surge in April

May 2, 2024

Against the background of new sanctions prohibiting the supply of metals from Russia to the London Metal Exchange (LME) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), growth in business...

Weekly Price Trends In The Feed Additives Commodity Market

May 1, 2024

Weekly Animal Nutrition Round Up May 1 2024 These industry insights are produced by the Feedinfo market analyst team and brought to you by Mintec. They are available weekly to customers,...

Impact of Low Prices on US Almond Crop Investments

April 29, 2024

Low prices weigh on investments into US almond crops The latest almond nursery sales report, released by the USDA on 25th April, showed sales of new almond trees in 2022/23 (June-May) had...

Price Declines and Market Dynamics: Analysing the Current Olive Oil Landscape

April 25, 2024

The Mintec Benchmark Prices (MBP) for extra virgin olive oil have been on a downward trajectory, with the MBP for Andalusia settling at €7.80/kg as of April 19th. This decline follows...

Israel-Iran tensions prop up crude oil prices

April 19, 2024

With explosions heard during the night of 19th April, Iranian state media cite unconfirmed reports of explosions in the central province of Isfahan, but have downplayed reports of an...

Atlantic Salmon Supply Chain Struggles: Implications for Spot Price in Chile and Norway

April 17, 2024

Chilean Atlantic Salmon The average price for Chilean farmed Atlantic Salmon rose by $0.83/kg (+10.6%) in March 2024, reaching $8.69/kg. However, the price dropped by $0.63/kg (-6.8%)...

New sanctions against Russia drive base metals prices upwards

April 16, 2024

The UK, following the US, imposed an embargo on imports of Russian aluminum, copper and nickel on 12 April. The sanctions prohibit the supply of metals from Russia to the London Metal...

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