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Crude differentials, refinery margins, product spreads, and supply-demand balances across key benchmarks.
VLCC, Aframax and Suezmax rates, fixture activity, port congestion, and tonnage supply signals.
Iron ore, copper, aluminium and critical minerals — price signals, trade flows, and supply chain disruptions.
LC structures, documentary credit risk, counterparty exposure and commodity-backed lending intelligence.
LNG, biofuels, carbon markets and the commodities driving the energy shift.
Sanctions, trade routes, FX exposure and the macro backdrop affecting physical commodity flows.
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