COMMODITIES

Republicans back the project as a job-creator but Democrats oppose it on environmental grounds.

Bill Gross's Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund is suffering because of bets on Russian and Brazilian energy bonds.

Commerzbank expects the price gap between Brent and WTI to widen even further on the back of stock trends in the US.

US Fed Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress could drive US dollar higher, denting demand for gold.

Colombia aims to produce between 12.5 million and 13 million sacks of coffee in 2015 - a 400,000 sack increase on 2014.

US Wheat Associates and USA Rice Federation say developing nations are breaking international agriculture trade rules.

Saudi Arabia has fiercely protected market share since oil prices began to slide in June last year.

Analysts at Goldman Sachs and at Intelligent Investor see an opportunity in oil equities.

Planned strategic reserve of natural gas and fuel oil will cover local needs in emergency situations.

Capital Economics expects oil prices to gradually climb back to some $70 per barrel over the medium term.

Deeper industry spending cuts and a weak US dollar are stimulating buying.

India reclaimed the top spot from China in 2014.

Crude oil prices benefit from upbeat US January jobs report and declining US oil and gas drilling activity.

Patrick Pouyanne says oil prices usually take 18 months to recover from major price drop.

Gazprom, however, does not expect cuts to affect its plans to build gas pipelines to China.

The Nibras petrochemicals complex is expected to be operational in five to six years.

New energy-focused credit fund will seek to buy the traded debt of energy firms rather than lend to them directly.

Crude oil continues to slide as strong dollar makes commodity more expensive in other currencies.

Dollar denominated oil has fallen more than 58% since summer of 2014.

Euro drops to a near 11-year low against the US dollar on 26 January.

US crude in the $26-$30 price range will signal that a global recession is inevitable, according to a Convergex survey.

Spot gold prices have gained some 10% so far this year.

Brent crude, the European benchmark, traded at about $110 a barrel a year ago.

Russia previously cut off gas supplies to Ukraine amid rising political tensions between neighbours.

No change expected in Saudi oil policy following death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud.

BP chief executive Bob Dudley has said he expects oil to remain low for up to three years.

Oman first non-Opec member to criticise the oil cartel's output policy.

New Delhi could cut India's record high gold import duty in the budget to be presented on 28 February.

Janjuah voices concerns about the US, whose energy industry grew on the back of its shale oil and gas boom.