Commodities

Prices have doubled in less than two years as central banks stockpile bullion and investors pour in to gold funds

Marking the record high for so-called analogue bitcoin

Canadian group downgrades outlook just weeks after deal with London-listed rival was announced

Support package comes as western companies seek to diversify critical mineral supply chains away from China

Also in this newsletter: European plastic industry on the brink

Drop in demand and expectations of increased supply weigh on market

Brussels also plans to cut amount that can be imported tax free which would be ‘terminal’ for British companies

Record LNG exports and growing electricity demand from data centres have created supply bottlenecks

Global farm subsidies are worth more than $500bn a year but come at a high cost for biodiversity

Alaskan road project opening remote areas for mining approved as US looks to break dependency on China for critical resources