The year 2024 has seen increased volatility in the commodities market, especially for the likes of cocoa and coffee. Cocoa and coffee prices are on course to end the year as the top gainers in the ...

Its utility in cooking may be less prevalent, but cocoa butter's high smoke point and nutritional benefits make it the ...

while ample supply could depress oil for a third year, they added. In bad news for chocolate lovers, cocoa nearly tripled in price over 2024, far outpacing gains in other commodities. It hit a ...

Cocoa closed out 2024 ahead of every major commodity ... continued to navigate a property crisis and weak consumer demand. Oil meanwhile, ended the year with a loss. Brent crude, the international ...

“There are value chains that cause more deforestation than cacao — palm oil, for example. There is now a large area of permanent forest that has been allocated for palm oil production in ...

Global oil demand growth in the new year is likely ... The crops in West Africa, the region that accounts for 70% of the world’s cocoa production, haven’t recovered as much as previously ...