Ryan Dezember

Copper prices rose for the third consecutive trading session and ended Wednesday at fresh records. Futures for delivery this month added 1.3% to end at $6.703 a pound in New York, eclipsing the mark set earlier this year by about a nickel. Prices for the metal essential to all things electric have

Lumber prices have been moving higher of late, and supply factors are getting much of the credit (or blame). Imports are down due to steep duties on Canadian boards and President Trump’s 10% softwood lumber tariff. Meanwhile, low prices last year prompted sawmill curtailments and closures from Briti

July’s home sales fell 1.7% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.06 million and were worse than economists’ expectations. Commodity traders seemed to see it coming. Lumber

Another 5.3 million barrels of crude oil were withdrawn last week from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, bringing the stockpile to its lowest level since late 1982, according to the Energy Department. The U.S. and allies have tapped strategic reserves to replace oil that has been blocked from t

Record natural-gas production has kept U.S. benchmark prices for the power-generation fuel relatively low this summer despite all the air conditioning needed during the hottest July on record.

The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday advanced its plans to rescind a 25-year-old rule that prohibits road building or reconstruction on tens of millions of federal acres. The so-called Roadless Rule was enacted in 2001 to preserve wilderness on federal lands but has been blamed in recent years for hi

A trio of proposed pipelines would serve the same function—delivering heavy oil from western Canada to Gulf Coast refineries—without the hot-button name.

President Trump suggested a revival of the long-contested Keystone XL oil pipeline could be in the cards when he said the U.S. is close to reaching a trade deal with Canada to avert new tariffs.

Oil prices rose for the second straight week to end Friday at their highest prices in about a month as the Strait of Hormuz quagmire stretched on and global fuel reserves continu

Creditors say Enviva’s former C-suite blew up the once-highflying green-energy company by chasing bonus targets.