Extractive Industries
The World Bank’s Metals and Minerals Price Index stabilized toward the end of 2021 but remains more than 35 percent higher than a year earlier. Metal prices have been supported throughout the year…
Precious metal prices trended lower in the second half of 2021, reflecting declining investor sentiment and soft physical demand. Gold prices have been relatively more resilient but were weighed…
Mountains are crucial for economic growth, and preserving mountain landscapes is among the key objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals for a green and just future.
Energy prices dropped 6.4% in November, following declines in all components—oil (-2.6%), coal (-30%), and natural gas, Europe (-11%), the World Bank’s Pink Sheet reported. Non-energy prices…
In the wake of COP 26 and the Glasgow Climate Pact commitment to accelerate the phase-down of fossil fuel subsidies, there is overarching consensus that fossil fuel subsidies must be reformed…
