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A monthly roundup when the World Bank publishes new prices, plus occasional notes. Data first, three paragraphs, every number linked to its page. RSS.

• How this site knows where things come from 2026-09-06
  Every figure here is computed from a named public dataset by an open pipeline, with its unit, year and source attached. Here is exactly how that works, and where it fails.
• Commodity roundup, August 2026: copper, tin and silver set records 2026-09-06 · roundup
  Copper, tin and fishmeal hit nominal all-time highs in August 2026, European gas rose 17% on the month, and coconut oil kept falling. What moved and why.