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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 4d

𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 — 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘆. Whether it’s 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 how global trade 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 impact 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 or what 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 means for 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 4d

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁𝘀 track 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 and 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 trends to produce:
✅ 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 and 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 that guide strategic planning
✅ In-depth 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗲𝘀 for investors and operators
✅ 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 to help businesses 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 in volatile markets

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 4d

As 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 commodity research house, we provide 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 intelligence on over 𝟰𝟬 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 — from 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 and 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 to 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 and 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. ⚙️📊

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 4d

🌍 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀

At 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, we’re 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 about helping 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 make 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 through independent, data-driven 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 5d

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: iron ore, manganese ore, chrome ore, coal, PGMs, gold, copper, and nickel.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 5d

Compared to August ‘24, volumes showed a 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 as lower precious metal, chromium, manganese ore and base metal output outweighed coal, iron ore, and diamond increases.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 5d

𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆, however, mainly as seasonally 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸 precious metal, iron ore, chromium outweighed stronger-than-expected coal and copper output.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 5d

⚒️📊𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲

𝗦𝗔’𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 in August ‘25 compared to July as 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 PGM, chromium, copper and nickel volumes 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 in gold, coal, iron ore, manganese ore and diamond output.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 6d

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 6d

𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (down) and 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 (up) were still reflecting the 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸 in this morning’s Asian trading even as Trump 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 the 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 over the weekend, with 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲-𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 and 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 also taking heart from strong 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 goods export and 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 import numbers.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 6d

Even though markets had climbed for the week up to that point, they had already been anxious about a potential 𝗔𝗜 𝗯𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲, debasement in developed economies’ currencies and debt and 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 6d

Global 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 and 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 took a dive on Friday after 𝗨𝗦 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 threatened 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀 and 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 on 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 in retaliation for new wide-reaching controls on 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 and 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 6d

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 10d

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 10d

From 📊 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 and 📈 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 to 🌐 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀, our insights 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 and 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 to make 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱, future-focused 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 across the continent.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 10d

🌍📊𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀

At 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, we’re 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 to be 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 for 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 market intelligence.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 11d

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲: lnkd.in/dEnCjEkD

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 11d

🟡📈𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀

𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱’𝘀 unrelenting 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 this 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 has taken it past the $𝟰 𝟬𝟬𝟬/𝗼𝘇 level for the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 – 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 is now up 𝟱𝟰% for the 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 (see graph). At the 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 of the 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 is investment 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 stemming from a confluence of 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 and 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 12d

𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲: lnkd.in/dThjmBdj

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 12d

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 is forecast to 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 around $𝟲𝟮 per barrel next year, down from $𝟲𝟵 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 12d

🛢️ 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟳: 𝗢𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲: 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Our Head of Energy Commodities, 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 expects 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 to trend 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 as OPEC+ 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 and global demand 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀 amid 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 and the 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗩𝘀.

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 13d

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Afriforesight @afriforesight.bsky.social · 13d

but trading in most 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 is subdued due to the ongoing 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸-𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 closure of 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀. 𝗢𝗶𝗹 this morning reversed some of last week’s decline as 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗖+ agreed to a smaller than advertised 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 over the weekend.

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